This was the beginning of the Commonwealth. This made an allegiance to the Crown was no longer common, but to the Crown as Head of the Commonwealth. In 1947 India and Pakistan gained independence. On, Victory in Europe was declared and the King, Queen and the 2 Princesses joined by Winston Churchill waved to their people on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. In 1940 he created the George Cross and in 1942 he gave this to the nation of Malta for resisting enemy siege. He created a great relationship with his War-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill. During the War he showed great resilience and was a sign of greatness for the people. However, he retreated at night to sleep at Windsor. During World War II, he did not retreat to Windsor and stayed at Buckingham Palace to be with his people and Government. She was the person that kept him stable and peaceful and helped him when he came to the Throne. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923. He was a former naval officer, who had a steady, simple life. He presented the model family during a time of despair. Prince Albert, Duke of York succeeded his brother as British Monarch on the abdication of his brother. Edward after the war lived abroad and only came to London for special events such as the opening of his mothers, Mary of Teck Memorial. This was an appointment he thought of as a disrespect to his HRH status. To keep him away from Europe during the War, he was given an appointment as the Governor of the Bahamas. Edward was a figure who was said to prefer Hitler and like his views. This angered Edward due to Wallis deserving the style of a royal. Edward was given the title Duke of Windsor, with Wallis as his Duchess, but not with the HRH status. No member of the Royal Family were in attendance. Edward married Wallis on the 3rd June, 1937 at the Chateâu de Candé. Edward left for France and had to wait for 6 months to marry due to British divorce law. Edward on the 10th December abdicated leaving his Brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York, King. Wallis had left Britain for her friends Villa in Southern France. Frustration grew between Edward, the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin and the Cabinet and the public started to worried about the Constitution Crisis. The news of this story was kept out of the press in the UK, but was a large story in America. She had been divorced previously (twice) and Edward wanted to marry her and for her to be Queen-Consort. He watched the proclamation with Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who he met through Lady Furness. He was proclaimed King at St James Palace on 21 January 1936. George believed Edward would destroy the country in 12 months. George was succeeded by his oldest son Edward who was proclaimed Edward VIII. The King's health declined rapidly and he died on 20 January 1936.Įdward VIII of the United Kingdom, post-abdication the Duke of Windsor In 1935 he celebrated his Silver Jubilee by touring around Britain. In 1932 he started the annual Christmas Broadcast which is a tradition continued until today. This was due to no Dominion laws having to be linked to the British Parliament. In 1931 the Statute of Westminster was created making the Crown more important. But in 1929 he asked the Government to form a Coalition which would mix all the parties due to the 1929 Crisis. In 1924 George welcomed the first Labour Government. The top 6 counties stayed a part of the United Kingdom. During his reign, the Irish Free State was set up and this turned into the Irish Republic. This included around 450 visits to the Troops and 300 to various hospitals. When the War came, the King stayed at home uplifting the hope and spirits of the soldiers, nurses and families affected. In 1911 he went to India, making him the first King-Emperor to do so. The second longest reign of the House of Windsor. George V, the first head of the House was the King during the Great War (World War I) and the Irish Uprising. Her family were descendents of Duke of Teck and now were created Marquess of Cambridge, a title recreated in the name Duke of Cambridge, used by Prince William, the son of the Prince of Wales. This included the family of Queen Mary, King George's consort. This also meant relatives that had German titles were created British Peers and relinquished all their German titles. The Monarchy came from the German house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The House of Windsor was created in 1917 when George V relinquished all German titles from the British Royal Family and this included changing the families last name from Wettin and house name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor, after the Monarch's ancestral home, Windsor Castle.
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