The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Edward VIII
- When you’re bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else.
- The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
- 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.
- 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.
- When you are too old to play golf, you had better die.
- I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn’t have much time.
- 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.
- 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.
- I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.
- I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.
Edward VIII, born Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David on June 23, 1894, was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary. He became the Prince of Wales in 1911 and ascended the British throne on January 20, 1936, following his father’s death. Edward’s reign, however, was short-lived.
Known for his charm and modern outlook, he created a scandal by pursuing a marriage to Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée, which was opposed by the British government and the Church of England.
Faced with the choice between the throne and his love for Wallis, Edward chose the latter, abdicating on December 11, 1936. His younger brother, George VI, succeeded him. Post-abdication, Edward was titled the Duke of Windsor and married Wallis in 1937. The couple lived mostly in France and the United States. Edward died on May 28, 1972, in Paris. His abdication remains a defining moment in British royal history.
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