| GEORGEV | King succeeded by his son Edward VIII in 1936 before his abdication in the same year (6,1) |
| EDWARD | King for 10 months and 21 days, before his abdication in 1936 (6) |
| GEORGEVI | King following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936 (6,2) |
| OLAV | Norwegian king succeeded by his son Harald |
| AKIHITO | Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019, succeeded by his son Naruhito (7) |
| WINDSOR | Duke of ---, title created for the former King Edward VIII following his abdication (7) |
| TREVINO | First golfer to win the U.S., British and Canadian Opens in the same year |
| NOUVEAU | A wine which may be sold in the same year in which it was harvested |
| JAMESII | English king succeeded by William of Orange |
| MACBETH | Scottish king succeeded by Lulach (7) |
| BEATRIX | The queen of the Netherlands until her abdication in 2013 (7) |
| JULIANA | A European queen reigning from 1948 until her abdication (in favour of her daughter) in 1980 (7) |
| ALLEARS | Listening eagerly one trainee with king succeeded (3,4) |
| HUNDREDDAYS | The period between Napoleon's arrival in Paris from Elba in March 1815 and his abdication in June 1815 (7,4) |
| VALERIAN | Emperor of Rome from 253 to 260, succeeded by his son Gallienus (8) |
| DUKEOFWINDSOR | Title created in 1937 for the former King Edward VIII following his abdication (4,2,7) |
| PEARCE | Guy -, actor who portrayed King Edward VIII in 2010 biopic The King's Speech (6) |
| JACOBI | Derek, British actor who plays King Edward VIII in the third season of The Crown (6) |
| JUANCARLOS | King of Spain from 1975 until his abdication in 2014 (4,6) |
| CAMBODIA | Prince Norodom Sihanouk's son, Norodom Sihamoni, was appointed King of this Asian nation by the throne council after his father's abdication in 2004 |
