On 11 December 1936 the former King Edward VIII spoke to a stunned nation and announced that he had abdicated the throne in favour of his brother, so as to be free to marry the woman he loved ...

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The legend of King Edward VIII and his abdication has filled a thousand books and inspired countless films, TV documentaries and stage plays. But the story of how Wallis Simpson cheated on Britain ...

PARIS — One of the best players in Class AA North made the difference in Friday’s season-opening matchup between Edward Little and Oxford Hills. Senior forward Diing Maiwen scored the final ...

President-elect Donald Trump nearly granted a pardon in 2021 to Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor responsible for the largest leak of top-secret information about U.S ...

Edward Gorey, also known as Edward St. John Gorey, was an American artist and writer. Born in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, he was known for his pen-and-ink drawings and his vaguely unsettling narrative ...

it otherwise follows its source material, as well as the paths laid out by other adaptations, so faithfully that its most original elements feel drowned out by the familiar. It’s perhaps the best-made ...