Plots over royal wedding scandal

IRISH civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII's proposed marriage to a US divorcee could be used to the Irish Free State's advantage.

- BY GRAINNE NI AODHA

Historical files show how Irish authorities reacted to the constitutional crisis in Britain.

The monarch decided to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson months into his reign, despite then-British prime minister Stanley Baldwin and his cabinet opposing the move.

He abdicated on December 10, 1936 and married Mrs Simpson in June 1937.