Edward VIII Of England Chose Love Over Throne

Edward VIII became King of England in 1936. He had to give up the throne because he fell in love with a married American woman named Wallis Simpson, and wanted to marry her. According to the Royal protocol, a king can't marry a divorced or married woman. Edward VIII had to choose between love and the Kingdom. He chose the woman, and made way for his brother George VI to become the king. George VI was the father of Queen Elizabeth. 

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