Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII) (1894-1972), Reigned 1936
Sitter associated with 345 portraits
Eldest son of George V and Queen Mary; reigned January-December 1936. Edward was commissioned in the Guards during the First War in 1914, but his request to fight was refused owing to the potential dangers. Although a non-combatant he spent most of the war abroad, visiting troops. The easy manner he acquired with all kinds of people stood him in good stead for the roving ambassadorial trips, his concern for the unemployed at home and his travels throughout the empire made him popular. He was king from January to December 1936. His abdication followed insoluble constitutional problems raised by his proposed marriage to the American divorcée, Wallis Simpson.
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P266
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P267
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P268
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P269
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P270
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P271
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P272
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P273
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P274
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1937
NPG P275
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1949
NPG P276
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1949
NPG P277
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1949
NPG P278
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
bromide print, 1951
NPG P729
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Sir James Gunn
oil on board, 1954
NPG 4949
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 7 February 1955
NPG P870(14)
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Richard Avedon
bromide print, 1957
NPG P616
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (King Edward VIII)
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1971
NPG P490(89)
by Percy Lewis Pocock, for W. & D. Downey
bromide postcard print, 16 July 1894
NPG x128876
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