As the Prince of Wales, Edward VIII met Rosemary Leveson-Gower in France in 1917, when she was a nurse treating First World War servicemen. Above: The pair in 1925; Rosemary in 1927.
In 1953, all eyes were on the televised coronation of Queen Elizabeth II including those of her uncle, the former king Edward VIII, who couldn’t secure an invite and instead watched the ceremony from a party in Paris.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Lang wrote to the then PM Stanley Baldwin to tell him that Edward had to leave as soon as possible . Above: Lang and Edward in May 1936.
The most direct comparison to Harry and William s situation was the difficult relationship between the late Queen s father King George VI and her uncle Edward VIII (pictured above).
Wallis Simpson, the woman who became the Duchess of Windsor after marrying Edward VIII, who chose love over duty, died desperate and alone, aged 89, in April 1986. Above: At her Paris home in 1974