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Timeline of events

 * 20 January 1936 - Edward VIII succeeded his father, George V, as King-Emperor of the British Empire.
 * 27 October - Simpson divorce hearing
 * 13 November - Baldwin holds meeting.   Hardinge letter to Edward warns "The silence in the British Press ... is not going to be maintained
 * 16 November - Edward informs PM Baldwin of intention to marry Simpson.
 * 19 November - Edward tours depressed mines, makes "Something must be done" speech
 * 1 December - Bishop Blunt's sermon on the King
 * 3 December - Edward proposes King's Broadcast in meeting with Baldwin. Wallis Simpson leaves Britain.
 * 4 December - Cabinet meeting discusses King's broadcast proposal. (Minutes)
 * 6 December - Cabinet meeting discusses King's request for a bill granting Simpson a divorce. (Minutes).
 * 10 December - Edward signs abdication papers
 * 11 December - Edward makes a broadcast about abdication
 * 12 December - Edward made Duke of Windsor
 * 3 May 1937 - Simpson divorce finalized
 * 3 June 1937 - Edward marries Wallis
 * October 1937 - Edward and Wallis visit Germany
 * July 1940 - Edward appointed Governor of the Bahamas

Shortly thereafter, German embassy in London sends message to Hitler: "An alliance between Germany and Britain is for him [the King] an urgent necessity."