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Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses and the commoners they love. Specializing in the past and present House of Windsor, but anyone with a title is fair game. Follow my Edward VIII blog: http://kingedwardviii.tumblr.com Follow my personal blog: http://ladytudorrose.tumblr.com

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In 1923 Lander was commissioned to paint his first important Royal portrait of King Edward VIII when Prince of Wales. The resulting picture was highly acclaimed and awarded a medal at the Paris Salon. King George V and Queen Mary then requested that the portrait was sent to Buckingham Palace for a private viewing and consequently commissioned this half-length copy. The Prince is depicted wearing polo kit, with his hands clasped behind his back against a white panelled background. The…

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British Monarch. He was the King of the United Kingdom, who abdicated to marry a divorced American. He was never crowned and his reign lasted only 325 days. He was the first in a family of six children to the Duke and Duchess of York, the future British king, and attended all the traditional prestigious schools which...

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Prince of Wales during Royal Safari to Africa in 1925; later King Edward VIII

A new BBC series, Dancing on the Edge, explores the socio-political issues in London in the early 1930s as the then Prince of Wales and his brother Prince George, left, mingled with jazz players.

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