… Reuters' cable wordage from Ottawa to London during the fateful month of the Abdication Crisis averaged no more than 200 words a day.

The one I can think of was killed by the Abdication Crisis and by a ridiculous law suit whose name I have forgotten affecting someone called Lambert, I think.

I do not think that anyone would doubt the authority of Mr. Baldwin, bearing in mind that his fame probably rests particularly on his handling of the great constitutional Crisis of the Abdication.

I was told that the crowds outside the Houses of Parliament on the last special sitting on Saturday were the largest since the Abdication Crisis of 1936.

The occasions on which Bills have gone through all their stages in the House on one day make an interesting comparison with today's occasion: for example, the Abdication Crisis, which is a strange parallel to the poll tax reversal of today; the Northern Ireland crisis or an impending general election - the last thing we may contemplate today, given the state of things.

Other right hon. Members have referred to the tremendous contribution that the Queen Mother made at the time of the Abdication Crisis and, of course, throughout the war.

In 1936, during the Abdication Crisis, she wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury: "I can hardly believe that we have been called to the tremendous task … the curious thing is that we are not afraid".

In 1936, during the Abdication Crisis, she wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury: "I can hardly believe that we have been called to the tremendous task .

In any case, the Abdication Crisis in 1936–37 showed that, where the government are opposed, a royal marriage cannot in effect take place.

One managed to spark the Abdication Crisis; another became Archbishop of York and then moved on to Canterbury, which in Yorkshire was regarded as a downward move; and a third, with Irish charm, became personal chaplain to Sir Terry Wogan.