Changing Times
This decision meant that the throne was going to go to his younger brother. The Duke of York then became King George VI. The year after this happened, Edward and Wallis tied the knot. What happened back then continues to hang over the British royal family.
Changing Times
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Reigning Monarch
The royals still treat divorce with far more caution than the average person does. This is likely why the Queen was not present at the religious part of the wedding ceremony when Charles and Camilla got married in 2005.
Reigning Monarch