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爱德华八世（Edward VIII，1894年6月23日－1972年5月28日），英国国王，全名爱德华·阿尔伯特·克里斯蒂安·乔治·安德鲁·帕特里克·大卫（Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David），即后来的温莎公爵，自1936年1月20日其父乔治五世驾崩到1936年12月11日退位，为英国和英联邦各自治领国王，印度皇帝，共执政325天。他是温莎王朝的第二位国王，也以“不爱江山爱美人”而闻名于世。

Edward VIII (born Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom, from 20 January 1936 until 11 December 1936.

Edward abdicated (resigned) from the throne, because he wanted to marry the American Wallis Simpson. Simpson had been married twice before. As King, he was Head of the Church of England, and the Church did not support divorce. After abdicating as king, he was known as His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor. His wife was not allowed to be called "Her Royal Highness".

After his abdication, many people becamed alarmed with Edward's supposedly pro German stance with some even saying that he favoured German fascism. After the WWII The Duke and Duchess became celebrities and hosted parties and lived between Paris and New York.

In the 1960s, the Duke's health deteriorated and, as a heavy smoker from an early age had throat cancer. On 28 May 1972, the Duke died at his home in Paris, less than a month before his 78th birthday.

1936年1月20日，爱德华八世继位为英国国王和印度皇帝。但他爱上了华里丝·辛普森。辛普森夫人已两度结婚，当时还有丈夫恩尼斯特·辛普森。

在他作为国王的数月之中，他的婚姻问题引发了英国的宪政危机，他的政府，自治领政府，人民，教会均反对他迎娶辛普森夫人，他如果违背民意引起政府辞职，即违背了作为君主立宪政体下国王保持政治中立的基本宪法方针，所以，他选择了退位，他成为了英国和英联邦历史上唯一自动退位的国王。

1936年12月11日夜，退位后的国王以爱德华王子的名义向不列颠和大英帝国的人民广播，解释了他退位的原因，他说“我已体会到，如果没有我所爱的女人的支持和帮助，我将无法承担起作为国王的重任，所以，我选择退位”。    

银幕上爱德华八世的爱情

这是温莎公爵与辛普森夫人的故事。到了最后抉择的时候，他也只淡淡的说：“如果，婚礼不能和加冕一同举行，那么，我放弃王位。”辛普森夫人泪盈于睫道，“我亦是”。

倾国之恋W.E. (2011)

导演：麦当娜
主演：艾比·考尼什  安德丽亚·瑞斯波罗格  詹姆斯·达西

In 1998, lonely New Yorker Winthrop is obsessed with what she perceives as the ultimate love story: King Edward VIII's abdication of the thrones of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Commonwealth for the woman he loved, American divorcée Wallis Simpson. But Winthrop's research, including several visits to the Sotheby's auction of the Windsor Estate, reveals that the couple's life together was not as perfect as she thought.

剧情：故事取材自辛普生夫人沃利斯Wallis 生平事迹，温莎公爵爱德华为她放弃了王位。本片将采取两个平行时空交叉叙事的方式，一条线是温莎公爵夫人，另一条线是由艾比·考尼什扮演的一个仰慕温莎公爵夫人的已婚现代女子Wally，她自己也面临和一个男人的感情困境。