Wallis Simpson and the Abdication Crisis

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2010

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII renounced his throne in order to marry an American socialite named Wallis Simpson. Join Katie and Sarah as the explore the astonishing story behind Britain's only royal resignation.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HouseofWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello, welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Katie Lambert, and I'm Sarah Dalley.
0:46.7	And Katie and I have had so much fun talking about royal scandals recently,
0:51.7	that we're going to talk about at least one more.
0:53.7	This one is from the 20th century, though.
0:56.7	So in 1936, Britain's King Edward the Atheh
1:00.7	renounced his throne in order to marry an American divorcee named Wallace Simpson.
1:05.7	And he was the only British sovereign ever to voluntarily resign the crown.
1:09.7	So this is a big deal.
1:11.7	Yeah, it forces his shy younger brother to become king,
1:14.7	which ends up putting his eldest daughter in the line of succession
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