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Winston Churchill - Churchill immediately pledged loyalty to George VI

Time: Friday Dec 11, 1936

Place: London, England, United Kingdom

Details: Afterward, although Churchill immediately pledged loyalty to George VI, he wrote that the abdication was "premature and probably quite unnecessary".

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