Wilderness Years: Abdication Crisis

Question 1

Which King abdicated?

Answer 1

King Edward VIII

Question 1

Define abdication.

Answer 1

Act of stepping down/renouncing the throne

Question 2

When was the abdication crisis?

Answer 2

1936

Question 3

Which individual did King Edward VIII wish to marry?

Answer 3

Wallis Simpson

Question 4

Why was King Edward VIII encouraged to abdicate?

Answer 4

Wallis Simpson was a divorcee and American woman who he wished to marry

Question 5

Where did King Edward VIII state ‘something must be done’?

Answer 5

Merthyr Tydfil

Question 6

Which limited and informal group was Churchill a member of?

Answer 6

The King’s Friends

Question 7

Which PM supported the abdication of King Edward VIII?

Answer 7

Stanley Baldwin

Question 7

What type of marriage was proposed to resolve the abdication crisis?

Answer 7

Morganatic Marriage

Question 8

Define morganatic marriage

Answer 8

A morganatic marriage is one in which one partner is of higher social rank, and the other cannot claim this partner’s title or possessions or pass them to their children