People Walking to the Houses of Parliament, 1936. Britain - King Edward VIII's decision to marry Wallis Simpson. '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 and to Stanley Baldwin's government. There were for and there were against'. From "Time To Remember - The Time Of The Three Kings", 1936 ( Reel 4); documentary about events of the year of the abdication crisis.
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