His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936

The law on the declaration of abdication of His Majesty from 1936 (English: His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936) was an Act of the British Parliament. It was adopted on 11 December 1936 and helped the declaration of abdication of the king from the day before the validity. Simultaneously, by the law of Edward 's brother Albert, Duke of York, as his successor. Edward abdicated in order to marry his mistress, Wallis Simpson can, giving him the will of the governments of Great Britain and the Dominions of the King would not have been possible (see abdication of Edward VIII ).

The Act passed through both Houses of Parliament without additives in a day. The Governments of the Dominions (Canada, Australia, the Union of South Africa and New Zealand) gave their permission, that the law also applies in their respective countries. This agreement was necessary since the Statute of Westminster in 1931. However, the law did not apply in the Irish Free State, which recognized the Duke of York instead by the External Relations Act as king.

The law was necessary for two reasons.

  • First, there is the British law does not provide, if the monarch wants to abdicate. The Act of Settlement of 1701 specifies that the highest ranking in the throne descendant of Sophie of the Palatinate, King of England. The Act of Union confirmed this regulation in 1707 for the whole Kingdom of Great Britain. The heir to the throne Sophia is therefore automatically monarch, whether he wants to or not. If he wants to resign, we need a law to give the legal validity.
  • Second, the law ensures that the throne while to Prince Albert, the Duke of York, went over, but that other descendants of Sophia of the Palatinate were not excluded from the succession. Descendants of Edward VIII but would have had no right to the throne and would not have been bound by the Royal Marriages Act.

At the moment, when King Edward VIII royal called his consent, assent, granted to the law, he was no longer King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The throne passed immediately to Prince Albert, the next day at St. James 's Palace in London to King George VI. was proclaimed.

Parliament of the United Kingdom December 11 Edward VIII abdication crisis Commonwealth Realm Statute of Westminster 1931 Act of Settlement 1701 Sophia of Hanover Acts of Union 1707 Royal Marriages Act 1772
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