All he wanted to do was to marry the woman he loved. But his country said ‘No!’ He was Edward VIII, King of Great Britain, King of India, King of Australia, and King of thirty-nine other countries.
And he loved the wrong woman. She was beautiful and she loved him – but she was already married to another man. It was a love story that shook the world. The King had to choose: to be King, or to have love… and leave his country, never to return.
Glossary
- Archbishop (of Canterbury) the most important man in the Church of England
- argue to say that something is wrong or not true; not to agree with someone
- aunt the sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your uncle
- become (past tense became) to change and begin to be something
- bury (past tense buried) to put a dead person in the ground
- central heating a system to make a house warm
- ceremony a special programme at an important happening (e.g. a wedding)
- crown (n) a special ‘hat’ (usually made of gold, etc.) that a king or queen wears at important times
- dining room a room where people eat
- disappoint to make someone sad because the things they wanted do not happen
- divorce (v) to finish a marriage by law
- dream (n) something unreal; a picture in your head when you are asleep
- fall in love to begin to love somebody very much
- God the ‘person’ who made the world and controls all things
- heart the place in the body where people feel love
- jewellery rings, necklaces, etc. with valuable stones in them (e.g. diamonds)
- kiss (v) to touch someone with your mouth to show love
- kitchen a room where people cook food
- lie (v) to say something that you know is not true
- mirror a piece of special glass where you can see yourself
- prime minister the most important person in the government of a country
- return (v) to go or come back
- royal of a king or queen
- sad unhappy
- sir a polite word for a man when you speak to him
- truth something that is true
- uncle the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt
- war fighting between two or more countries
- weak not strong
- wedding the ceremony when people get married