https://le-magasin.co.uk/tag/battle/ Recent content in Battle on Le Magasin Hugo en-GB Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:27:47 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/battle-of-the-royal-brothers-king-edward-viii-king-george-vi-and-the-rift-that-altered-heritage.html Sun, 25 Jul 2021 06:27:47 +0000 https://le-magasin.co.uk/battle-of-the-royal-brothers-king-edward-viii-king-george-vi-and-the-rift-that-altered-heritage.html <div> <p class="has-dropcap">It was a chilly winter’s working day at the Royal Lodge Windsor on December 11, 1936. Two brothers—one a previous king, 1 the new king—took leave of every other and the roles they experienced assumed their whole life. The former king, Edward, Duke of Windsor, was off with American divorcée Wallis Simpson, the lady for whom he had abdicated his birthright. According to <a href="#">biographer <strong>Sarah Bradford</strong></a><strong>,</strong> Edward kissed the hand of his more youthful brother Bertie—now King George VI.</p>