Edward VIII Quotes

• The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

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• I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

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  Tags in Self, Burden, Responsibility

• A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.

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• I like going there for golf. America’s one vast golf course these days.

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  Tags in Golf, Course

• I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn’t have much time.

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• These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again.

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• When you’re bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else.

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• You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve.

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  Tags in Renounce, Throne

• Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

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• Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

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Edward VIII (10)

Birth:	23rd June, 1894
Death:	28th May, 1972
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Royalty

About

Edward VIII was born in White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, UK. He was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year. He was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary. He was created Prince of Wales on his sixteenth birthday, nine weeks after his father succeeded as king. As a young man, he served in the British Army during the First World War and undertook several overseas tours on behalf of his father.

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