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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1936
The day after King Edward VIII’s abdication.
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1936
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1936
Crowds protest the day before King Edward VIII submitted his abdication.
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1936
The day before King Edward VIII signed his abdication papers, making her father King George VI.
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1936
Two days before King Edward VIII’s abdication papers were signed.
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 8, 1936
Duchess of York (Queen Consort Elizabeth) with Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Princess Margaret in a photo printed two days before King Edward VIII’s abdication papers were signed.
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The Evening Sun, Hanover, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1936
(Six days later King Edward VIII submitted his abdication to parliament so he could marry Wallis.)
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While Britain changes Kings, lights blazed late in No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence. LIFE Magazine, December 21, 1936
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Reading Times, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1938
He filled the pound with stray dogs held them longer than the law provides, then resigned his job because he did not have the heart to dispose of them.