What if, despite the Constitutional crisis that would result, Edward had decided to marry Wallis Simpson? What would happen?
Err sorry but you've got the wrong Edward...![]()
Oh bugger. VIII. At some point the Brits should've just let them have different names.
Well, their first names were actually different (Albert Edward vs. Edward Albert), but Edward VII went for that due to respect for Victoria's wishes that there shouldn't be a King Albert following the Prince's death.
Baldwin resigns, a snap election is held and the Tories win a third consecutive landslide. Immediately afterwards they ram through legislation declaring the throne vacant and "elect" the then-Duke of York King. It's not pretty and sets a constitutional precedent or 2.
Well, their first names were actually different (Albert Edward vs. Edward Albert), but Edward VII went for that due to respect for Victoria's wishes that there shouldn't be a King Albert following the Prince's death.
Something I've never understood is why there was so much opposition to Edward as King and Head of the Church of England marrying a divorcee, especially saying as the Church was basically set up so that the monarch could get divorced.![]()
Well thats what I was thinking. Could they have kicked him off the throne?Edward's leaving the throne allowed for a smoother transition. Kicking him off the throne would have required a long drawn out crisis.
Well thats what I was thinking. Could they have kicked him off the throne?
Edward did not have the willpower to hold out that long. If Baldwin resigns, then there will be a snap election which produces the 3rd Tory landslide in 5 years. Why would the government be forced to accept a compromise when they hold all the cards?
Divorce was not permitted by the Church of England.
(Henry VIII's marriage was annulled, not divorced.)
Point is, NONE were divorced. 6 wives, 2 annulled, 2 beheaded, 1 died in childbirth, 1 outlived him.Two of them anyway.
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