\'After my death,\' George V said of his eldest son and heir, \'the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.\' The forecast proved uncannily accurate.
This biography traces Edward\'s tumultuous public and private life..
In choosing the woman he loved over his royal birthright, Edward shook the monarchy to its foundations.
He was never crowned king. \'After my death,\' George V said of his eldest son and heir, \'the boy will ruin himself within twelve months.\' The forecast proved uncannily accurate