Edward VIII refuses to abdicate

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If Edward is forced out by Parliament, does this require concurrent deposing legislation from all the Dominions?
 
Depends how late it happens. If Edward had sudden attack of sanity, and decided to not marry Simpson (preferably also dump her, after its proven to him that she cheated on him), then the ever stiff-upper-lipped British society might be willing to pretend crisis never happened, glad it's over and they won't have to deal with mess of abdication. But I assume OP refers to Edward hanging onto crown despite sticking with Simpson.
Now, the closest thing to Edward winning here, is deciding to settle on common-law-marriage with her. As far as cabinet would care, it'd be legally equivalent to her remaining royal mistress, so they could live with it.
 
A serious problem...

...I had Edward die in an aircraft accident after his father died but before a coronation, in HMS Heligoland Book 2. And, yes, that book heads towards completion....

A double funeral of Edward and his father.

My own parents grew up in the Abdication Crisis and thought a divorcee would be an adulteress. The Crown's role in the Church of England mattered to them. My parents also reckoned that George VI had a shorter life because of having to become King and that Wallis Simpson was pressing Edward to make her his Queen.

It is notable that every adult Royal in close line to the Throne is married except Prince Andrew. I would hope that he and Sarah would agree to marry if he was called to the Throne, although that is now remote. Myself, I'd choose Anne in a crisis...
 
If Edward is forced out by Parliament, does this require concurrent deposing legislation from all the Dominions?


Statute of Westminster 1931 requires succession to be same in the British Dominions as in the UK - so technically enabling legislation would be required in their own Parliaments.
In OTL - Australia and New Zealand had not ratified Westminster but their government's gave their consent to the Act - Canada and South Africa passed retrospective legislation of their own and the Irish Free State (in which the King still had a role until it became the Irish Republic) also passed its own legislation.
 
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