Quite right. Although a bizarre (and I’m sure never seriously considered) plan for Edward VIII’s successor was revealed in a note discovered in the National Archives.
The note was from Sir Maurice Gwyer, a parliamentary counsel, to Sir Horace Wilson, adviser to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Gwyer obviously had no faith in the talents of the Duke of York (later George VI) the shy, stammering Bertie, and proposed that Queen Mary act as Regent after the abdication, until her youngest son, Prince George, the Duke of Kent, would ascend the throne on her death. The fact that the Duke of Kent already had an heir was seen as a stabilising factor.
An utter nonsense of an idea, and one that seriously underestimated the talents and mettle of the man who served marvellously well as King George VI.
Totally get your username. Have you read the book? Not bad for a man his age.