Kana sekuru vake vakafa muna 1936 uye babamunini vake vakamutevera saEdward VIII, akava wechipiri-mutsara kuchigaro, mushure mababa vake. Gare gare gore iroro, Edward akasiya, mushure mekuroora kwake kwakapihwa kumuchato wakaparadzaniswa naWallis Simpson kwakakonzera dambudziko remutemo. Naizvozvo, baba vaElizabeth vakava mambo, uye iye akazova mugari wenhaka. Kana vabereki vake vakazova nemwanakomana gare gare, angadai akarasikirwa nechinzvimbo chake semukoma-mukuru, sezvo mukoma wake angadai akaramba ari pamusoro pemugari wenhaka mumutsara wake wepachivande waElizabeth.
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