King Edward VIII | Transformation From 1 To 77 Years Old

Also Known As: Edward VIII, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died At Age: 77
Born In: White Lodge, London
Famous As: King Of United Kingdom
Height: 1.70 M
Spouse/Ex-: Wallis Simpson
Father: George V
Mother: Mary Of Teck
Siblings: Duke Of Gloucester, Duke Of Kent, George VI, Mary, Prince George, Prince Henry, Prince John Of The United Kingdom, Princess Royal And Countess Of Harewood
Died On: May 28, 1972
Place Of Death: Paris
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Edward VIII was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary who served as the King of the United Kingdom for less than a year. He was the only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily in order to marry his beloved, Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee. Soon after his birth, Edward became the heir apparent to the throne. During his father’s reign, Prince Edward travelled extensively across Britain and other parts of the world. He also served in the British armed forces. Following the death of his father, Edward became the King of England. However, his tenure as the King was marked by his disregard for royal protocol and constitutional conventions. Moreover, he caused constitutional crisis by proposing to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorcee. Despite the Church of England repudiating remarriage of divorcees, his ministers refusing support, his family objecting the unison and his subjects unaccepting Simpson as Queen of England, King Edward was adamant on marrying her. With no means to fall back on, he voluntarily resigned from his post to marry Simpson. His abdication made him the shortest-reigning monarch in British history. The couple lived the better part of their latter life in Paris as Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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Childhood & Early Life
Edward VIII was born to Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary) on June 23, 1894 at White Lodge. He was the eldest son and third in line to succession after his grandfather, Edward VII and his father George. He was baptized Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David on July 16, 1894.
Young Edward was initially homeschooled by tutor, Helen Bricka and later by Henry Hansell. Completing his preliminary studies, he entered Osborne Naval College and within two years shifted to Royal Naval College in Dartmouth.
King Edward VII’s death in 1910 stirred a chain of events, with Edward becoming Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay and later Prince of Wales in 1911. He served as a midshipman for three months aboard the battleship Hindustan before enrolling at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was at the Oxford for eight terms but left it without any academic qualifications.
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Later Years
During World War I, Edward enlisted himself at the army. Though he was willing to serve on the front lines, he was assigned to safe positions. Nevertheless, he visited the front lines often, witnessing trench warfare first-hand, which earned him a reputation amongst the war veterans.
Following the end of World War I, he returned to England. Under the reign of his father, King George V, Edward travelled extensively across Britain and other parts of the world. He even visited poverty stricken and high unemployment areas during the economic depression. It were these visits that gained him much public attention.
Edward’s extensive travels, courteous mannerism, killer looks, fearless attitude and highly fashionable appearance gained him widespread attention especially from women. He soon followed the footsteps of his grandfather and turned into a womanizer, much to his father’s disgust.
He continued with his Casanova attitude well into the 1930s as well. His residence at Fort Belvedere was the birthplace of many of his romantic relationships with married women, particularly the one with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. His intimacy with Simpson soured his relationship with father and irked the monarchy as well.
Following the death of King George V on January 20, 1936, Edward, the heir apparent, ascended the throne. His rebellious nature became apparently visible as he broke the royal protocol by watching the proclamation of his own accession. Edward’s reign created unease in the parliament.
His defiance of the conventions and decorum was visible during the minting of the currency as well. Instead of facing right, direction opposite to his predecessor as was customary of the reigning monarchs, he faced on the same side as his father, i.e. left to show the parting of his hair.
King Edward’s romantic interest in Simpson did not dwindle after his accession. In fact, the two became increasingly inseparable, much to the discontent of his family, parliamentarians and his subjects.
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