Ka mate tona tupuna i roto i te tau 1936 a ka riro tana tupuna rite Edward VIII, ka riro ia i te tuarua-i roto i te rārangi ki te torona, i muri i tona papa. I muri i taua tau, ka whakarerea Edward, i muri i tana marena i tonoa ki whakarerea socialite Wallis Simpson whakaoho i te parekura ture. Na reira, ka kingi papa o Elizabeth, a ka riro ia tona uri presumptive. Ki te i ona matua he tama i muri mai, kua ngaro ia tona tūranga rite tuatahi-i roto i te rārangi, kia rite ki tona teina i runga ake i tona uri i roto i te rārangi tūruhi o Edward Edward me tona papa.
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