King Edward's Struggle for Reconciliation | The Crown (Claire Foy, Victoria Hamilton, Alex Jenning) 

I think it is more about being self-obsessed, never actually working and being well cared for. Ez long life. At least the show version. She was always nasty.

That’s the most pathetic thing I’ve ever heard.

I think your conclusion is far more logical than living long out of spite.@@LayllasLocker

I had an Uncle who's parent's were divorced and hated each other to the point that on the rare occasions that they did see each other, both would swear that they would outlive the other so they could dance on the other's grave. Both almost made it to 100 before he died first. Sadly she was so physically and mentally deteriorated by this time she was unable to do any dancing. Another Uncle of mine used to call them a prime example of hate being one hell of a motivator. 😅

That’s not a good thing! That woman was his wife hate it or love it. Phillip cheated and so did Charles! The mother came from Nothing and became dead inside forever.

I didn’t know this! I wonder what else he took?

@@ryanking9954 there were some priceless emeralds he gave to Wallis that were reset so they couldn't be claimed by the royal family. I can't remember where I read that though.

@@markc-ru4qz Her engagement ring, I am sure. Crown jewels are still disappearing, and they belong to the British crown are considered on loan for life to members of the royal family. So, in essence, they are stealing or else some of their trusted servants are stealing. A couple of things the current Princess of Wales had have disappeared. I honestly don't think she would be that naive. Someone needs to look at the servants. by now though, as you said, it would be unrecognizable reset into multiple smaller pieces.

@@peachygal4153 I think he bought her engagement ring outright but I'm not sure.

We, across the Pond, have had a similar theft problem in more recent years. Britain had the Duke of Windsor & we have (still, much to my frustration) our very own Grifter, #Dolt45.

No that came later. It was all about the Head of the Church of England not being able to marry a Divorcee. The Germans treated him in exile with the protocols of a reigning monarch and being vain, foolish and stupid he loved them for it.

​@@mikegalvin9801he was pro German before that. There had been tensions between Germany and the rest of Europe whilst his father was still on the throne and Edward would have known that since King George V gave him access to state papers to prepare him for his ascension, he abdicated his throne then went straight to Germany to negotiate getting it back so he could have Wallis as his Queen. He was a spoilt, selfish, treacherous parasite had he been anyone else he would have been tried for treason and back then it carried the death sentence. Instead he was exiled to France and lived in luxury provided by the brother he would have happily de-throned and who took on HIS responsibility and the stressed killed him. Edward spent his life entertaining his wealthy friends and partying his way through life

He was a Nazi sympathizer. It only came out later on.

There’s a documentary here on RU-vid that details the plot by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s involvement in the abdication. Wallis was, of course, one of the reasons, but Edward wasn’t very religious and more than willing to break traditions. The Archbishop considered him a threat to his power and decided he had to go.

@@wickedwitchoftheeast88 Long ago I had a boyfriend who had a grandmother who was very much a Grande Dame of San Francisco society. She recounted how wildly popular the dashing Edward was when he first came to town and it was exactly like that song "I danced with a man who danced with a girl who danced with the Prince of Wales." Later when the Windsors first came to America just before the war the A list hostesses all competed to "Get" them and they were deluged with invitations to the best country houses from Pebble to Tahoe. Still later after a trail of untipped servants, outrageous overseas phone bills etc they were reduced to mooching off the C list. Dreadful people.

I remember reading that the Queen Mother turned down Prince Edward. She didnt want to be a Queen. She wanted a quieter life

Lol! That never happened. They disliked each other. Even when the future Queen Mother was not yet married to the future George VI.

Interesting. Though you're probably right, she'd end up have been Queen if she did succeed and I recall hearing that wasn't what she wanted then. Not that it mattered in the end

​@@sanjuktachatterjee6807she did pursue him, only when Queen Mary told her off did she accept George's courting

@@mjbaricua7403 Where did you get this piece of information? When from contemporary letters of members of British aristocracy it is understood that nobody wanted their daughter to get married to Edward. Because of his habit of being indiscreet in his personal life. Even when the other person was married/engaged. Queen Mary wanted Elizabeth Bowes Lyon for her Bertie from the beginning but she was infatuated with somebody else. Only when that person didn't return her feelings, did she accept Bertie's courtship.

He tried to have their family killed during ww2 so that he could turn the UK into Nazi rump state, and take the crown back. The Queen Mother was right to hate him. He reportedly spoke positive of Hitler when he met Nixon in the 70's. He is not a good dude. His ouster because of Wallis was just an convient solution.

I'm new to the Crown too, and let's say, I'm not a person who cries easily, since childhood. This series (I'm almost finished) has made me cry more than I did in my entire life. Without being a "drama queen". Pun not intended.

It was easier to forgive him because at that point she did not know of his betrayal of her father at the start of the war.

its a tv series kid

She was bitter for sure! Elizabeth, queen mother, all of them shut him out but when Charles wanted to marry a divorcee, they allowed it. Camilla was the reason Charles & Diana split. That family is toxic AF & one day they will be judged for not forgiving. How hateful they treated Edward and Wallace til the day they died. It’s disgusting. They’re cold as ice!❄️🥶🥶 Matthew 7:1-3 Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Yeah that's what happens when you're a nazi

Not only the queen mother Elizabeth but also the queen Mother Mary and almost all royals in Europe. Simpson was a commoner and divorcee.

And quite right too. We don't want a nazi to have an HRH.

​@@andrearoces8597Funny. Liz2's kids are nearly all divorced & all are terribly common.

"I'm not a nice person." ~Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother 👑

TBH Queen Elizabeth was a chip off the old block. She may have appeared lovely and fluffy in public but there was a heart of stone and ice running through those veins. No empathy for those less fortunate and far too greedy for her own good.

She revelled in it, I'm sure. I read that, once a widow, she wouldn't leave Buckingham Palace and the only way to get her out was to switch off the heating.

@@piplebref4607 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

She was also a complete and total drunk.

you are high, stop bragging about it, it's shameful.

Wrong. It was very much a public matter. Had Edward become king the UK would have capitulated to Hitler and we'd all be speaking German and eating sauerkraut und bratwurst. Considering how much the royals suck on the public teat financially its very much a matter for the rest of us. We own them not the other way round

and she domineered her daughter too. she seemed to think she was the queen not queen mother.

@@peachygal4153 Exactly. More than once she walked in front of her , but honestly I also think Queen Elizabeth wanted and needed and respected her mother so much...so, she let it go

That is correct later when they have different actresses for Elizabeth and Margaret. The actress for young Margaret is perfectly fine.

You can't expect them to get all the details correct. Vanessa Kirby did a great job portraying young Princess Margaret, but she looks nothing like her. Claire Foy also did a great job portraying young Queen Elizabeth II. She even won two Emmys for it. She looks nothing like her either.

@@magicmonkey1645 Queen Mary reportedly said to Meg once: "WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GROW??"LMFAO! 👑

The actor playing the Duke of Windsor was quite tall unlike the actual "little man."

What's with the random capitalized words?

Hope Harry be happy with his wife, and if he couldnt be the prince every body wanted, then be the father his Kids deserve. He is a good person.

He was never IN.

@@NotMykl He was the most popular and loved member of the royal family after his mother Diana. And before he Married that person. People still feel sorry for him and have a soft corner, even though he betrayed his family and country.

@@mrp5764lmao 😂betrayed his family and country? Yall are so unserious, stop bootlicking the Royal parasites

@@emiliocovarrubias5640 Harry is a good person. He has done nothing wrong. But the haters are jealous of him because he is better looking than William and Charles.

Yes. He is the former King.

And M,H as well, he married a divorced woman.

@@eggy4152 Meghan is not a jezebel.

@@SymphonyBrahms Megsie a Jezebel? Naw! She's just a pay as you go Yacht girl Given that Charles and Camilla have been very devoted to each other for many decades, she do not qualify as a Jezebel Wallis Simpson certainly qualified as a Jezebel divorcee! What with her pimp husband, her Nazi lovers and her kinky Jet set friends.

Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, must be having the last laugh over the new Queen Consort.

@@ThomasOuttTrue she’s probably saying “It’s because of me that you’re consort today”

It already has Harry has basically been disowned by the Royal Family because. He put his family last, & money first so now he's out. He could have waked away quietly like his uncle Prince Edward (his fathers youngest brother) did. But he chose to air all his & the families dirty laundry out in the open. If Harry had wanted to have a quite lifestyle away from the cameras. & formal court duties, then no one would have minded. It was the public interviews for money that basically. Caused him to by shunned by the family.

No.

He and his yacht girl are even worse. Lying, grifting phonies with no class.

Prince Harry never consorted with Nazi’s. Nor has he tried to take his brother’s place in line. Edward wanted to to allow the Nazi’s to oust his brother. Harry just asked his brother to befriend and treat his wife like a family member and friend. Harry has done a lot of good I. The world. William has just lived off his position.

He didn't walk away from the Royal family they basically forced him into exile. I am sure the Duke of Windsor would have been perfectly content to live out his days with Wallis in one of the royal residences in Britain but George VI wanted him out of the country. When the Nazis occupied France they still would not let him come back to Britain they made him the Governor of the Bahamas.

What is DOW?

@@HowieHoward-ti3dx The Duchess of Windsor aka Wallis Simpson.

@@ianmacdonald9932 Ahh ok. Nobody would be able to guess your abbreviations.

@@HowieHoward-ti3dx The term isn’t mine (that’s the point) it was the term used/coined by the late P Philip about MM as published in a recent book. PP knew both women personally & wasn’t a fan of either it seems!

I love Harry and Meghan and believe that some people have been very cruel to them. And I wouldn't believe anything that Prince Philip said. he was a barnacle on the hull trying to get what he could. I dislike the man intensely. He was just as bad as the Duke of Windsor was. So to all the haters of Harry and Meghan I say, "Jump in the ocean and drown, you creeps. The deep, deep ocean".