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London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Orion, 2020 9781474612579. Hardback. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. Fine/Fine. DW is NOT price-clipped. No annotations or inscriptions etc. Internally clean tight and square. 333pp, + illustrated with a section of B/W photos. Includes detailed notes, index and select bibliography. In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson and crown her as his Queen. His actions scandalised the Establishment, who were desperate to avoid an international embarrassment at a time when war seemed imminent. An influential coalition formed against him, including the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, his private secretary Alec Hardinge, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the editor of 'The Times'. Edward seemed fated to give up Wallis and remain a reluctant ruler, or to abdicate his… Read More