Kana sekuru vake vakafa muna 1936 uye babamunini vake vakabudirira saEdward VIII, iye akava wechipiri-mu-mutsara kuchigaro, mushure mababa vake. Gare gare gore iroro, Edward akasiya, mushure mekunge kuroorwa kwake kwakakumbirwa kumuchato wakaparadzaniswa Wallis Simpson kwakakonzera dambudziko remutemo. Somugumisiro, baba vaElizabeth vakava mambo, uye iye akava mugari wenhaka. Kana vabereki vake vakava nemwanakomana gare gare, angadai akarasikirwa nechinzvimbo chake semwanakomana wekutanga-mu-mutsara, sezvo mukoma wake angadai akaramba ari pamusoro pemugari wenhaka mumutsara wake wepachivande waElizabeth.
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