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the F class destroyer HMS Fury (pictured) carried the former King Edward VIII to France the day after he abdicated the throne ?
the Punjabi magnate Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (pictured ) was an honorary aide-de-camp to King George V , King Edward VIII and King George VI ?
the Bar U Ranch in Alberta , Canada , hosted both Prince Edward of Wales and the Sundance Kid ?
the marriage of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson took place at Château de Candé ?
British flight instructor Valentine Baker taught such noted pupils as Edward, Prince of Wales , Amy Johnson , and Lord Londonderry of the Air Ministry ?
The Cenotaph was Singapore 's first major war memorial built in memory of the people who gave their lives in World War I , and was unveiled by the young Prince Edward of Wales , later King Edward VIII ?
hypnotherapist , occultist and alleged Nazi sympathiser Alexander Cannon , who was known as the "Yorkshire Yogi", counselled British King Edward VIII shortly before his abdication in 1936?
Wallis Simpson said she fell in love with Prince Edward during a cruise in 1934 on W E Guinness's private yacht Rosaura ?
Fox Brothers , established in 1772, has provided cloth to Bob Hope , Winston Churchill , the Duke of Windsor and Cary Grant ?
Edward, Prince of Wales stayed at Perry Belmont's House in Washington D.C. at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson ?
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Question 2 : In February 1940, the German Minister in ________ , Count Julius von Zech-Burkersroda , claimed that the Duke had leaked the Allied war plans for the defence of Belgium.
Question 3 : Where was Edward VIII of the United Kingdom born?
Question 4 : Lt , 17 March 1913 : ________ , Royal Navy[ 95]
Question 5 : When did Edward VIII of the United Kingdom die?
Question 6 : Which of the following titles did Edward VIII of the United Kingdom have?
Question 7 : [ 66] When Germany invaded the north of France in May 1940, the Windsors fled south, first to ________ , then in June to Spain.
Question 8 : When was Edward VIII of the United Kingdom born?
Question 9 : A course of two years followed by entry into the ________ was planned.
Question 10 : [ 84] The couple doted on the ________ dogs they kept.