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Eighty Years Ago - A look back at a troubled world
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December 30, 2016
Archbishop Exhorts and Baby Panda Palls
December 20, 2016
A Scolding Archbishop and a Talking Mongoose
December 11, 2016
A BIG THANK YOU
December 11, 2016
The Ex-King Leaves the Country into Exile and Idleness
December 10, 2016
Confidential Briefing Silences Potential Tory Critics
December 10, 2016
Edward VIII Decided to Abdicate but Baldwin Soothed the Nation's Hurt
December 09, 2016
Baldwin Forces the Pace of Abdication
December 09, 2016
Britain's Most Lethal Air Crash
December 08, 2016
Baldwin Makes a Last Ditch Visit to Fort Belvedere
December 08, 2016
Mysterious but Suggestive Journey to Cannes
December 07, 2016
If the abdication happened today...........
December 07, 2016
Mrs. Simpson's Solicitor Prepares to Fly to Cannes
December 07, 2016
Glimmer of Hope as Mrs. Simpson Seems Willing to Withdraw
December 06, 2016
Archepiscopal Visit to Downing Street Sure Sign of Grave Trouble
December 06, 2016
Ministers Kill the "Two Bills" Plan
December 05, 2016
Contrived Solution to Remove the Threat that Mrs. Simpson's Divorce Could be Blocked
December 05, 2016
Front Populaire Assailed from Left and Right
December 04, 2016
Churchill's Loyalty is the King's Last Card
December 04, 2016
PM's Statement to Parliament Dashes Hopes of Morganatic Solution
December 03, 2016
Mrs. Simpson Flees Publicity and the Country
December 03, 2016
Country Suddenly Plunged into Crisis
December 02, 2016
End of Press Silence Puts King on Back Foot
December 02, 2016
The King's Affair Explodes into the Public Domain
December 01, 2016
The Dominions come Out Against the Morganatic Scheme
December 01, 2016
Liberal and Conservative Bishops Spar over Coronation Service
November 30, 2016
Beaverbrook Wants Mrs. Simpson to Abandon the King
November 30, 2016
Fiery Destruction of Crystal Palace Symbolizes Death of Victorian Certainties and Optimism
November 29, 2016
Mrs. Simpson Sees an Escape Route
November 29, 2016
Soviet Contempt for Anti-Comintern Pact
November 28, 2016
Sputtering Start for the King's Campaign
November 28, 2016
First Living Giant Panda Leaves China
November 27, 2016
Cabinet is Finally Summoned to Discuss the King's Affair
November 27, 2016
Modern Brutality Trumps Quaint Mediaevalism
November 26, 2016
Churchill Declines to Commit Himself
November 26, 2016
Germany Aligns with Japan Against the Soviet Union
November 25, 2016
King's Commitment to Morganatic Scheme Stops Short at Committing Himself on Paper
November 25, 2016
Sir Stafford Cripps Continues to Try to Align British Policy with Soviet Wishes
November 24, 2016
Another Failure in Communication between the King and Baldwin
November 24, 2016
Anti-Jewish Agitation Closes Polish Universities
November 23, 2016
Unpromising Start for the Idea of a Morganatic Marriage
November 23, 2016
Minor Economies Fall in Line with UK and US in Drive for Currency Stability
November 22, 2016
London Gripped by Smog
November 21, 2016
The King Swallows Idea of a Morganatic Marriage
November 21, 2016
Soviet Union Grapples with Alliance of Nazis and Trotskyists
November 20, 2016
English Divorce Law Gives Government a Headache
November 20, 2016
The Spectre of Modernity Stalks England's Divorce Courts
November 19, 2016
Behind the scenes: a friend puts an unQueenly thought into Mrs. Simpson's mind
November 19, 2016
The King Makes a Famous Remark
November 18, 2016
Behind the Scenes: the King wants to Makes Mrs. Simpson Queen
November 18, 2016
France's Socialist Interior Minister Hounded to Suicide.
November 17, 2016
Madrid Becomes the First City to Suffer Massive Air Attack
November 16, 2016
King and PM Talk at Cross Purposes
November 16, 2016
Not Only Fascists Targeted by Public Order Bill
November 15, 2016
The Republic Goes on the Offensive in the Basque Country
November 14, 2016
Germany Rules the (Inland) Waves
November 13, 2016
An Unpleasant Surprise for the King
November 13, 2016
Royal Visit to Home Fleet Huge Success
November 12, 2016
Behind the Scenes Pressure Builds to Bring the King into Line
November 12, 2016
Government Wriggles away from its Hard Line towards the Hunger Marchers
November 11, 2016
Rapturous Reception for Edward VIII at Remembrance Festival in Albert Hall
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