Prince George makes a love match and marries the glamorous Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Henry gives up the married Beryl Markham and also makes a suitable marriage. Edward, meanwhile, brings married American divorcee Wallis Simpson to George and Marina's pre-wedding party at Buckingham Palace, scandalising his parents. Not long after George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations, a unifying event for the nation, the King dies and Edward inherits the throne.