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King Edward VIII and the coins that never were: As exhibition reveals monarch's portrait and scrapped coinage, historian IAN LLOYD tells how 'vain' monarch fell out with the Royal Mint over his ...
A newly discovered picture of King Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936, shows the portrait was reused -- after careful "editing" by artist Albert H Collings -- to show his successor, King George VI.
Photos which the future King Edward VIII is believed to have given to his married lover have emerged for sale after more than 100 years out of the public eye.. The portrait images, which were ...
She compiled the previously unseen material in a new book, Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII, which is out now in the UK, and will be published in the U.S. on March 19, 2024.
A rare copper coin minted to commemorate the reign of King Edward VIII, which lasted less than a year, has been sold at auction for a whopping $163,000 (133,000 pounds).