Speaking of an infatuated monarch, Edward VIII, the great uncle of elizabeth II, the current monarch of The United Kingdom, is definitely one. As the eldest son of George V, Edward VIII was born and was destined to become King of England in the future.
When Edward VIII was young, as the crown prince of England, the specifications for finding a wife should be a princess, and as a result, he did not even marry a duke's daughter, and insisted on marrying The American commoner woman Who had been divorced twice, Wallis Simpson, and the commoner woman's surname, Simpson, was also crowned ex-husband.
The first half of Edward's life can be said to be debauched, perhaps the strong control and absolute authority of his father George V left a shadow on Edward's childhood, and Edward was once very affectionate when he grew up, and he had many mistresses before Mrs. Simpson. In 1930, Walris Simpson and her second husband, introduced by one of Edward's mistresses, met Edward, and the couple gradually developed a friendship with Edward.
In 1934, Wales Simpson began an improper relationship with Edward, after which Edward broke off contact with other mistresses and favored Wallis Simpson alone. Not only that, but he also gave a lot of royal jewelry to Mrs. Simpson, which greatly annoyed members of the British royal family. After all, in Britain at that time, the future crown prince almost put a married civilian mistress on the table, which was simply unheard of.
But Edward VIII's attachment to Wallis Simpson grew deeper and deeper, after the death of George V, Edward VIII ascended to the throne, as the king of England he actually had the idea of marrying Mrs. Simpson, you know, his niece Princess Margaret, later also fell in love with a divorced man, entangled for many years, or forced by church pressure to break up, not to mention in 1936 in England, let alone the king! During edward VIII's more than 300 days on the throne, his marital problems even triggered a constitutional crisis in Britain, with the government, the people, the church, and the royal family opposing his marriage to Wallis Simpson.
In the end, edward VIII signed the abdication edict on December 10, 1936 in order to marry Mrs. Simpson, becoming the only monarch in British history to voluntarily abdicate the throne, and achieving the good talk of "not loving the country and loving the beauty". After his abdication, Edward VIII again became Prince Edward and was made Duke of Windsor by his younger brother. But for the British royal family, Edward VIII's practices were inexcusable. His younger brother, George VI, who stuttered since childhood, was not only unsociable, but also suffered from a variety of diseases, and was forced to be driven to the shelves and became the new king.
George VI did not really want to be king himself, but George VI was much more responsible for his country than Edward VIII. During the war, he and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, often paid tribute to the bombed citizens and made many foreign visits to stabilize the hearts of the army. Edward and Mrs. Simpson, on the other hand, went to France to live their lives.
Edward VIII, who had deeply hurt the heart of his mother, The Queen Mary, was ordered not to enter England without invitation, and his wedding to Mrs. Simpson was attended by no member of the British royal family, and in this way, for the sake of Mrs. Simpson, Edward VIII offended his family and even the country.
But the love between Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson is actually not as good as they show, so it is not so heavy on fame and fortune, and the two are actually dreaming of the throne fame and fortune love. They were both Nazi supporters, and the couple even fantasized that the German Nazis would one day be able to help Restore Edward VIII to the throne after victory. Because of his close contacts with high-ranking German Nazi officials, Edward VIII was sent by the wise Prime Minister Churchill to serve as governor of the distant Bahamas during World War II, completely away from the center of Europe Edward VIII, had no use for the Nazis, and the subsequent victory of the anti-fascist war made his complete restoration hopeless.
In addition to wanting to return to the throne, the Duke of Windsor also asked for the title of His Highness for his wife, which was dismissed by Prime Minister Churchill, ridiculing him that since he gave up the throne for love, he should not care about these false names.
Perhaps because of too much work, George VI died before he was sixty years old, and his daughter Elizabeth II complained about Edward VIII. Edward VIII, who had no children in his life, was excluded from all his relatives and could only live by Mrs. Simpson, but Mrs. Simpson did not regard her as a beloved, and after Edward VIII suffered from throat cancer, she rarely even went upstairs to visit.
Did Edward VIII regret it after desperately marrying his beloved, Wallis Simpson? Maybe there is, otherwise how can you be obsessed with the throne? By the time the funerals of his mother, Empress Mary, and his brother George VI had not been invited, Edward VIII had long since faded the rebellion of his youth, and in the last days of his life he was anxious to meet his niece, Elizabeth II, and of course, ten days before his death, Queen Elizabeth had gone to see the Great Uncle during her visit to France.
On May 28, 1972, the Duke of Windsor, who had stirred up the British situation in the first half of his life and the Duke of Windsor, who had nothing to do in the second half of his life, died of depression, and Elizabeth II, who knew him in general, also held a dignified funeral for him in England. After all, people are different, and Elizabeth II, who has a long standby time, is a model of a constitutional monarchy.