Cavalcade (magazine)

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Cavalcade
CategoriesNews magazine
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherNews Periodicals Ltd
Year founded1936
First issueFebruary 1936
Final issue1950
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cavalcade was a British weekly news magazine which was in circulation between 1936 and 1950. [1] It was modelled on the American magazine Time . [2] [3] The first issue of Cavalcade appeared in February 1936. [1] [4] The founding publisher was News Periodicals Ltd. [5] In 1937 Cavalcade reported that its circulation was 50,000 copies, [1] but next year the magazine was sold due to financial problems. [2]

Cavalcade was the only British publication which published the photographs of King Edward and Wallis Simpson in the summer of 1936 taken when they were on holiday. [6] These photographs made their relationship publicly known for the first time. [6]

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