Eighty years ago Edward VIII broadcast to the nation, revealing his shock decision... he had given up the throne.
The King had created a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.
And on December 11, 1936, he announced he had made the astonishing sacrifice for love.
It was a decision which would change the monarchy forever. Edward was the first to give up the throne since the Roman Catholic James II fled the realm in 1688.
But as Edward, 42, stepped down, his younger brother Albert, 40, known as Bertie, took his place, becoming George VI .
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