abdication crisis of Edward VIII

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/abdication_crisis_of_Edward_VIII
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abdicated 11 December 1936
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis
gptkbp:category British constitutional law
20th-century British history
gptkbp:cause Edward VIII's intention to marry Wallis Simpson
gptkbp:date 1936
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Edward_VIII's_abdication_speech
parliamentary records
gptkbp:followedBy reign of George VI
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label abdication crisis of Edward VIII
gptkbp:impact changed royal succession
public debate on monarchy
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Dominion_governments
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaCoverage British press
international press
gptkbp:precededBy reign of Edward VIII
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_monarchy
succession crisis
Wallis Simpson divorce
gptkbp:result abdication of Edward VIII
ascension of George VI
gptkbp:significance first voluntary abdication of a British monarch
gptkbp:topic gptkb:Edward_VIII
gptkb:Wallis_Simpson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cosmo_Gordon_Lang
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6