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发表于 2011-5-2 00:23:20
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俺现在吃饭,回头还得出去走俩小时呢,回来喘过气来再说。。。要不你也抓这点时间出去走走。。。 ...
大家拿 发表于 2011-5-2 00:03
我知道有不少国人误会那所谓“不爱江山爱美人”的国王之所以退位是因为“英国王室不得与平民结婚”。
我在国内是也听说过这类说法。
我来美国后,特别就此事问过好几个美国搞英国历史的专家,皆一致否认。
事实上是当时的王室与政府不肯接受的,是“同离婚的女人结婚”,与对象是平民或贵族无关。
如果是为阶级,容易解决,婚前授予贵族头衔即可。
离婚的事实则无法改变。
还有小道消息说:他事实上是被同他有个几腿的N个女贵族出于嫉妒怨恨逼下台的,不得与离婚女人结婚也只是借口,并无条款可据。
playboy 之说,正可视为此说的旁证。
如今有网可查,顺手找到一链接。 我得剪草去了。嘿嘿
http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/Windsor/EdwardVIII.html
King Edward VIII was the eldest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary. In 1930, while he was still Prince of Wales, Edward met an American woman named Wallis Warfield Simpson. Her first marriage had ended in divorce, and when she met the prince she was married to her second husband, Ernest Simpson. The prince, who was single and had a reputation as a playboy, fell deeply in love with Mrs. Simpson.
George V died in January 1936, and Edward VIII succeeded him as king.
Mrs. Simpson divorced her husband later that year.
The king was determined to marry her,
but he could not convince the royal family or government officials to accept a divorced woman as his queen.
On December 11, Edward VIII officially abdicated. |
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