The answer to the crossword is EDWARD. Edward was a British King who abdicated in 1936. He was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary and was born in 1894. He was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, as well as Emperor of India, from January 20, 1936 until his abdication on December 11, 1936. He famously abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite.