1. Giving up, yielding, surrender, waiving, renunciation, cession, relinquishment, abjuration Edward was titled Duke of Windsor after his Abdication of the throne.

2. It is worth noting that, along with the abdication of the throne, Emperor Nicholas II signed a decree appointing George Lvov Chairman of the Council of Ministers (March 15, 1917), but the Provisional Government in its declaration indicated that power was taken from the Provisional Committee of the State Duma, leaving the decree of Nicholas without attention.