IOTL
Edward VIII had fallen in love with
Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second, and was adament to marry her, causing a
constitutional crisis, that ended with his abdication. The reasons why this marriage was deemed unacceptable by the British government have been widely debated, ranging from Wallis, a commoner already divorced once, being the King's mistress while still married to her second husband over her being infertile to her rather intimate relationship with the then German Ambassador to the Court of St James's
Joachim von Ribbentrop.
But what if Edward VIII had fallen in love with a different woman, a princess of imperial blood, widow of a ITTL fallen general, mother of 5 children: I give you Her Imperial Highness
Princess Tenagnework of the house of Solomon, daughter of
His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, Elect of God. Nobody could object to her not being high born enough nor can there be any doubts about her fertility and even her being a widow with several children from a previous marriage has a precedent in
Elizabeth Woodville.
Since 1935 the emperor's family had been living in exile at
Fairfield House, Bath, but Princess Tenagnework's husband
Ras Desta Damtew remained behind to command the imperial forces fighting in the south of the country. IOTL he was captured and summarily executed by the
fascist forces in early 1937. Let's assume that ITTL he is killed a good year earlier, in late 1935 and let's furthermore assume that the princess is willing to convert to the Church of England before marrying Edward VIII. Would this marriage have been acceptable enough for the British establishment of the time to accept Tenagnework as Queen Consort or would Edward VIII still have to chose between his love and the crown?
A later photo of Princess Tenagnework