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Finally, it was to be unveiled with all of the fanfare Canada, Great Britain and France could muster including a dedication by Edward VIII (one of his few international engagements before he fled into the arms of divorc;e Wallis Simpson). And hey, it was also fun. (Globe and Mail)
Souvenirs from the trenches Apr 2, 2007
When King Edward VIII unsheathed this statue to open the Vimy memorial on July 26, 1936, Nan Jemmett was there. A photograph shows the teenaged Jemmett in her Vimy pilgrim's beret standing near the King. (Toronto Star)
Rolling through history -- From bears to celebrities, Valley Center's lure revealed in planned bus tour Apr 1, 2007
This portrait of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson hung above the fireplace at the home of Lord Summerville in Valley Center, where the couple visited ... Lerner said Summerville's guests included Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales. (North County Times)
The Crucible Apr 1, 2007
The monument was dedicated by King Edward VIII on July 26, 1936 ... A crowd of 100,000 people listened as King Edward VIII paid tribute to Canadian sacrifices, declaring that the site "is now and for all time part of Canada."We raise this memorial to Canadian warriors. (Toronto Star)
For Edwards, the Personal Is Now Political: Margaret Carlson Mar 24, 2007
They wanted Edwards to act more like Edward VIII, who renounced the throne of England for Wallis Simpson, to say, over his wife's pleading objection, that he's giving this up ``for the woman I love. . (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Royals In The Line Of Fire Feb 22, 2007
Sky News: Royals Who Have Served. Duke of York was a Sea King helicopter pilot during the Falklands War and sailed on HMS Invincible. (Sky News)
Six legendary landmark resorts Feb 17, 2007
Famous Couples Who Checked In: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz reportedly honed their Ricky and Lucy personas here; the Duke and Duchess of Windsor -- King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne in 1936 to marry former Coronado divorcee Wallis Simpson -- are said to have met here. Slide show. (MSNBC -- Travel)
SA's top tax man| Feb 15, 2007
The chief tax collector, however, always wanted to be a doctor, and used to work as a pharmacist at the King Edward VIII hospital in Durban between 1974 to 1981. He was fired from the position after being detained under the Internal Security Act. (iAfrica.com)
2,600 dogs compete for 131st Westminster title Feb 12, 2007
Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck") and Stephen Campbell Moore ("The History Boys") star as Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII in the TV movie "Wallis & Edward" (9 p.m., BBC America), the true tale of a monarch who relinquished his crown for the woman he loved. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Wallis & Edward Feb 12, 2007
Joely Richardson plays an American divorcee courted relentlessly by Stephen Campbell Moore's King Edward VIII in BBC America's ``Wallis d. ... Reminding us that they don't make royal scandals like they used to, BBC America premieres the soapy but satisfying "Wallis d," earnestly chronicling the oft-told tale of how King Edward VIII renounced the British throne in 1936 to be with a twice-divorced American woman. (Variety)
Monarchy and race latest victims of Beaton's satire Jan 24, 2007
King Edward VIII stepped down as king in the face of Establishment and political opposition to his desire to marry the twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson. King of Hearts targets the "preposterous" Act of Settlement which rules that a monarch must be Church of England and may not marry a Catholic - though there is no specific opposition to a Muslim. (Independent)
Today in History - Jan. 20 Jan 20, 2007
In 1936, Britains King George V died; he was succeeded by Edward VIII.. In 1937, President Roosevelt became the first chief executive to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 instead of March 4. (MSNBC -- Race)
At the prime minister's pleasure Jan 14, 2007
Despite the fact that British citizens are "Your Majesty's servants" (as Stanley Baldwin put it when announcing the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936), ultimately it is the ballot box which confers power. Yet in the film the Queen seems to reject that notion when she "reminds" an astonishingly deferential Tony Blair that she is the one who advises. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The man who would be king Jan 5, 2007
By Parry D. Sorensen For the Deseret Morning News Seventy years ago last month, the King of England, Edward VIII, gave up the throne to marry a twice-divorced American, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson ... In her biography, "The Heart Has Its Reasons," she noted that it was about this time she realized she and Edward had "crossed the line that marked the indefinable boundary between friendship and love." Mrs. Simpson was now determined to eat her cake and have it, too, confessing to her aunt, "It... (Deseret News)
Saunders to sell luxury homes at former Club Med in Bahamas Jan 4, 2007
Sir Harry Oakes was a former American citizen and a close friend of former British King Edward VIII, governor of the Bahamas during World War II.. Oakes, who was born in Maine and who left medical school at 22 to become a Yukon prospector, became rich by 1912 with the discovery of gold. (Herald-Tribune)
Private members Jan 2, 2007
The authors were Tom Jones (a deputy cabinet secretary who made himself indispensable to a series of prime ministers), Harold Nicolson (diplomat, aesthete and amateur politician), Duff Cooper (Tory minister and friend of Edward VIII), and Henry "Chips" Channon (Conservative MP and man about Mayfair). All they had in common was their membership of the establishment and the talent to record moments in history with the vitality of unvarnished truth and an immediacy which (because it was clear that... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
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