KING EDWARD VIII RARE doc signed AS KING!

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KING EDWARD VIII RARE doc signed AS KING!: Very rare document being an official pardon. Signed at the top by Edward as King, and dated 22nd October 1936, In the first year of our reign. Very rare as Edward’s short reign (less than a year) means that there are few document s around that are actually signed as King of England. Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 - 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910ñ36), on 20 January 1936, until his abdication on 11 December 1936. He was the second monarch of the House of Windsor, his father having changed the name of the Royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917. Before his accession to the throne, Edward VIII held the titles of Prince Edward of York, Prince Edward of Cornwall and York, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, and Prince of Wales (all with the style Royal Highness). As a young man he served in World War I, undertook several foreign tours on behalf of his father, and was associated with a succession of older married women. Only months into his reign, Edward forced a constitutional crisis by proposing marriage to the American divorcÈe Wallis Simpson. Although legally Edward could have married Mrs. Simpson read more

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