<Li> Edward and Simpson marry and she become queen (a royal marriage); </Li> <Li> Edward and Simpson marry, but she not become queen, instead receiving some courtesy title (a morganatic marriage); or </Li> <Li> Abdication for Edward and any potential heirs he might father, allowing him to make any marital decisions without further constitutional implications . </Li> <P> The second option had European precedents, including Edward's own great - grandfather, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, but it had no parallel in British constitutional history . The prime ministers of the five Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Irish Free State) were consulted, and the majority agreed that there was "no alternative to course (3)". William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada), Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister of Australia), and J.B.M. Hertzog (Prime Minister of South Africa) opposed options 1 and 2 . Mackenzie King told Edward to do "what he believed in his own heart was right" and the Canadian government appealed to the King to put his duty before his feelings for Simpson . Governor General of Canada Lord Tweedsmuir told Buckingham Palace and Baldwin that Canadians held deep affection for the King, but also that Canadian public opinion would be outraged if Edward married a divorcee . Michael Joseph Savage (Prime Minister of New Zealand) rejected option 1 and thought that option 2 "might be possible...if some solution along these lines were found to be practicable", but "would be guided by the decision of the Home government". In communications with the British government, Éamon de Valera (President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State) remarked that as a Roman Catholic country, the Irish Free State did not recognise divorce . He supposed that if the British people would not accept Wallis Simpson then abdication was the only possible solution . On 24 November, Baldwin consulted the three leading opposition politicians in Britain: Leader of the Opposition Clement Attlee, Liberal leader Sir Archibald Sinclair, and Winston Churchill . Sinclair and Attlee agreed that options 1 and 2 were unacceptable, and Churchill pledged to support the government . </P>

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