Society, Politics & Law
Timeline: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
...public interest but, as third in line to the throne, she was not expected to become queen. 1936- George V dies and Edward VIII abdicates Elizabeth's uncle Edward took to the throne in 1936 after the death of her grandfather. Later that year Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorcee Wallis Simpson caused a constitutional crisis. As a result, Elizabeth's...