In 1963 Kenya joined the Commonwealth of Nations.
In 1936 after his abdication the previous day former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom became the Duke of Windsor
On the 20th of January 1936 King George V died leaving his eldest son Edward to take the throne as King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom. This was a role Edward neither wanted nor was fit for.
He was a brave soldier; joining the Grenadier Guards in June of 1914 he was keen to serve his country in the First World War and wanted to fight on the front lines. But as the heir to the throne, Field Marshall Lord Kitchener would never allow it. Despite Kitchener’s fears that he could be captured by the enemy, Edward made several trips to the front lines, which made him very popular with his comrades.
After the War Edward travelled the world meeting women and enjoying the life of a bachelor mush to the disappointment of his father King George V. King George made a prediction about his eldest son as king saying, "the boy will ruin himself in 12 months [of being King]".
Upon the Death of King George V on 20th of January 1936 Edward Prince of Wales became King Edward VIII.
On the 11th of December 1936 King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of the United Kingdom freeing him to marry American Divorcee Wallis Simpson and live the normal live he’d longed for. Up on his abdication his brother and heir to the throne, Prince Albert, became King George VI and his consort, Lady Elizabeth became King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
Edward became Duke of Windsor on the 12th of December and he married American Wallis Simpson on then 3rd of June 1937. Later that year the couple visited Hitler in his home which was publicised greatly by the NAZI’s. Hitler had even commented on how he believed they were friends and Anglo-German relations may well have been different had Edward remained King. It was believed that the Duke may have had sympathies towards fascist Germany and this was the reason he and his wife were moved to the Bahamas, away from any influence.
On the 28th of May 1972 Edward, the Duke of Windsor died aged 77 and was buried on the 5th of June 1972 at the royal burial ground near Windsor Castle.
