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 | | The future Edward VIII was born at Richmond, Surrey, the eldest son of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York. |
 | | Simpson had divorced her first husband in 1927 and subsequently married Ernest Simpson, an Anglo-American businessman. |
 | | Powerful figures deemed marriage to Mrs Simpson impossible for the king, even after she obtained her second divorce, because he had become de jure head of the Church of England, which prohibited remarriage after divorce. |
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