Edward VIII

Edward VIII is the King of the Kingdom of Britain and the titular King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Empire. He is the first King of the small Kingdom of the Maritimes since he was exiled from the mainland after retreating from the Invasion of Britain by the United States of America and the German Empire. He is loyal to the USA and Germany with the other powerful Empires as he fears of the plans of the French who desire to conquer all of Canada to gain resources to get back to the French homeland and as a way to keep himself, his wife and children alive as the last members of the Windsor Dynasty so the Windsor Dynasty does not go extinct which will make the British Empire nothing more than a memory.

## History

### Early History

Edward was born on 23 June 1894 at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on the outskirts of London during the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria. He was the eldest son of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George V and Queen Mary). His father was the son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). His mother was the eldest daughter of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and Francis, Duke of Teck. At the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession to the throne, behind his grandfather and father.

He was baptised *Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David* in the Green Drawing Room of White Lodge on 16 July 1894 by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury. The name "Edward" was chosen in honour of Edward's late uncle Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, who was known within the family as "Eddy" (Edward being among his given names); "Albert" was included at the behest of Queen Victoria for her late husband Albert, Prince Consort; "Christian" was in honour of his great-grandfather King Christian IX of Denmark; and the last four names – George, Andrew, Patrick and David – came from, respectively, the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. He was always known to his family and close friends by his last given name, David.

As was common practice with upper-class children of the time, Edward and his younger siblings were brought up by nannies rather than directly by their parents. One of Edward's early nannies often abused him by pinching him before he was due to be presented to his parents. His subsequent crying and wailing would lead the Duke and Duchess to send him and the nanny away. The nanny was discharged after her mistreatment of the children was discovered, and she was replaced by Charlotte Bill.

Edward's father, though a harsh disciplinarian, was demonstratively affectionate, and his mother displayed a frolicsome side with her children that belied her austere public image. She was amused by the children making tadpoles on toast for their French master as a prank, and encouraged them to confide in her.

### Education

Initially, Edward was tutored at home by Helen Bricka. When his parents travelled the British Empire for almost nine months following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, young Edward and his siblings stayed in Britain with their grandparents, Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII, who showered their grandchildren with affection. Upon his parents' return, Edward was placed under the care of two men, Frederick Finch and Henry Hansell, who virtually brought up Edward and his brothers and sister for their remaining nursery years.

Edward was kept under the strict tutorship of Hansell until almost thirteen years old. Private tutors taught him German and French. Edward took the examination to enter the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and began there in 1907. Hansell had wanted Edward to enter school earlier, but the prince's father had disagreed. Following two years at Osborne College, which he did not enjoy, Edward moved on to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. A course of two years, followed by entry into the Royal Navy, was planned.

Edward automatically became Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay on 6 May 1910 when his father ascended the throne as George V on the death of Edward VII. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester a month later on 23 June 1910, his 16th birthday. Preparations for his future as king began in earnest. He was withdrawn from his naval course before his formal graduation, served as midshipman for three months aboard the battleship *Hindustan*, then immediately entered Magdalen College, Oxford, for which, in the opinion of his biographers, he was underprepared intellectually. A keen horseman, he learned how to play polo with the university club. He left Oxford after eight terms, without any academic qualifications.

### Prince of Wales

Edward was officially invested as Prince of Wales in a special ceremony at Caernarfon Castle on 13 July 1911. The investiture took place in Wales, at the instigation of the Welsh politician David Lloyd George, Constable of the Castle and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Liberal government. Lloyd George invented a rather fanciful ceremony in the style of a Welsh pageant, and coached Edward to speak a few words in Welsh.

When the First World War broke out in 1914, Edward had reached the minimum age for active service and was keen to participate. He had joined the Grenadier Guards in June 1914, and although Edward was willing to serve on the front lines, Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener refused to allow it, citing the immense harm that would occur if the heir apparent to the throne were captured by the enemy. Despite this, Edward witnessed trench warfare first-hand and visited the front line as often as he could, for which he was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. In 1918, the British lost the war and tried to surrender, but the Americans were hellbent on revenge and the Germans feared an unstable Britain becoming victim to the new Soviet Union due to Socialist Riots. This had resulted in a hardcore genocidal invasion of Britain by America and Germany who then bombarded and raided the Naval ports, Air Force Bases, Army Bases, Villages, Towns and Cities by air, land and sea. After the brutal and violent invasion the British surrendered to the Americans, Germans and their Welsh and Irish Nationalist Allies.

### Losing his family

As the Germans and Americans then surrounded Buckingham Palace, marched in and arrested George V the Royal Family, Edward, Prince of Wales escaped before the arrest and sneaked on an American ship headed towards Canada with the help of a group of Canadians who are Prisoners of War. Edward after retreating was heartbroken to hear that his father, mother, brothers and sister were killed at the hands of American soldiers and could not believe that America was so mad about the Lusitania to the point they kill his family, an innocent family who was not involved or ordered the strike on purpose.

Edward then decided to move on from the tragic mess as he married a young socialite named Wallis Simpson and they had four children. Edward's coronation happened right after the marriage, after he had his four children and after advancing the Kingdom of Britain into an advanced civilization worthy to be the successor of the United Kingdom.

## Marriages

Edward married Wallace Simpson, a woman who was two sons and two daughters.

* Henry Windsor, Prince of Wales (b. 1922)
* Alexander Windsor, Duke of York (b. 1923)
* Annabelle Windsor, Duchess of Kent (b. 1923)
* Bella Windsor, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1924)

However all of the sons and daughters are children and not able to marry yet, because of this Edward VIII makes sure that his children are safe and eligable for marriage for if they all die unmarried then the Windsor Family will be extinct and the Hanovers, Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha's descendants or Adalbert's Branch of the German Imperial Family will the only eligible rulers of the British Throne.