Paris mansion of Edward VIII to open to the public: See inside! 

well at least the rich achieved something in life before that person dies. his kids will probably inherit the fortunes and pass on to the next generation. cycle of life.

We live in this earth, we gotta play our part...He's living life while he is still alive...

If you are not in the financial market space right now, you are making a huge mistake. I understand that it could be due to ignorance, but if you want to make your money work for you...prevent inflation

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I was about to write exactly the same thing!!!

I thought it belonged to the Fayed family!

@@fredrika27 he purchased a timed lease.

@@yournanna866 Thanks for letting me know! It explains a lot!

Wonderful memories, I look forward to visiting the house when the restoration is finished.

State visits are organised through the respective Foreign Offices of the two nations involved for diplomatic reasons . They are never done for personal reasons. The Queen was free to make a quick private visit to Paris any time she wished. She often did so to Kentucky.

Didn't Edward visit with Hitler? I've never heard that this guy was a national hero in the UK. I'm confused.

You got it right. He had hoped something akin to giving Hitler what he wanted so to speak, as a way to end the bloodshed of the War. Bit of a grey area by different historians. Think how now, some believe Zelenskyy shouldn’t be keeping in this war by Ruzzia, cuz there’s been too much bloodshed already. You’re right. He wasn’t seen as any kind of hero of any of that, very much the opposite. David King Edward let down his nation, his people, his family, his king. He was greatly shunned but it was simply over not being allowed go marry whom he loved (sound familiar?) his dad was also rather a way too harsh crazy strict dare I say abusive dad. A large part of why David and Bertie ended up how they did is directly caused by how overly controlling and horrific both their parents were, including Mary of Teck (I think it was she that was Queen and their mother). @@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288

@@Roheryn100 Really? She's been to Kentucky?

The Royal Family do not own it. Never have. It was leased from the city of Paris by the Duke of Windsor.

The Royal did not and do not OWN the house.

@@andyroo9381 The Duchess left a lot of the original furniture to places like the Palace of Versailles. The quality was that good. I doubt it could be easily replicated.

Maybe some, but I was fortunate to buy their "W" engraved silver cigarette box at Chistie's auction in the 1990s.

@@stevefoster4326would love to see a video of you ever make one!

@@stevefoster4326 Lucky you, keep it in good hands for the next generation.

I though the contents were auctioned off.

You expect decorum from Americans? LOL.

None whatsoever.

you said it. cheap and shallow.

@@michaeldelgiudice1057 So very true! Cheap and shallow.

And Duchess of Windsor.

You gotta love the American media and watching their 'serious journalists' at work... no doubt one of those Kardashians will be moving into the place after it's restored, (more free publicity folks!)

Well he was king edward

@@PatrickRKay He 'was' also Prince of Wales... what's your point? (We know you love to hear the sound of your own voice, but maybe you could try to focus on the valid comment posted.)

@@PatrickRKay His style and title was His Majesty The King for only eleven months. After his abdication, he became the Duke of Windsor. Three months later, his brother George VI styled him His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor. By creating him a royal Duke, it ensured that he could neither run for election to the House of Commons nor speak on political subjects in the House of Lords. So referring to him as King Edward VIII refers to his reign from 20 January 1936 - 11 December 1936.

Rented? They paid peanuts per month if anything. Was it 100 £ ???

@@Thomas-fu8vp I think that the residence is the property of the City of Paris, and that Jacques Chirac, then mayor of Paris, rented it to the Windsors for a paltry sum, completely symbolic.

@@rogermaes6001 Actually the house is not in Paris, but in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a fancy small town close to Paris.

Edward VIII was he duke of Windsor. His brother was George VI, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER.

Yes it seems Today is soft on history

​@@philipbhellerbull no-one sugar coats any White history

You must have known them well.

Agree. I didn’t like how this was handled.🤨

💔

Precisely. These „guys“ have no class, even the hair wax doesn‘t help.

It's horrendous.

Edward is not considered a national hero or even a romantic figure in UK, so why the fuss? Didn't this guy visit with Hitler? Why can't we spend these minutes of news air time on the Sudan or Haiti or even followup on Afghanistan. Use the building for affordable housing and let's move on.

because we love history

Because they are still a part of history whether you like it or not.

You are free to scroll on.

Didn't this guy visit with Hitler? I've never heard that the UK considers him fondly as some sort of hero or romantic figure. I'm confused.

​@@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288yes so did lots of other people so what ?

No one lives there, so it would be empty.

@@cremebrulee4759what about other estates not lived in but has paintings and furniture?

Wallis sold things idk if after Edward some items went to the palace of Versailles

@@mespb yes. But he did used to be a king before he gave his crown up, so it’s not as if he wasn’t a king before :P

@@ChalNjurshEp yeah, but the problem calling him King in this, especially with Queen Elizabeth being Queen is that the tittle King supersedes the title of Queen, which is partly why when we’ve had Queen Royals, their husbands have never been King consorts. So it’s inaccurate. You can see the guys in the video carefully calling him Duke, but the news wants to be more flashy, so they call him King with not even past tense.

​@@ChalNjurshEp He was never crowned.

He was never crosned

@@livingincaptivityIII maybe he means he gave up the ability to be coronated.

Not citizen subject

Tru’ dat!

Actually citizen, the term subject has been pretty much phased out.

al Fayed did restore it. He recently passed.

@@ChalNjurshEp It has been restored again recently and he left it to become a house museum like many others in Paris.

Seriously lady, The Crown is not real life. Edward was more than taken care of, plus he sold King George Sandringham and Balmoral castle which was equivalent to hundreds of millions in todays money. While the Paris house was almost rent free, they still owned Le Moulin Auber. He also continued to receive salaries from different positions held in common wealth counties.

@@michaelcraigjesso6043 the crown has a basis in history. It may be loss with the truth but most of the facts are there

@@michaelcraigjesso6043Correct. It took years for King George to pay his brother for Sandringham and Balmoral. If the Duke of Windsor chose to spend grotesque amounts of money on jewelry for Wallis, that was his own problem.

In lieu of death duties, Wallis's collection of Louis XVI style furniture, some porcelain, and paintings were made over to the French state. The British royal family received no major bequests. Most of her estate went to the Pasteur Institute medical research foundation.

No dodi's dad died last year

@@paulmarkwilkinson8778 may he rest and finally feel his peace

In lieu of death duties, Wallis's collection of Louis XVI style furniture, some porcelain, and paintings were made over to the French state. The British royal family received no major bequests. Most of her estate went to the Pasteur Institute medical research foundation.

@@RaymondHng I know the auction of all her jewelry was a big deal. Even the catalogue is valuable 💍

Al-Fayed never owned it, he was leasing it.

In lieu of death duties, Wallis's collection of Louis XVI style furniture, some porcelain, and paintings were made over to the French state. The British royal family received no major bequests. Most of her estate went to the Pasteur Institute medical research foundation.

@@irawilliams343 they didn’t have much money tbh. Leaving behind your crown because your family won’t let you marry the person you love and chose, sending you into literal exile, does not pay. 💰

@@ChalNjurshEp so how were they able to make ends meet?

They had an allowance from the Royal Family.

@@irawilliams343 As the eldest son, King Edward VIII (afterwards the Duke of Windsor) inherited the bulk of the immense private fortune of his father, George V. He also benefited, as others have mentioned here, from the sale of the two vast private estates of his father, Balmoral and Sandringham. Despite what is portrayed in "The Crown", which is a work of fiction, Edward was immensely rich but, like many rich people, hated to part with a penny. He made his choice when deciding to marry Wallis, his choice, not hers. She was backed into a corner by him, a spoilt and wilful boy who wanted his cake, as the saying goes. All this talk of "An allowance from the Royal Family" shows a misunderstanding and simplification of former King's situation, he was a skinflint and, in the opinion of those who knew him intimately, untrustworthy. Churchill had his measure, as did those servants of the Crown who were privy to his private life before his abdication. Going back to the comment "An allowance from the Royal Family", this is a nonsense statement. It implies that "The Family" clubbed together to give Edward an allowance every year. Not a chance! His "allowance" would more likely have come from the British Government or, indirectly, from the Crown Estate, not directly out of the Monarch's pocket.

He would have been Edward VIII.

@@calebkiddonline Al Fayed did buy it/lease it, yes.

He leased it.

The City of Paris. It was leased to the Windsors at a peppercorn rent. Fayed took over the lease based on his promise to restore the house.

The house belongs to the French government,as it did when the Duke and Duchess lived there.Alphyed only had a lease.

@@davidlelacheur3217 I know he had his reasons, but Fayed selling off the contents was one of the most short-sighted things anyone could have done. This was history and it was intact.

The government

The furniture was auctioned off.

Do grow up

Leased.

He only leased it.

@@livingincaptivityIII Then who does really own it? The British Royal family?

@@gidzmobug2323 The City of Paris.

He didn't have to give up his throne, it was his choice.

@@LarcR huh?? They paid the rent. But they did receive salaries or “salaries.” Don’t you already know that they paid the rent?

I think the French government let them live there rent free.

Do you mean Althorp? That was never Diana's. That went to her brother, Charles, as the male heir.

You do know where this place is??? It is in France and had nothing to do with Diana. This was the home of Edward and his wife Wallis. Edward was the Queen Elizabeth uncle which makes him great, great uncle to Harry. Edward and Wallis didn’t own the building so no one from the RF were left it as some sort of inheritance as it wasn’t Edward to give away. Does this clear things up.

@@cherrytraveller5915 Did you watch the video? Diana and Dody visited the house before the accident. Al Fayed says he planned to give it to them as a wedding present.

He had a lease, not ownership.

@@Roheryn100 How could he give away a house that he didn’t own?

Sussex. They are not Windsors. No more dukes nor duchesses will have that name.

And you toxic people always had to drag in Harry en Megan.. They are happy and living their own life.. accept it and leave them be!

@@babyjane4everThey are still trying to be relevant. Perhaps, if they had truly looked about for Charities to support rather than make everything about M, they wouldn’t have such a bad rap. Oh, they were going to go to Africa, continue to support the work H had begun in Lesotho but nothing came of it. Instead we have seen her making fun of his Grandmother, HM Queen Elizabeth and the established standards required in her presence and he not saying a word. Now, she wants Titles for her “children” where previously she thought them unnecessary. This is what one has when one is self-absorbed.

Meghan and Harry live rent free in your head. This isn’t even about Meghan and Harry and yet here you are making it about them. Another keyboard warrior thinking they are an expert on Meghan and Harry. Too bad the video was about EDWARD and WALLIS. Luckily for you there are plenty of hate channels that are right up your alley. Jog on to one of those and find other people who suit your narrative.

@@user-yi7mg5ig6l she wasn’t making fun of the Queen. That is called self depicting humour where you make fun of yourself. Did you actually watch that documentary or did you just cherry pick the parts you wanted to see. The only ones who made out Meghan was insulting the Queen are those that didn’t watch the documentary and used the snapshot of her pretending to curtsy as proof she was insulting the Queen.

He was proclaimed King so yes he was King. Edward V was neither proclaimed nor crowed but he is remembered as King. How is that different

@@cherrytraveller5915 bingo!

People who like history and beautiful houses care.

Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor was weak. Charles is quite different!

Why blame the house ? No one was murdered there. It was a pretty little jewel box before the Duke of Windsor leased it; maybe it will be reborn again.

I hope it can be tastefully redone as affordable housing. Real people need real places to live, not luxurious nonsense that no one can afford. Put it to good use.

Listed building so a fairly idiotic comment.

Oh honey you need to read a few books. Wallis and Edward when the war struck stubbornly refused to evacuate when told to do so. They had to be ordered out. Even then there was a special mission conducted titled “cleopatra wish” which involved people putting their lives at risk to retrieve a swim suit for Wallis from their home. She refused to evacuate further without it. History is not your friend on this one

Wallis had zero class herself, and leeched off other men. The Duchess of Sussex at least made her own way and her own money for years before meeting Prince Harry.

@@kismit100 LOL, NO