Given his sexual preferences, he's certainly going to have a mistress who can meet those 'needs'. OTOH, he doesn't have to demand to marry herIf Edward had never met Wallis or decided to drop her for the throne, who would be 'appropriate' marriage options for him to be King?
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Given his sexual preferences, he's certainly going to have a mistress who can meet those 'needs'. OTOH, he doesn't have to demand to marry her![]()
It's still going to be interesting to see if he manages to have heirs with his wife...
No, I don't have any candidates. However, they either have to put up with that mistress or the marriage will be really rocky....
Had Mr. Simpson met an untimely death, Mrs. Simpson might have been looked down on, but religiously free to marry him. (According to CoE law (Based on Romans 7:1-3), a divorce is ignored if one of the parties is dead.
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So there isn't really isn't any appropriate marriage option for Edward VIII. Would he still be aloud to stay on the throne if he wanted to marry a commoner (not an aristocrat or royal) who is not as controversial as Mrs. Simpson?
Edward was an immature type, possibly looking for a "mother substitute", as his real mother, Queen Mary, was a rather cold personality. So he might have gone for a widow, perhaps an officer's wife widowed in the First World War. That would certainly have been accepted.
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So there isn't really isn't any appropriate marriage option for Edward VIII. Would he still be aloud to stay on the throne if he wanted to marry a commoner (not an aristocrat or royal) who is not as controversial as Mrs. Simpson?
I was just wondering about alternate brides for Edward, but given his reputation it seems there are not really any specific brides.
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I see no realistic candidates either. Perhaps he remains unmarried. Upon his death in 1972, as per OTL, he is succeeded by either his elderly brother Albert, Duke of York, or his neice, (Albert's daughter) Elizabeth.
Actually, it would have gone to Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Henry IX), who died in '74 and would have left the throne to Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who would be Richard IV.
Why? It would have gone to Elizabeth by the rule of primogeniture.
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No, Elizabeth II is the daughter of George VI.
Edward VIII having died without issue, the Crown would pass to the next oldest son of George V (indeed, the only surviving son of George V in 1972), Prince Henry; when he dies in 1974, it would pass to his oldest son, Prince Richard.
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Why not aristocratic?
Were there any young aristocratic British widows in Edward´s social circle who he could reasonably have married?
No, Elizabeth II is the daughter of George VI.
Edward VIII having died without issue, the Crown would pass to the next oldest son of George V (indeed, the only surviving son of George V in 1972), Prince Henry; when he dies in 1974, it would pass to his oldest son, Prince Richard.