On this episode of The Dark Side we look into the life of King Edward VIII, uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, and how his actions ...

As fans of Netflix smash The Crown will know, the abdication of King Edward VIII in December 1936 was the greatest crisis faced by the British royal family in the past century. But what did Éamon de ...

On a Christmas Day when the war in Ukraine casts a shadow over Europe, concerns over immigration divide societies, and some ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first Christmas Day message on Thursday, urging the faithful to shed indifference to those who have ...

In chilly mid-December 1936, King Edward VIII suddenly threw in the towel, tossed away his throne and empire, and abdicated. It wrecked his Christmas plans. As the reigning sovereign he'd been due to ...

King Henry VIII's gung-ho approach to marriage is the stuff of legend. Yet his all-or-nothing attitude extended far beyond separating the Church of England from the Pope – or indeed his wives' heads ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...

It was a last desperate fling before she gave up her life to wed King Edward VIII. Wallis Simpson, notorious American divorcee whose actions brought the British throne to its knees, needed one thing ...

King Charles on Wednesday attended the Advent Service at Westminster Abbey in his capacity as head of the Church of England. The royal family shared multiple photos of the monarch attending the ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

Nearly nine decades after Edward VIII was exiled from Britain for prioritizing personal desire over royal duty, history appears to have repeated itself, this time in the form of Prince Andrew.