A seemingly common object people walk past in the street every day is actually a rare reminder of one of the biggest scandals of the 20th Century.
The traditional red postbox that sits on the corner of Bedford Street and Canning Street in Liverpool city centre is a rare piece of history.
The reason it is so rare is that it's embossed with the royal cipher of Edward VIII - one of only 130 of these postboxes exist on streets in the UK.
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Edward VIII became King of England in 1936 for just 326 days before abdicating the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, an American woman who was in the process of divorcing her second husband.
The revelation the King of England proposed to marry a divorced woman with two living ex-husbands was seen as socially unacceptable for a prospective queen consort.
Opposed by the UK Government and Church of England, who Edward was its head in name, the scandal plunged the British monarchy into a deep crisis.
Realising he could not marry Wallis Simpson and remain king, he abdicated his throne in December 1936, the same year he became king, making him the UK's shortest-reigning monarch.
After his abdication, Edward was given the title of Duke of Windsor and married Wallis in June 1937 after her second divorce became final. After World War Two, they spent the rest of their lives in France and remained married until Edward's death in 1972.
The fact Edward gave up the throne to marry - as well as his title of Emperor of India - is for some, enough to regard their relationship as one of the greatest love stories of all time.
But it's the short time Edward was king that has made the postbox bearing his insignia so rare, with estimates of only around 130 to have ever been minted.
Of all the Edwardian postboxes that exist, four of them are on Merseyside. As well as the one on Bedford Street, the others are on Calderstones Road in Allerton, Halsnead Avenue in Whiston, and Buccleugh Street in Birkenhead.
Of the 11,500 UK postboxes, over half carry the emblem of the Queen, "EIIR", while there are also a large number of boxes still standing from Queen Victoria's reign embossed with the "VR" insignia.
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