Speculations
A single woman of divorce was regarded as undesirable as a marriage prospect. The true reason Edward decided to give up the throne was that he couldn’t bear being exposed to criticism! A sovereign monarch should not have taken this decision for more than a year in normal circumstances. In Edward’s view, the woman he considered that “the heavy weight of duty and duties of a king” were too much for him to bear, but the love of his wife provided him with the encouragement he needed to overcome that.
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