Edward and Wallis

In December of 1936 months into his rein as the King of England Edward VIII caused a constitutional crisis in Great Britain when he proposed marriage to the twice divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.

Since the marriage was opposed by the Church of England, and the population could never accept a woman with two living ex-husbands as the Queen of England, Edward abdicated the throne.

So in order to marry the woman he loved he changed the course of history and gave up being the King of England.

Admittedly, he still was a Duke and lived the rest of his life in absolute leisure. He married Wallis Simpson within a year after giving up the crown and they lived together until his death 35 years later.

According to what I have read Edward fell in love with Wallis due to her domineering manner and abrasive irreverence toward his position.

Wallis didn't really give a shit he was the King and he dug it.

In the words of his official biographer, he became "slavishly dependent" on her.

Slavishly dependent. Like a slave...

And so the King became a Duke, and George IV, Edward's younger brother became the King, and after his death George's daughter Elizabeth II became of the reigning monarch.

Elizabeth's father George VI was not suppose to be the King, so because of this twist of fate she became a Queen she was not born in line to be.

So Elizabeth's first son is named Charles and although unfortunate looking is heir apparent to be the King of England and with this in his pocket he is able to get a stunningly beautiful woman named Diana Spencer to marry him...and they have this amazing wedding that the entire world literally stops to watch...and so fast forward a few years...and she finds herself in a speeding car in a tunnel in Paris with photographers chasing her and a drunk chauffeur...

Thus, Edward's abdication may have proximately resulted in Lady Diana's death...yet I'm able to put that tragic event aside for the obvious reason- is there a bigger move?

Really?

Giving up being a King for love.

Although I'm certain being royalty has its draw backs, Edward wasn't going to be beheaded, or even over thrown- sure there's responsibility involved, but from my angle, if there is not any bloody coup on the horizon, being the King of anything seems like it would be pretty cool.

Yet I think in the end Edward had no choice- his life must have felt unimaginable without Wallis Simpson, for whatever reasons she simply held his heart.

A love slavishly dependent.