When King Edward VIII choose love over the monarchy it was the scandal of the century.

But this forgotten painting of King Edward VIII in coronation robes he never wore, released to mark today's 75th anniversary of his abdication, shows how the royal family could have been very different.

The painting of the king, who gave up his crown to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, was commissioned for a special coronation issue of Illustrated London News which never made it to the news stands.