1934 Duff Cooper - Financial Secretary to the Treasury
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1935-36 Duff Cooper - War Secretary. Italy had been at with Abyssinia
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December 1935 Hoare Laval Pact
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March 1936 Germany sent troops into the Rhineland
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20 October 1936 Baldwin started to become actively involved in attempting to avoid a crisis Edward arranged for Wallis to live in a house in Regent’s Park paid for by Edward
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27 October 1936 The Simpson’s divorce case was heard in a court in Ipswich
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24th November 1936 Baldwin consulted Clement Atlee (leader of the opposition (Labour)) Archibald Sinclair (leader of the Liberals) Winston Churchill (senior politician not involved in government but who was known to be close to the king)
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27th November 1936 Baldwin raised the issue of a morganatic marriage with the Cabinet
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3rd December 1936 Baldwin consulted the Dominions as the King was their monarch too News of Edward’s relationship with Wallis Simpson and their proposed marriage finally broke in the British press
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6th December 1936 Churchill issued a press statement
