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11th December 2021

11th December 1936: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom announces his abdication in a worldwide radio broadcast

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King Edward VIII Edward abdicated in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, and became known as the Duke of Windsor.

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