 As queen consort from 1910, she supported her husband through the First World War, his ill health, and major political changes arising from the aftermath of the war.After George's death in 1936, she became queen mother when her eldest son, Edward VIII, ascended the throne; but to her dismay, he abdicated later the same year in order to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson.She supported her second son, George VI, until his death in 1952.