2-696-899 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'H.R.H. The Prince of Wales', c1920. The future King Edward VIII (1894-1972). Known as David within the royal family, Edward was king from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year. His chose to abdicate after causing a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, a divorced woman seen as unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. Edward married Mrs Simpson, and they became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. [J. Beagles & Co., Ltd., London, c1920]