When King George V died in 1936, the mantle passed to his eldest son, Edward VIII. Presuming that Edward would one day get married and have children, those children would precede Edward’s younger ...

As Edward VIII was dying from throat cancer, he had one final wish for his niece, Queen Elizabeth II. The late monarch’s fate forever changed when her uncle met and fell in love with Wallis Simpson, a ...

Sydney Johnson, the valet of King Edward VIII, makes his first, yet brief appearance, in Episode Eight of Season Three of "The Crown," when the former king calls out, "Sydney!" as he is coughing up ...

Edward VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson. Here, the couple is pictured in the Bahamas, where Edward served as governor between 1940 and 1945. Ivan Dmitri / Michael Ochs Archives / ...

Johnson is portrayed by actor Jude Akuwudike in season 5 of 'The Crown' Kelsie Gibson is the Senior News Editor of Society and Culture at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2021. She was ...