Edward VIII The Plot to Topple a King

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Edward VIII The Plot to Topple a King
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Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twicedivorced woman However newlyreleased documents embargoed until recently suggest that Archbishop of Canterbury Cosmo Gordon Lang played a large part in a plan to make certain that Edward VIII abdicated not only because of his marriage to a divorcee but also because the archbishop disapproved of the Kings whole lifestyle and modern attitudes to life