Edward VIII

noun

1. Duke of Windsor, 1894–1972, king of Great Britain 1936: abdicated (son of George V; brother of George VI).

Edward VIII

noun

1. Edward VIII18941972MBritishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1894–1972, king of Great Britain and Ireland in 1936; son of George V and brother of George VI. He abdicated in order to marry an American divorcée, Mrs Wallis Simpson (1896–1986); created Duke of Windsor (1937)

Example Sentences

Nor has there been a lack of a strange taste in partners, most notably the case of the androgynous Mrs. Simpson and Edward VIII.

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But then the courtiers and her son Edward, the new King Edward VIII (himself a notoriously debauched figure), began cleaning up.

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The Palace was famously described by King Edward VIII as "the aunt heap."

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