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title: "Abdication Crisis & Edward VIII's Renunciation"
year: 1936
country: "United Kingdom"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1936/abdication-edward-viii"
slug: "abdication-edward-viii"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1936-01-01"
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# Abdication Crisis & Edward VIII's Renunciation

> King Edward VIII's forced abdication over his romance with divorcée Wallis Simpson convulsed the British monarchy and shattered royal precedent.

## Summary

In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.

## Sources

- [Abdication Crisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdication_of_Edward_VIII) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1936/abdication-edward-viii