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His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936

This document is the His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act of 1936 which gave effect to King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne. The Act states that upon Royal Assent, the Instrument of Abdication signed by the King on December 10, 1936 would take effect, ending his reign and passing the crown to the next in line of succession. It also stipulates that the abdicated King and his descendants would no longer have any rights or claims to the throne. The full text of the Instrument of Abdication, signed by King Edward at Fort Belvedere, is included in the schedule.

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His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936

This document is the His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act of 1936 which gave effect to King Edward VIII's abdication of the throne. The Act states that upon Royal Assent, the Instrument of Abdication signed by the King on December 10, 1936 would take effect, ending his reign and passing the crown to the next in line of succession. It also stipulates that the abdicated King and his descendants would no longer have any rights or claims to the throne. The full text of the Instrument of Abdication, signed by King Edward at Fort Belvedere, is included in the schedule.

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His Majesty's Declaration


of Abdication Act 1936
1936 CHAPTER 3

An Act to give effect to His Majesty's declaration of abdication; and for purposes
connected therewith. [11th December 1936]

WHEREAS His Majesty by His Royal Message of the tenth day of December in this present
year has been pleased to declare that He is irrevocably determined to renounce the Throne for
Himself and His descendants, and has for that purpose executed the Instrument of Abdication
set out in the Schedule to this Act, and has signified His desire that effect thereto should be
given immediately :
And whereas, following upon the communication to His Dominions of His Majesty's- said
declaration and desire, the Dominion of Canada pursuant to the provisions of section four of
the Statute of Westminster, 1931, has requested and consented to the enactment of this Act, and
the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa
have assented thereto:
Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent
of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1 Effect of His Majesty's declaration of abdication.


(1) Immediately upon the Royal Assent being signified to this Act the Instrument of
Abdication executed by His present Majesty on the tenth day of December, nineteen
hundred and thirty-six, set out in the Schedule to this Act, shall have effect, and
thereupon His Majesty shall cease to be King and there shall be a demise of the Crown,
and accordingly the member of the Royal Family then next in succession to the Throne
shall succeed thereto and to all the rights, privileges, and dignities thereunto belonging.
2 His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 (c. 3)
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(2) His Majesty, His issue, if any, and the descendants of that issue, shall not after His
Majesty's abdication have any right, title or interest in or to the succession to the
Throne, and section one of the Act of Settlement shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The Royal Marriages Act, 1772, shall not apply to His Majesty after His abdication
nor to the issue, if any, of His Majesty or the descendants of that issue.

2 Short title.
This Act may be cited as His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936.
His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 (c. 3) 3
SCHEDULE
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SCHEDULE

I, Edward the Eighth, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas,
King, Emperor of India, do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne
for Myself and for My descendants, and My desire that effect should be given to this Instrument
of Abdication immediately
In token whereof I have hereunto set My hand this tenth day of December, nineteen hundred
and thirty-six, in the presence of the witnesses whose signatures are subscribed.

EDWARD R.I.

Signed at Fort Belvedere in the presence of

ALBERT.
HENRY.
GEORGE.

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