British Civil War

What if George V had died in 1935 and Edward VIII had attempted to marry Wallis Simpson that year?&nbsp

The King is Dead
At 5.00 am 31st April 1935 king George V of United Kingdom died peacefully in his sleep. His son and heir Edward Prince of Wales was proclaimed king. On news of King George's death and after previously promising to resign from office on King George's silver jubilee (6th May 1935) Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald resigns in favour of Stanley Baldwin. To the dismay of Baldwin Edward has invited to his coronation on 1st June his lover Wallis Simpson. But against Baldwin's greatest wishes Mrs Simpson was not removed from the guest list.

Royal Scandal
On 10th July Edward declared that he was to marry Mrs Simpson his speech he made in clear that " I will be unable to carry out my duties as king without the help and support of the woman I love". But Baldwin and Parliament refused to allow a King to marry a divorced woman, particularly a unpredictable American heiress who was very friendly to Nazi Germany. In answer to this Edward declared Baldwin a fraud and summond him to Buckingham palace on 17th July where he deposed him and replaced him with far right politician Sir Oswald Mosley and established the British union of Fascists as the governing party.

Fascist Government
On 20th July 1935 Oswald Mosley declared his cabinet to be:

Prime Minister: Oswald Mosley Party Secretary: William Joyce Chancellor of Exchequer: Minister of War: