Van wie was Eduard VIII van het Verenigd Koninkrijk?

Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (Richmond upon Thames, 23 juni 1894 – Parijs, 28 mei 1972) was van 20 januari tot 11 december 1936 koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk en keizer van Indië. Hij stamde uit het Huis Windsor. In Engeland stond hij bekend als Edward, terwijl zijn familie hem David noemde. In met name oudere Nederlandse literatuur wordt hij, naar zijn vernederlandste naam, Eduard genoemd.

Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII.

Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (geborene Morgan; * 23. August 1904 in Luzern, Schweiz; † 29. Januar 1970 in New York City) war eine US-amerikanische High-Society Lady, Schauspielerin und Anfang der 1930er Jahre Mätresse des Prince of Wales, der später König Eduard VIII. von Großbritannien war.

Marguerite Marie Alibert (9 December 1890 – 2 January 1971), also known as Maggie Meller, Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy, was a French socialite. She started her career as a prostitute and later courtesan in Paris, and from 1917 to 1918, she had an affair with the prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). After her marriage to Egyptian aristocrat Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, she was frequently called princess by the news media of the time. In 1923, she killed her husband at the Savoy Hotel in London. She was eventually acquitted of the murder charge after a trial at the Old Bailey.