Edward VIII (Penguin Monarchs)
''After my death,'' George V said of his eldest son and heir, ''the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.''
The forecast proved uncannily accurate. Edward VIII came to the throne in January 1936, provoked a constitutional crisis by his determination to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and abdicated in December. He was never crowned king.
In choosing the woman he loved over his roya...
''After my death,'' George V said of his eldest son and heir, ''the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.''
The forecast proved uncannily accurate. Edward VIII came to the throne in January 1936, provoked a constitutional crisis by his determination to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and abdicated in December. He was never crowned king.
In choosing the woman he loved over his roya...
