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Dudley Aman, 1st Baron Marley Talking to the Camera, 1936. 'Parliament assembled, and wondering crowds watched as ministers and members came and went. "Crisis!" the papers said in banner headlines. For Britain had found herself faced by a constitutional dilemma, unprecedented even in her long and eventful history. The nation looked to the King [Edward VIII] and to Stanley Baldwin's government. There were for and there were against. Here's an opinion from Lord Marley, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords: "The proposed marriage of King Edward and Mrs. Simpson has raised a constitutional question in Great Britain as to whether the marriage is a public or a private act. If it is a public act, the King must follow the advice of his ministers, and then...abdication...In my opinion, the King's marriage should be a private act, and should be considered as such. In this case, we should be able to avoid a constitutional matter".' From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 4); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.