Mary of Teck After receiving advice from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin, as well as the Dominion governments, that he could not remain king and marry Simpson, Edward abdicated. Though loyal and supportive of her son, Mary could not comprehend why Edward would neglect his royal duties in favour of his personal feelings. Simpson had been presented formally to both King George V and Queen Mary at court, but Mary later refused to meet her either in public or privately. She saw it as her duty to provide moral support for her second son, the reserved and stammering Prince
Francis, Duke of Teck return from Egypt he was gazetted a Colonel in the British Army. The Duke of Teck was made Colonel ("Oberst") à la suite of the 25th (1st Württemberg) Dragoons "Queen Olga" on 6 March 1889, and a "Generalmajor" in the German Army on 18 October 1891. He was made a supernumerary Major-General in the British Army in July 1893 and a "Generalleutnant" in the German Army on 18 April 1895. Because Francis had no inheritance, the couple lived on Mary Adelaide's Parliamentary allowance of £5,000 per annum (equivalent to ca. £525,000 in 2013), supplemented by income from her mother, the