Edward left England for France immediately after his Abdication speech on 11 December 1936. He and Wallis were married at the Chateau de Candé on 3 June 1937 by a Church of England vicar acting without the authority of his bishop. Cecil Beaton was invited to take photos on the day before the wedding but was not asked to stay at the ceremony itself.

He returned in 1949 to take the last photos in this set

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