Edward VIII is called a traitorous king for a reason. He was a huge fan of fascism and after his visit to Germany and chat with Hitler and co H was ready to do anything to take over the crown again. Edward even suggested to Hitler that constant bombing in England would wear down the English people. Churchill and Roosevelt felt he needed to be kept an eye on and information stated that Edward was still meeting and corresponding with German agents etc and that was why he had been shipped off to the Bahamas. However this didn't stop Edward and Wallis from meeting agents in Miami where they went on weekend trips.. As far as i'm concerned Edward and Wallis deserved each other.
Yes, and Edward's suggestion was carried out on the British cities and towns by the Luftwaffe with sustained aerial bombing attacks from September 1940 through May 1941, resulting in 43,000 civilian deaths, nearly half of Britain's civilian deaths for the entire war. 1.1 million houses and flats were either destroyed or damaged. 1 out of 6 Londoners became homeless during this time period. But the British people didn't fold like Hitler thought they would, thanks to Winston Churchill, who rallied the nation in defiance of Hitler.
Edward VIII was NEVER Crowned King (09.05). He became King immediately upon the death of his father, but Edward never actually had a Coronation, therefore he was never Crowned King. That research is hardly difficult to verify. Pure laziness on the Narrator's part.
And like today, they were only known as The Monarch of ENGLAND, by other countries and on occasion when they entertained another Royal from Europe, they said their title was King of ENGLAND. With the middle ages type of parliament and the House of Lords, filled by the party of government when in power, does not represent anyone who does not vote for those past the post. This means that even today, many people who have voted are not represented. This means that it is NOT democratic at all!
there are so many things wrong with this not sure the Simpson marriage was in trouble, Ernest knew exactly what was going on and he even bought the insurance on the jewelry David gave her. The two of them worked the social circuit, got wealthy people to provide them with food, housing, transportation. She was never in love with David, didnt want to marry him, but the alternative was to go back to the US in disgrace. It all was so public, Ernest didnt have any choice but the divorce. And since Wallis had not worked a day in her life, she needed David to support her.
Also, the image at 5:37 is of Jane Seymour portraying Wallis Simpson in the TV movie "The Woman He Loved" (1988). Anthony Andrews played Prince Edward. And as the video progresses, he uses images from that movie at 7:20 , 8:36 , 10:19 , 10:31 , and 16:10. There's also an image at 10:17 of Andrea Riseborough and James D'Arcy, who played Wallis and Edward in the film "W.E." (2012).
She really didn't need him to support her at all as she was very rich in her own right. After her father died after her birth, she and her mother moved in with her mother's father to support them. He was a very wealthy man so they wanted for nothing. Her grandfather left her inheritance and even her uncle supported her as well and paid for her to go to an expensive Girls School. He was even wealthier than her grandfather and he left her inheritance as well.
@@denisemawby362 that was not my understanding: her father left her and her mother with nothing. He was one of 6 children of Henry Mactier Warfield and Anna Emory. Since her grandmother did not pass away until 1915 and the rest of her grandfather's estate would have been inherited by his surviving siblings, there would not have been much left for Wallis and her mother. When her father died in 1896, they moved in with her father's brother, Solomon Warfield, who could not have left her much as he didnt die himself until 1927. Wallis got married for the first time in 1916. For all the imaginary wealth in the family, and her high intelligence, she did not attend college (unlike my grandmother, who graduated from Radcliffe in 1900 and my great aunt, who graduated from Smith in 1904.) After living with her paternal uncle for a few years she and her mother moved in with her Aunt Bessie. Aunt Bessie lived to be well over 100 so it is unlikely any wealth passed directly to Wallis prior to her marriage.
@@user-dq5wh1lj7r you’re quite on point, her father died when she was 1 year Old. Her and her mother depended upon the charity of relatives. Uncle Sol left her nothing. He did send her to a girls finishing school. He was very tight with his money, hence Wallis and her mother moved in with Aunt Bessie. Wallis married Win Spencer who was an Air Force pilot who was a drunk and beat Wallis. She always feared for her financial security. As in those days, few women had jobs in the workplace. It was very different times in the 1930s, in the middle of a world depression. People forget the historical context in which people lived. Wallis was married to a man who beat her for 8 years. Her family refused to help her in any way. The contact with Edward was beneficial for Ernest business as half of his heritage was English.
@janicekirby7070 yes, but uncrowned. Maybe s dmall technically to you but of supreme importance to the monarchy. The coronation creates his kingship and also as the head of the Church of England.
@Lady V: his brother only became King because Edward abdicated the throne. Why did he abdicate? Because Simpson would never have been allowed to become Queen . Why? Edward as King once crowned would also have been the head of the Church of England which was vehemently opposed to divorce(it was considered immoral at that time) and would never allow someone who was divorced anywhere near the throne. Wallis was divorced from her 1st husband and planning to divorce her 2nd husband to marry Edward)and also an American. When Edward abdicated his reason was he could not rule without the women he Loved supporting him. It sounds strange to our ears in 2023 but it was a very serious issue during that time period. If Edward had dug in his heels, it would have caused a constitutional crisis. Edward and Wallis history is very interesting to say the least. You might like to check it out.
@marieoleary8438 , I would ask that you not smugly assume that you know more than everybody else. I merely pointed out that the coronation planned for Edward became the coronation for George. Because ultimately, the monarch is a figurehead rather than a ruler. I wouldn't be surprised if the monarchy were to be eliminated and future generations of royals become the caretakers and curators of the old palaces which should become museums.
They hated each other. They were miserable. Wallace's letters and diary were discovered by her biographer who was pro Wallace until that point. In it Wallace refers to Edward as Peter Pan - the boy who never wanted to grow up. She continued to write to Ernest her husband who, together, used Edward for paid exotic excursions, and Wallace pretended to like him so she would get money and jewelry out of him. She admitted in her letters that she hated Edward and wanted to return to Ernest, realizing he was he true love. I don't know about what the narrator is looking at, but this comes directly from her personal letters and diary. You will find the documentary here, where her official biographer reads these letters and diaries.
It is cringeworthy to think that Edward might have been king during WWII. Although he was not prepared, Britain was blessed to have George as their king during the war.
If Edward hadn't had children, which I doubt he would have, even as king, then Elizabeth probably would have inherited the crown eventually. But better sooner than later in this case.
He was probably epileptic and specialists now who read about John's condition think he was on the spectrum, too. They set up a house for him in the country with his nanny and he was happy. He planted flowers and made friends with local children.
@@ladyv5655 from what I read, his mother, Queen Mary, and his siblings visited him quite often and he visited the family as well. If he had a seizure disorder, as well as being on the spectrum & possibly developmental and learning disabilities, the stress of being in the public eye would've been very detrimental to Prince John's well being.
We should all get down on our hands and knees to thank Wallace Warfield Simpson because if Edward had become King, we would be living in a different world. -- and it would not be good.
@@user-fq8rs7rz3i there was more than a little suspicion that the Duke & Duchess of Windsor were possibly supporters of Hitler (such as photographic proof of the Duke & Duchess posing in a photograph (s) with Hitler. The Duke & Duchess of York who later became the King & Queen of England due to the DOW's abdication may not have liked having their hand forced into taking the throne, but in light of the atrocities that Hitler & his supporters committed, I think it all worked out for the best. If the DOW had still been King of England, Hitler might not have been defeated.
@19:00 WHAT EDWARD SAID ABOUT HIS DEAD LITTLE BROTHER. * At the age of 13 years old, he referred to his little brother's passing as "a little more than a regrettable nuisance." * He had written to his mistress that "this poor boy, had become more of an animal than anything else." * He was so savage to his mother about the loss of her son, that he later had to apologize to her for being "a coldhearted and unsympathetic swine."
THANK YOU for pointing this out. I chose this video hoping to learn what he did say, and got completely confused by all the rest of the story, actually missing what he did say! 👍
I believe you misspoke. Most of us know there was nothing this mess was a “love” story. England was blessed that he abdicated because it would have been terrifying had he been the king of England during wwii
Baldwin had no intention of allowing Edward to be crowned. He worked diligently to force him to abdicate, and Edward wasn’t even aware of it. He was ousted from behind the scenes and the RF knew. Please watch a proper documentary on this subject.
Simpson was not in love with Edward, she was in love with the idea of being Queen of England. When Edward was forced to abdicate and her marriage was over, she had no other option but to marry Edward.
Indeed .. her personal letters, which were recently curated, reveal a very different story. She and Ernest needed the royal connections to further Ernest's business interests. It was a game that went too far. She was not able to back out without damaging all their social relations. It was a different time and this was significant to her.
The most disgusting thing about Edward is something you DIDN'T mention--the encouraged Hitler to bomb Britain mercilessly to force their capitulation. Had I been Elizabeth II, I would not have let him been buried in Britain.
It is possible the intelligence service knew because per a recent BBC documentary Duke of Windsor was wire-tapped due to his Nazi sympathies. Would they have told HMQueen Elizabeth? At least he is only buried at Frogmore, not in the Royal vault.
Simpson was his ticket out of the monarchy. He didn't want the responsibility of being king, was just a selfish self absorbed dandy. I must say though, it was the best thing that ever happened to England. His brother was an excellent King that truly loved his country and the English people loved him.
Edwards abdication was a blessing for the UK and a nightmare for his shy brother. He wanted the riches but none of the responsibilities of the monarchy. He colluded with Nazis and was scheming to take the throne from his brother. Wallis was actually desperate to get away from David but knew she would be even more hated if she left him.
The script sucks for being hinged on a minor detail when considering Edwards actions in supporting fascism. Which was the real reason the government forced the abdication. The film of him teaching the young Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret to do the Nazi salute, his close friendship with Mosley and the support he got from many members of the British aristocracy went unexplored. Its like doing a story on Neil Armstrong without ever mentioning he was an astronaut.
@@annamack5823 You do have a point. If you had stated a fascist, eugenicist "Real King" then I agree entirely. And we have another one on the throne now.
I have read that Edward threatened suicide if Wallis tried to leave him. He also promised he’d follow her anywhere she’d try to go. Stalker much. But I take issue with the “trapped “ comment. My ex fiancé tried the same trick with me, if you ever leave me I’ll kill myself. I stayed because of that, even though it became obvious the relationship just wasn’t working. Then one night he blasted through a red light with me in the car. The oncoming car just barely managed to swerve away. I found out he had been taking large amounts of Percocet and drinking too. I told him I was done, if he wanted to kill himself fine but he wasn’t taking me along too. (By the way that was 30+ years ago and he’s still alive. He has apologized for those days when we ran across each other about 10 years ago). Wallis MAY have been concerned he’d kill himself, but far more likely she stayed with him because of the jewels, the clothes, the furs, the first class travel, the houses… Wallis was a mercenary as another “royal duchess “ we hear about . She never forgave Edward (or Churchill, or the royal family) that she didn’t get the HRH, and from what I’ve read she made him pay for that every day of their marriage .
I may be wrong, but I'm sure The Duke of Windsor had staff address The Duchess as Your Royal Highness, that might be her doing, we shall never know. The truth is lost on the winds of time. I am very sorry to hear of your experience with your ex fiance, Hope you have managed to enjoy life since? x
@@Glamrockqueen I believe staff did address her as HRH but other people - for instance when they were in the Bahamas- were specifically told by London not to address her as HRH or to curtsy/bow to her. And yes I did thank you. He even got help and we’re friends now .
Wallis was trying to break it off before he abdicated. He did that “to be with her,” even though she didn’t want him to. Whether that was because she actually wanted to leave him or if being mistress to a king was a better fit for her than being the wife of a royal with no power and much less cash, I don’t know.
@@stebu178 he had plenty of cash. In spite of him screaming poverty because his father had left more money to his siblings than him, he had been PoW for many years. He was worth almost a million pounds in his own right although he had settled much of it on Wallis. It was poor brand new King George VI what was strapped for cash but that didn’t stop his brother from insisting on a generous allowance that his brother had to pay since Parliament refused to fund the ex king or his American wife. Wallis may not have had some concern scouts marrying him - she was smart enough to realize she was letting herself in for a lifetime as nursery governess to a grown man - but she definitely didn’t object to the money, the jewels, the designer clothes. They were both greedy, grasping, venal people.
I agree that alluding to the disturbing thing Edward might have said and then backing off from it is very annoying. Also, the exact same anecdote about nanny pinching just prior to visiting with the parents, in order to have a tearful, unhappy little boy, has been far more convincingly told about the future George VI. According to that version Nanny adored David, disliked George, and didn't want to see young George presented to mummy and daddy in a favorable light. Since those Royal audiences could hardly have lasted all that long, pinching David in order to get it over with quickly doesn't sound plausible.
It's common knowledge if you're a royal history fan that he referred to his brother who had severe learning difficulties & even more severe seizures as "like an animal" in a letter to his mother, for which she roundly berated him.
The pinching and abuse of Bertie (George VI) by the nanny, who was besotted with David (Edward VIII), is what caused Bertie to stammer. Anyway, we all know what a squit David was. Wallis Simpson had to stick with the bloke who gave up the crown for her, but she wanted that crown. Ghastly creatures, both of them.
@@graceygrumble Back in 1976, when I first learned what horrible people David and Wallis were, Alastair Cooke said this: "What can be said about them is something all comfortable people should cower from deserving: 'They were at their best only when the going was good.'" I'm American, and we were slower to catch on to them than the Brits were, probably.
@@lemorab1That saying applies to most people I'm afraid. Just look at how people behave when the economy gets tough, or they are fighting over the spoils of an inheritance.
History says that it was his brother Bertie(George VI) that the nanny was abusive to, Nanny apparently favoured David as he was once called by his family
The nanny resented Bertie and abused him, mostly by neglect, and underfeeding him. But, she would pinch and hurt David, just before she handed him to his mother. She wanted Mary to think he was naughty and to love him even less than she already did. She abused both of them.
One more reason not to rely on nannies, and do it by ourselves. But, I guess, in spite of all their riches, and social status, the royals can't afford to raise their children, which is absurd. This is what you get when your hire a nanny and loose control over your children's raising. Disaster!
I saw another documentary saying the same thing; that Wallace was just an excuse to get out of his DUTY of being King. He just wanted to be the Playboy Prince. However, shortly after the marriage, he wanted it all back (Britain, the Kingship, Palaces, public adoration, etc) all of it but it was too late. Britain and the Monarchy had moved on with his Brother as King and try as he might (including collaborating with the Nazis) he was never going to get it back!
He was naturally a left handed prison which wasn’t acceptable. His left arm was bound so he was forced to use his right hand. As well she didn’t feed him & had something wrong with his legs so they were in casts until corrected. He didn’t have a happy childhood. A note to be taken by a current former royal.
George the VI and Elizabeth II are my favorite King and Queen. Even though George the VI was a reluctant King and dealt with stuttering and anger issues, he stepped into the role with much effort, over came his personal difficulties, and gained the admiration of his people. He went to every effort to make himself one of the greatest kings to grace the throne. George VI and Elizabeth II brought us into the new age flawlessly. They focused on the people of their countries and their needs more than their own. They listened to their people, Parliament, Churchill, and other close advivsors, along with their amazing consorts. Certainly they had heartache and scandals but even those were handled with the highest of dignity and decorum. God rest their souls and thank you very much for your incredible service from the both of you. You both are missed emensely. P.S. Albert, George VI was inconsolable over the loss of his baby brother. I was told it took him weeks to even speak about John's passing. Certainlt a man of great compassion.
Edward VIII was not a nice man. He was a spoiled, self-centered, playboy, with zero empathy for his younger brother. His little brother was “an embarrassment” to him.
Simpson was not in love with Edward. Watch “Simpson’s Letters. They’re a real testament to their lives. She was trapped and couldn’t get out. It was too late. As their marriage went on she loathed him. She went out without him and had affairs. When he was on his death bed she ignored him and when he died his nurse was the only one with him because she wouldn’t come. It’s a very interesting and I documentary.
All Wallis ever cared about was social climbing through her affairs with men. Edward without the crown did not interest her, hence her loathing. Edward was a means to an end - Wallis as Queen of England. She would have been willing to marry anyone if she could have been Queen of England.
Please do not stop the story with info to try and trick us into staying. We are staying because we are interested in the subject matter and you have a good voice... so don't ruin it with distractions. You also didn't mention that she told her ex-husband that she still loved him and wanted to be with him but she couldn't because they (Edward/public) had trapped her into marriage.
I watched a you tube video about a year ago on the death of King George V. There was some interesting information that alluded to the fact that Edward was responsible for the death of his father. Regicide. There was enough information to make me think he had something to do with it. He wanted to be King, I know he backed the Nazis believing that they would place him as King of England, and he could have Wallis as well. Edit. My bad, I had barely started the video when I made my comment, it does go on to explain his involvement with the Nazis. If I remember right the Queen Mother begrudgingly allowed Edward to be buried at Frogmore, she really hated him. She believed that abdication weaken the throne. I remember about 20yrs before Queen Elizabeth died people started asking if the Queen would abdicate. They certainly skirted the issue in the media, and more than one person asked me if I thought she would abdicate. To note I am nobody of importance, it’s just my interest in the monarchy that made friends ask. I said she would never abdicate. Even in the last year or so of Elizabeth’s life my daughter in law said she should step aside she’s just too old, again I said the Queen will never abdicate. She did her job to the best of her ability to the last. I wonder if the Queen mother preferred her life prior to becoming Queen, probably, it was much less demanding. However, for what it’s worth I believe we were given the gift of a much greater monarch in Queen Elizabeth. At least something came out of the mess that was Edward’s life. Sorry for the long rant. I can get a little carried away in discussing the royals.
Every time I see the clip where he kisses Wallis,I can’t help but think she was repulsed by him. You can see her visibly pull away. They sure as hell deserved each other.
Well, that wasn't biased against Wallis Simpson at all. Edward was an idle spoilt brat, not a nice person at all and Wallis Simpson is much maligned because she wasn't that into Edward but back then there was such reverence for the monarchy, she was hardly likely to tell him to leave her alone. Plus, possibly the most significant fact of all was left out i.e. that he, spoilt brat that he was, threatened, to commit suicide if she didn't marry him.
Even though I think Wallis regretted marrying Edward & may even not have really wanted to marry him, at the end of the day she was a woman who enjoyed having fun, she played the field & liked the highlife, and just like Megan today, I don’t think she really wanted what went with royalty, just the attention & money it might bring, & I don’t think Edward wanted the hard work either. I think they both got what they deserved. Edward does not come across as a very nice or dedicated man, he only cared about what he wanted & Wallis was the same.
If you are going to have fact in the name of your Channel, here is some info that you missed. You have to remember that autism and epilepsy were thought to be of people with people minds and it was an embarrassment. Most families hid their children with disabilities. Epilepsy was often hidden from the public and seizures could destroy the brain... leaving someone like an animal. Depending on the severity of his Autism, it could have made him seem very dumb. "Prince John, the youngest child of King George V and Queen Mary, suffered from severe epilepsy and autism and became known as the 'Lost Prince' because he was kept away from the public eye. He was sent to live in a house on the Sandringham estate as his condition deteriorated, and he died in 1919 at the age of 13 after suffering a severe seizure."
@@trilliarobinson7862 There was little by way of effective treatment for epilepsy in his time. Some sufferers were given bromides, which we remember today as sedatives. Autistic children may have been regarded as having childhood schizophrenia, or "dementia praecox," so they were expected to deteriorate, but there was also a concept of "epileptic personality." That was also the peak period for "putting away" people with disabilities of all kinds. In the UK, pressure groups campaigning about the dangers posed by the feeble minded led to the Mental Deficiency Act of 1911 and a national programme to build asylums to keep the MILDLY disabled out of society and prevent them from having children. That led to forced labour on hospital farms and in laundries. The rich were spared that. One of the major planks of the Nazi platform was that the disabled were a burden on the rest of us, with its unexpressed corollary that they should be killed.
He was happy, and Queen Mary had the children of the workers on the estate play with him. He had as nice a life as possible without the pressure of royal life. He had his nanny Bill to take care of him.
Edward/David was just a spoilt self centred man. He was a product of his class and upbringing. Churchill at the time said he should be allowed to marry his “cutie” - he knew war was coming and knew the crisis was the last thing the country needed. A weak king might have given the government a stronger lead in the war years, who knows? George would still have succeeded him, Elizabeth would still have been Queen. Just later, probably. I dread to think what a king sympathetic to Hitler would have been like. Wallis never wanted to marry Edward. She liked being a mistress, she liked the life of the Royal Set. She carried on in later life with her liaisons - how she had the energy I don’t know. Nice that you didn’t mention her ambiguous gender rumors. I always found those interesting.
We kind of know what a sick-o he was - I would think people would be glad he stepped down, could you imagine what the world would be like if he stayed king?
It'd be like today. People demanding the freedom to do what they want, yet backing socialists who give gov't. control of their lives. And royals stepping down from their 'jobs' just to marry a greedy wanna-be.
Edward's first act on becoming King was horrific When Edward learned that his father had died, he ordered all (his father's) Clumber Spaniels at Sandringham to be shot or drowned. A few puppies were smuggled out at night by the estate’s gamekeeper which enabled the champion line to be continued, but almost 100 animals in total were killed, including pregnant bitches and puppies
Of course the British Monarch does not determine wartime policy but how fortunate the nation was in having George VI on the throne instead of his brother. I'm in the US but my mother, who lived through WWII, spoke with such respect and affection for this man and he was held in that regard by the world. George and Elizabeth's visit to the White House made a huge impression on the US population and greatly solidified support for joining the war in Europe. Or so the folks who lived through it have told me over the years. There aren't many of them left.
King George and the Queen were often seen visiting bombed areas during the war They refused to leave for a safer country and said they were pleased When Buckingham Palace was bombed because it made them part of the people and had some understanding of how it felt !!
Yes - and it's so important to remember what people who lived through these times knew and felt, as time goes by. We must not forget! When I very young I used to watch the Armstice Day parade and there were always some old, but hale gentlemen from World War One and even a scattering of frailer men from the Boer War. And suddenly - or so it seems - the frail old gentlemen are from World War Two. Some day they won't be here, and we need to preserve their memories so that the lessons of history at least stand a chance of being learned! We don't seem to be doing so well at that, in too many places, right now.
Prince John was getting care much better then most ppl in his condition gets today when in quite invermant of the country and in no way being isolated as he met regularly with the village residents and played with their children as a photos of him with them on the web will prove, maybe his parents didn't show their care but that was the social norm then and they were not different with that, still they made sure john would get the best and visited him all the time, getting up dated when they weren't there
He actually was blessed to be away from the pressure and demands of his father. Who said to someone, he wanted all of his children to fear him! As he viewed his father as much to lax with his children. It’s interesting to watch the parenting style go back and forth between loving and cold. Each generation seems to do the opposite since Queen Victoria. They haven’t found the balance yet. Even though they have the wealth.
Wallis wasn't the one that threatened to kill himself if she left him. He trapped her. The found letters prove it. Wallis never wanted to leave her husband. She just assumed someone else would come along he liked better. He's was the one with Mommy issues. And he enjoyed her put downs of him. Edward was just plain weird.
Edward was never crowned King. You said that "... less than half a year when he was crowned king." Edward was king for 11 months. His brother was crowned King on the same date marked to crown Edward king.
Re: the French courtesan with whom The Duke was involved during WWI……her Egyptian husband was immensely wealthy and her plan was to accuse him of se¥ual abuse because she knew that because of the social climate of the time, no English jury would ever convict her. She had an ace in her beaded bag……erotic and damning letters from the (then) Prince of Wales which she had kept . The fix was in. The judge would not allow the fact that Marie had been a prostitute to be allowed in evidence. She walked. Later, she went to Egypt to claim her dower rights and her dead husband’s wealth, but she didn’t have as much power in Egypt. Her dead husband’s family blocked her and she got nothing……except that she called herself “Princess” the rest of her life.
Its true, Wallis didn't want to marry him, but as you say, he threatened suicide, she used to write to her ex-husband, but I'm not sure what she told him, but the truth of the matter is exactly what you said, and yes, I do believe she regretted it
"The title of Duke gave Edward no political power". Giving him a knighthood e.g. within the Order of the Garter would have given him no political power. A dukedom gave Edward a seat in the House of Lords where, had he chosen to do so, he could have spoken in tge Chamber and voted there to pass, defeat or at least delay legislation.
A century earlier, royal dukes spoke and voted in the House of Lords, but by the 20th century that had become unacceptable. They appeared occasionally, and usually delivered a "maiden speech" on some neutral topic, but no longer got involved in politics. One old custom, that he retained from his Hanoverian predecessors was of the Prince of Wales becoming a focus for opposition politicians: in his case, not the socialists, but the "Cliveden Set" who later took some of the blame for Appeasement. That ended with his coming to the throne and subsequent exile. However, the post-war neo-nazis dreamt of the Duke of Windsor being "called back" to the throne by the people in some national crisis, at which point they hoped that he would appoint Sir Oswald Mosley as Leader.
Wallis had a fairy tale understandign of the power of the King, she never expected him to abdicate btu expected him to stay King and make her Queen. Meghan is the same way, she thought Harry would be able to make her a fairy tale princess despite his actual rank but nope. She did not understand the strictures on him.
You guys are all over the place, constantly saying it was Megan who made harry leave but also expected him to be king when there were 5 ppl in front of him?
I t is believed by many people that Edward was a traitor ,and the gov were relieved to see him step down,of course we will never be told what is the truth of that,but King George was a great king,so we were lucky to have him,and Queen Elizabeth was wonderful,and served her Country all of her life
Please! That has to be the stupidest comment I've ever heard! Charles is more like it! Both he and Cowmilla were married when they started their affair! 🙄😒
When I renewed my wedding vows in The Queen Mary, my husband rented us The Windsor Suites for a week for the occasion. Always thought it was so romantic. Now rethinking that. Which is okay … I divorced the guy, too.
Edward may have been woefully unprepared for being King as you put it, but he was basically also a self-centred idiot. If it was so bad for him, just think what it was like for his brother, who never asked for the job and apparently didn‘t want it. Yet he had no choice, because Edward was obsessed with Wallis Simpson. He always got his way by never considering anyone except himself.
I saw another video on Wallace and Edward. It stated that she didn’t really love Edward, he was just a fling for her but he was massively obsessed. Once it became public, she couldn’t get out of it. She was stuck and he was so obsessed that she had to divorce her husband. Once they were exiled on the continent, he was obsessive. She couldn’t go anywhere alone. She couldn’t even be alone in their house. She never stopped communicating with her ex-husband; telling him that she loved him deeply and that being. These letters were found after her death. Wallace couldn’t have children because she was Intersex. Edward couldn’t have children because mumps had left him sterile. So either way, Queen Elizabeth would have been Queen in the end.
Wallis fut enceinte , alors qu'elle était avec son premier mari et s'est faite avortée , mais mal et donc n'a pu avoir d'enfants ensuite ! Elle n'était pas intersexuée !
I already knew all the facts and turnoils of Edwards life. What I didn't realize is how much Prince "h", is living a carbon copy of King Edwards life. Almost identical. All his failures, unwise decisions, affairs, the polo obsession, huge ego, selfishness, ill conceived connections, and bizzare obsession with THE MOST Unsuitable woman on the planet. It is also shocking how much Wallis Simpson and "mm" are alike. I had no idea they are like carbon copies of each other. Their lives are eerily similar as well. I am planning to do some research asap, it just must wait until after Christmas. Young Grands with Plans. Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas. 🌟🎄🎁🎅🦌⛄🌨️😁
Exactly! I have read a book of Edvard VIII, he was a spoiled brat like H. The book was about the years before he met Wallis, about hes partying in NY and so on, and hes father who was soft and let him get away with it. He was send to the Australia , india, Africa to prepare him for being King and he was whining When he wrote home, how terrible it was to shake hands and had got bruces on his right hand and couldn’t use it! Very similiar personalities. Hopefully King Charles can see that. He met his uncle (I think) !? At least Wallis!
Supposedly Harry now resents not being the future king and that wife has commented that they are « a plane crash away from the throne », which must be why the Wales family do not fly all together anymore. H would be a truly crap king.
What I found most shocking was your poor pronunciation of common words and showing pictures of Jane Seymour playing Wallis in a TV movie. Wallis wishes she was as beautiful as Jane.
We are told that Edward left Oxford after eight terms without any qualification. A century earlier, things were done differently. Sons of royalty, peers or bishops had the status of "son of nobility." In exchange for paying four times the normal fee, they could eat with their college's Fellows, were exempt from attending lectures and examinations, and after two years' residence were awarded the degree of Master of Arts, bypassing the Bachelor of Arts entirely. They MAY have been taught by their own private tutors, or could have just had a good time with other young men and (out of college) women. Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin had such regulations. Elsewhere in Europe that may have ended with the French Revolution. Edward may have concentrated on having a good time like other upper class wasters, and like them left without a degree, since they had no need to compete in the job market. That still goes on, but less formally: rich kids like Donald Trump are shoe-horned into college after a substantial donation and sail through without learning much.
@@ottowa58 The Donald has enough intelligence to have made all the schools he attended hide his records. As the disturbed child of a millionaire in 50's and 60's New York, he almost certainly had IQ and personality testing. Other things being equal, vocabulary is a good shortcut to IQ. Trump's is very limited.
Donald Trump started at Fordham University and completed with a degree in economics from the U. of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. People who hate Trump have sought to discredit his time there, but have absolutely no evidence to support their claims. What's more, although he inherited his father's real estate business, he increased its value substantially once he took over while many other second generation sons ran their fathers' businesses into the ground or turned into wastrels. Perhaps instead we should talk about Joe Biden and how he was caught plagiarizing while in law school. Or Ted Kennedy, who was caught cheating on his school exams at Harvard (he had his cousin take the test for him - the same cousin he tried to have cover for him after he drove that poor woman into the water and left her to drown). Honestly, some people suffer from the Trump Derangement Syndrome so badly that they seek to 'shoehorn' him into completely unrelated situations like this one about the Duke of Windsor.
Wallis didn’t drag David into anything. The former king threatened to kill himself if she left him. Wallis still wrote to her second husband, Ernest, frequently where she continued to express her love for him. She didn’t seem to be a one man woman.
Edward’s GrandFather was a famous libertine. He wouldn’t be shocked by his grandson son. The Old King had numerous married girlfriends and hung out in Paris also, to Queen Victoria’s horror. He obviously was following in his Grandfather’s footsteps. He was also a fascist. Wallis Simpson did Britain a major favor.
The culture/society of Henry viii's England was not the same culture/society of the UK in the 1930's. By the 1930's Britain's monarchs reigned but they did not rule.
PM Baldwin lied and then ousted him. They didn’t want him. Wallis was manna from heaven for the RF and the government. They couldn’t believe their luck. Please watch a real documentary if you’re really interested.
Henry VIII's marriages to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves were *annulled* : in the eyes of the law and the church, they never took place. They were stripped of their title of "Queen" and their issue (i.e. Mary and Elizabeth) were therefore rendered illegitimate. Catherine reverted to her former title of "Dowager Princess of Wales" and Anne of Cleves was given the title "the King's Beloved Sister". Under English law, Henry was only ever married to Jane Seymour, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr. Annulment was relatively common in medieval times: Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Louis VII of France had been granted one in 1152 and she went on to marry Henry II of England. The grounds for the annulment were the same as for Catherine of Aragon: "consanguinity". Wallis Simpson's marriages were ended by civil divorce: quite different as the law *accepts* the validity of the marriage and its duration as a valid marriage in the case of civil divorce and the children's legitimacy is unaffected. Neither the Church of England nor the RC Church recognised civil divorce in the 1930s: marriage was for life (but it had to be a valid marriage so annulment was recognised). George I had undergone a civil divorce by the time he had come to the throne in 1714 but it would only have become an issue if he had attempted to remarry whilst his former wife was still alive (which he did not). His son George II succeeded him because his legitimacy was unaffected by civil divorce. It's amazing what they fail to teach in schools.
@keithbulley It IS amazing what they fail to teach in schools. Thank you for the actual facts you outlined above. It's actually a lot more interesting and provides more context for what really happened. For instance, I had no idea that George I had a civil divorce before ascending the throne. But then, I'm American, and European history was never taught at all when I was in school. (I graduated high school in 1980.) Everything I've learned about European history has been acheived on my own through sheer curiosity and the willingness to seek out the information. I appreciate your comment immensely, as I learned something new today.
@@LaPinturaBella I don't know about the Church of England/ Episcopal Church/ World-Wide Anglican Union; However The Roman Catholic Church still makes a distinction between a civil divorce and a church annulment. When a couple marries in the RCC they have to have (1) a prior civil marriage (wedding ceremony) -- the law in the EU OR (2) In the USA; the civil paperwork,, blood tests, etc. are required with the individual state before the religious wedding ceremony. After the public vows are taken (in the church) the clergyman, couple, and witnesses sign the paperwork before the wedding reception. That is immediately after the religious service.
He is a good arguement against the first born, or in his case second, may not necessarily be able to be trained to be a good leader, or have wisdom or character. And Elizabeth his neice was the opposite.
Why do so many accounts say he was ‘good looking’ or ‘handsome’? He looked weak and his eyes gave away his early lifestyle and the fact that he drank far too much. Apparently their evenings, when together, were often spent in silence and with both consuming large quantities of whisky. Possibly the only way they could bear to be in each other’s company.
Standards of looks have changed so much over the years, from medieval times to the early years of 20th century you had to be deathly pale, as to look tanned implied you were of the lower laboring classes, Similarly, to be thought beautiful you had to be rather plump as if you came from a rich family, and during the Georgian and Victorian era it was also an advantage to have the "Guelphic" look (like the Royal family of the day) with big prominent blue eyes and blond hair. This was the standard right up until Prince Philip was also being called very handsome in the late 1940s. Its really very recent that the ideal has trended towards browner coloring and a more athletic body type
I'm a 'colonist' in Canada old enough to remember when England WAS our Motherland, even though we were German descent. That's how people were known for loyalty or something else. We also understood the superficial reasons about 'divorce' in the CofE and thought that was all there was to it! Books about him had ZERO mention of anything Nazi. But that is what I find the most scandalous now: his campaigning for Hitler and his 'hope?' to re-take the throne w/Hitlers victory. I've heard he was totally """hen-pecked""" by """Wallace"""during their decades of 'exile'. But I love that quote you have from his Mother, '...To exchange all THI$ for That !" LOL. @14:13
Wallace didn’t take David kicking and screaming! Lol! David did have many married mistresses. Their husbands got political posts from the liaisons. His previous mistress was the one who set him up with Wallace. She kinda passed him along.
his lack of empathy over his brothers death makes one wonder, to be born into unearned wealth must have a profound effect on one's self worth, Edward thought highly of himself to the point there was no one else to praise, he became a total narcissist created by his so called royal birth right?
If you want to know the shocking thing Edward said about his brother's death, you'll have to wait 19mins 30secs. Spoiler: he said it was 'a regrettable nuisance'.
Sorry, but you are woefully misinformed. Wallace played with the simpering prince but found him neither intelligent or attractive. Letters found after his death revealed that she suffered him for the sake of the trappings of royalty and never intended in marrying him. He was so besotted that he abdicated, against her express orders. She broke off the relationship only for him to threaten suicide. She knew him to be incredibly weak and childish and she believed that he might actually go through with the threat. Because he was hell bent on abdication and marriage, she was now trapped into a lifetime with a man she didn't respect it love. She referred to him as Peter Pan. Many who knew him referenced dinners in which everyone fought to Not be seated next to him as he was so intellectually lacking that it was a major bore and a job to act interested. Wallace, gold digger that she was, provided great conversation and was much preferred over David. I never liked either of them. But, I have to grudgingly admit that, once she realized that she was stuck with a non-royal, whom she held in great disdain, hid it well and stuck it out to the end. You are also wrong about Wallace and Ernest's marriage. They were very happy together. He was well aware of the affair between the two and was in on the deception. Both of them thought that David would lose interest and move on, but, in the meantime, they got to live the high life. When it became evident that weak minded and somewhat masochistic David would never leave the relationship, Ernest and Wallace realized that they were no longer controlling the board. Ernest allowed Wallace to file for divorce. He even set up being "discovered" in a hotel with another woman to give her indisputable grounds. As this very act was illegal, the three kept the secret. It was only after the death ofall involved that, in his mother's attic, letters detailing his intentions were discovered by a relative. The Simpsons never intended to split. But the unbelievable immaturity of the Prince and the knowledge of the affair got so out of hand that the Simpsons were destroyed by their "game".
You are well informed and should do a short video with the correct information. Its tiring seeing so much disinformation, by people who don’t do thorough research!!
In a letter to a pre-Simpson married lover (only made public recently) he spewed such venomous hatred and obscenity on his father, on all the royals and the restraints on his freedom expected of a future king that Wallis should have received the highest royal honors for sparing the country his Royal Lousiness.
Non era adatto a fare il Re quindi .. grazie Wallys 🙂! Lei era una donna cattiva, viziata, manipolatrice non l'ha mai amato e lo maltrattava ma lui era psicologicamente dipendente, un burattino. Giorgio 6 si è ritrovato poveretto scaraventato a fare il Re senza preparazione e in un periodo difficilissimo ci credo che lo odiava!
Well, maybe the abdication really was the best that could happen. He wasn’t cut out for the job it seems. Thank God for Elizabeth B-Lyon.. behind every good King stands a good woman. I think she has has played a much more important role than history will ever know.
IMO David was intellectually & emotionally immature & unsuited for his role as King. 20th Century British monarchs may not express political opinions, but must work with PM & ensure government is legitimate. (Totally different from U.S. view of kingship.) His meddling socializing with Nazis, belief in eugenics & his lack of empathy for lower class people were clear. And he didn't hide it well. PM Churchill and the Royal Family (Dowager Queen Mary & successor Prince Albert) figured a way to push Edward VIII out of power, cut off his access to state secrets, make him financially dependent for life, keep him out of England so as not to create a crisis by dividing loyalties. The head of religion, divorced bride objection was resolvable but served as the public reason for abdication. I've often wondered if Edward was aware the religion was a red herring before he abdicated. His post resignation visits with nazis in Germany & Portugal if publically known post war would have made him a pariah & hurt the BRF. So it was kept secret as long as he remained silent.
Edward VIII is beneath contempt and was so entitled that it lead to his disgraceful abandonment of his throne and his country. The Brits are wonderful, hardworking, and traditional people who deserved so much better.
