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Windsor Says He Rejected Illicit Love
The Duke of Windsor recounts in Life Magazine his abdication crisis and decision not to marry Wallis Simpson without government consent. He describes pressure from Prime Minister Baldwin, a royal coronation timeline, and his view that marrying while still vow-bound would clash with the Church of England. He notes his intent to marry Simpson when she was free, unless the government opposed it, then he would go.
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