Edward VIII

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`After my death`, George V said of his eldest son and heir, `the boy will ruin himself in 12 months`. From the death of his father in 1936 to the constitutional crisis provoked by his proposal to the then-married American socialite Wallis Simpson and his subsequent abdication, Edward VIII reigned for less than year. In choosing the woman he loved over his royal birthright, Edward fulfilled his father`s prophecy and instigated the monarchy`s most significant upheaval of the twentieth century. Retitled `Duke of Windsor` and essentially exiled, Edward has remained a controversial figure ever since. Through his correspondence with, amongst other confidants, Winston Churchill, Piers Brendon traces Edward`s tumultuous life in this superb, pacey biography.