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In 1936, Edward VIII became king on his father's death. Only months into his reign, he caused a constitutional crisis by proposing to Wallis Simpson. The Prime Minister opposed the marriage, arguing a divorced woman was socially unacceptable as a prospective queen consort. He later abdicated was succeeded by his younger brother, George VI. [3]

In 1937, he married Wallis and the couple were given the titles of "Duke" and "Duchess" of Windsor. For the next two years they lived mainly in France. On a visit to Nazi Germany in 1937, they had a controversial meeting with Adolf Hitler. After the outbreak of World War II, he was appointed governor of the Bahamas.[3]

In March 1941, Captain America was assigned to safeguard President Roosevelt during a fishing trip in the Bahamas, the newly commissioned Cap endured his baptism under fire. while a Nazi U-boat carrying the Nazi super-soldier called Der Wunderkrieger headed for the islands. He was to kidnap the Duke of Windsor, and sit him on the throne of a defeated Great Britain.[3]

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