On This Day June 3

A constitutional crisis began on November 16, 1936 when Edward VIII told Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin he intended to American divorcee Wallis Simpson. Desiring to marry Wallis Simpson against widespread opposition, Edward VIII abdicated the UK throne in December 1936. After his abdication, Edward was given the title Duke of Windsor. He married Simpson in a private ceremony near Tours, France on June 3, 1937. His brother, the new king George VI, and mother did not attend the ceremony.

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