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Edward VIII "had to retire from his position because of an affair with an American woman": no. He decided to abdicate (retiring is not the correct word) because he wanted to marry Wallis Simpson. See also Session 2 of the lecture course. | Edward VIII "had to retire from his position because of an affair with an American woman": no. He decided to abdicate (retiring is not the correct word) because he wanted to marry Wallis Simpson. See also Session 2 of the lecture course. | ||
"move into safe exile": no! Exile is a country you flee to, because you can no longer live in your home country. The Royal family at no point considered going into exile, but there were discussions of going to live outside of London. | |||
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Edward VIII "had to retire from his position because of an affair with an American woman": no. He decided to abdicate (retiring is not the correct word) because he wanted to marry Wallis Simpson. See also Session 2 of the lecture course.
"move into safe exile": no! Exile is a country you flee to, because you can no longer live in your home country. The Royal family at no point considered going into exile, but there were discussions of going to live outside of London.