Charles J. V. Murphy was an American journalist and author. He was the ghostwriter of King Edward VIII’s best-selling autobiography, A King's Story (1951), about the monarch’s decision to abdicate the throne in order to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson. Murphy also earned a William the Silent Award from Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and a Distinguished Public Service Medal from the United States Department of Defense.

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