On 29 January 1949 over dinner with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at their home on the Cap d’Antibes, Lt Colonel John ‘Jack’ Aird, Edward’s former equerry commented wistfully to the gathered group.‘There was never Edward VIII,' he said. 'That was a fantasy. In my lifetime only two Kings – and . Some say there was another King, but no trace of him survives today.’ But Aird was wrong. However short his reign, and whatever disappointment was felt by those around him, including Aird, there was indeed a King Edward VIII - and on this day 88-years ago he succeeded his father George V as King-Emperor.
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