The Motor Cycle Dispatch Rider Leaving fort Belvedere with the Abdication act after the king Had Signed it this afternoon. King Edward's last state Documents Dispatch Rider takes Abdication act back to London after the royal Assent. Sunningdale, Berkshire, Eng, December 11- King Edward VIII Signed away his throne at Fort Belvedere, His Suburban home near here, this Afternoon. The Abdication Bill, which received its first reading in the house of Commons last Night, Passed Through Parliament at 1.52 P.M. today, and was taken by a motor-cycle Dispatch rider to fort belvedere for the "Royal Assent" - The King's Signature which made the bill a law. December 11, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).