Read an actual biography of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor befor you go all gooey and sentimental.
Edward VIII did not abdicate to marry Wallis. He could have easily had a Morgantic marriage and retained the throne. Churchill persuaded the government to force his abdication because Esward and Wallis were Nazi sympathizers. Pictures show them posing with Hitler, whom they greatly admired.
Indeed, when WWII broke out , Churchill had them sent to the Bahamas, out of contact with Hitler. History later revealed that Esward and Wallis had entered into an agreement with Hitler. They would support him in the war against his own country, Britain, & when the Nazis won the war, they would restore Edward to the throne.
It was hardly a love match. Both were of rather ambiguous sexuality, & it is believed the marriage was never consummated.
So called romantic stories about Nazis are anything but.
Well there you go: truth rears its ugly head and banishes maudlin sentimentality!
And here *I* was going to characterize Edward and Wallis’ story as a simple triumph of horniness over common sense!
I cannot help but wonder where those details are rooted.
No matter.....
It is called “His Story” for good reason.
I don’t know much about them, to be honest. All I ever really knew of them was the “gooey and sentimental” version, not much else. A man who gave it all up for the woman he loved and such.
Just as the only views I ever heard on Joseph McCarthy were the ones they told me in school and I heard on the news.
I will say, I just saw the movie tonight “The King’s Speech” and it was excellent. They made Edward VIII out like a complete pussy and a jerk, and boy...Wallis was portrayed a a complete horse-face.
Don’t know the truth, but I sure did like George VI a lot better than Edward VIII, in the movie at least. I am not into British royalty enough to go learn more, but...I am well aware of the Nazi sympathizers in England before the war, and am not at all surprised to hear he would have been one of them. Shameful.
You’re just repeating the tired old gossip and unsubstantiated accusations of the past. Yes, it’s true that the Duke of Windsor went to Germany and met Hitler - as did a million other politicians and celebrities in those days. But to accept the tabloid gossip of the 30’s that he was a Nazi is laughable. Joe Kennedy was far more tied to Nazism than the duke! (The father of our late president).
That’s all unsubstantiated nonsense and tabloid gossip and you know it. If you disagree, submit serious documentation and not just hearsay tittle-tattle.
No. Churchill was probably the King's leading champion in Parliament. He went very far out on a limb in his support of the King's right to marry whom he chose.
Of course, at the time, Churchill was an aging back bencher, with no apparent prospects of ever returning to the government. His party viewed him as an eccentric, warmongering, blowhard, and Labour hated him for his anti-Communism. Having Churchill lead the King's defense probably hurt a lot more than it helped.