After the abdication of Edward VIII, Bertie says to Logue "every Monarch in history has always succeeded someone who was dead, or just about to be." That is not entirely true, as there have been some exceptions. The most notable special case is James II, who fled England and was dethroned in absentia in 1688-9, lived in exile in France until his death in 1701, having outlived one of his successors (his daughter Mary II).
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