a series of events in 1936, following King Edward VIII's decision to marry a divorced American woman, Wallis Simpson. It was thought that the British public would not accept a queen who had been divorced, and Edward was advised by the Prime Minister to abdicate(= give up his position as king). The couple were married in France in 1937, and Edward's brother (as George VI) became king in his place.
بحران استعفای سلطنتی, بحران کنارهگیری سلطنتی, بحران کنارهگیری پادشاه