Xahar makes an excellent point. The only one of that lot to realize that the title wasn't worth having is a pretty good candidate for the best one.
"The King informed Baldwin that he would abdicate if he could not marry Mrs. Simpson. Baldwin then presented Edward with three choices: give up the idea of marriage; marry against his ministers' wishes; or abdicate. It was clear that Edward was not prepared to give up Mrs. Simpson, and he knew that if he married against the advice of his ministers, he would cause the government to resign, prompting a constitutional crisis. He chose to abdicate."
I think it was George Orwell who summed that up as Edward being "let go" by the Tory Party like a butler.
