Why did King Edward face the wrong way on coins when he became King?
King Edward VIII liked to think of himself as a new age monarch. He was known as a playboy during his long tenure as Prince of Wales and grew up during the elaborate Edwardian period. He liked parties and living life to the full. He was in the newspapers quite a lot for “inappropriate behaviour” and addressed issues that outraged George V such as addressing the working class in Birmingham and the living conditions of the poor. Edward VIII was very much a modern version of his Grandfather Edward VII whereas George V was practically a male incarnate of Queen Victoria and prefered a more traditional, moral way of life which was fuelled by his pius wife, Queen Mary. Edward VIII was very much like his Grandfather he enjoyed women, disliked the stuffy atmosphere at court and preferred a more lavish lifestyle. He liked parties and generally wanted to do away with the old Victorian ethos which his father had effectively re-introduced at court. On his succession, one of his first acts was to do
