King Edward VIII Quotes

• When you're bored with yourself, marry and be bored with someone else.

  King Edward VIII

  Marriage, Bored

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• The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.

  King Edward VIII

  Children, Parenting, America

  Look 5 Mar. 1957

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• I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

  King Edward VIII

  Love, Kings, Women

  Radio broadcast following his abdication, 11 December 1936, in 'The Times' 12 December 1936

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• Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

  King Edward VIII

  Wedding, Thrones, Able

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• I wanted to be an up-to-date king. But I didn't have much time.

  King Edward VIII

  Kings, Wanted, Up To Date

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• When you are too old to play golf, you had better die.

  King Edward VIII

  Golf, Play, Modern Life

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• Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

  King Edward VIII

  Opportunity, Two, Feet

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• You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve.

  King Edward VIII

  Country, Kings, Years

  Broadcast, 11 Dec. 1936, in The Times 12 Dec. 1936

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• I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility.

  King Edward VIII

  Responsibility, Impossible, Royalty

  Radio broadcast following his abdication, 11 December 1936, in 'The Times' 12 December 1936

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• I like going there for golf. America is one vast golf course today.

  King Edward VIII

  Golf, America, Today

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• I am very sorry to know and hear how unreverently that most precious jewel, the Word of God, is disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale-house and tavern, contrary to the true meaning and doctrine of the same.

  King Edward VIII

  Sorry, Jewels, House

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• A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.

  King Edward VIII

  Love, Girl, Heart

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