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3 Best Novels About the Abdication Crisis of 1936
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Abdication Crisis, 1936
1936
Edward VIII became king in January 1936 while maintaining a relationship with Wallis Simpson, an American whose second divorce was in progress. The proposed marriage created opposition from the British government, Dominion governments and Church of England leaders because the sovereign was also Supreme Governor of the Church.
Unable to secure acceptance for the marriage or a morganatic alternative, Edward abdicated on 11 December 1936 and was succeeded by his brother George VI. The crisis combined constitutional convention, press restraint, class assumptions and the growth of modern celebrity.
Next of Kin uses the royal scandal as the public background to Owen Montignac’s private schemes. His willingness to profit from privileged information mirrors the instability beneath aristocratic respectability.
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