This scene should be remembered as one of the best of Geraldine Chaplin's career. I hope so. I replay it often, and pause at the moments that she, with no words, portrays the woman who lived as England's most hated woman for most of her life. Absolutely incomparable. Everything that Wallace represented, Geraldine Chaplin succeeded in portraying. I wonder if she knows how good she is.
@@tmgmagdalena4138 The fact that anyone in England would hate Meghan Markle is head-scratching to me. Harry is not nor ever was truly in the running to be King of England unless William abdicated, which he never would because I'm sure The Abdication has been rammed down his throat enough to leave a nasty aftertaste. Add to that his young children pushed Harry further down and their children will push him even further and well, this whole Meghan is a she-devil like Wallis Simpson is mind-boggling. In fact, everyone in England should be relieved they're gone off doing their own thing rather than sucking on the public teat like the other royals. If they're spilling the tea on the Royal Family, more power to them. I mean, egad who knew those divinely appointed entities actually had human faults before Harry and Meghan pointed it out? 😄
I thought she was absolutely amazing in this role. She has such an expressive face. One of my favourite scenes with her was when she warned Charles about his family.
1:59 “The crown is not a static thing, resting forever on one head...” Queen Elizabeth II: Not if I have anything to say about it (Edit) Welp..…..At least he’s done waiting
1:22 - 1:26 "What a king you would've made in a kinder world. What a king we were denied" Uh, Charles, did you ever ask Uncle David about what he thought about Hitler and what he did in Germany?
Do you think that Charles would let a little thing like common decency and looking out for his subjects well being, get in the way of his "personal" welfare? Charles is the definition of selfish. Just look at the "relationships" he has trashed. He has, and always will be only for himself.
@@DominicNJ73 I love how dumbass conservatives don't realize that being a "product of your time" isn't an excuse for supporting genocidal dictators or enslaving other people. Especially when, in both of those cases, there were a plethora of people in the mainstream who were decrying both. Sometimes you fools have to learn that historical figures you hold up were just pieces of shit, as are you for defending them.
It's interesting that the actor that plays the former King is the same that played the Archbishop of Canterbury in the 2010 film "The King's Speech", who was very much against Edward VIII remaining on the throne.
That music, though... It will cut you to the depths of your soul. It cut me even deeper when George VI died. Even though I know this is just a TV show, I also recognize that it's based upon real people and real relationships. It's gut wrenching to watch their stories unfold, even if not entirely historically accurate. I never cease to be amazed by the power of music. It's a universal language... All people can feel it and understand it, regardless of background.
The music was superb.....especially in this and King George’s death (actually played throughout season 1). I rewatch those scenes just to hear it and I’m always moved to tears 😭
It's called the duck hunt it play's in last 4 min of episode one season 1 when they go duck hunting. And why I loved this show They stopped playing it in season 4 which I stopped watching.😊
@@domingorubies656 Like Inigo said, he was the living symbol of the Empire, and rallied it to the cause with tireless effort. Great as Churchill was, he couldn’t have done it without the King.
@@mra3076 Forgiving David for being in collaboration with Hitler would have been hard. The Monarchy did well under King George VI and no monarchs have much power anyway. As King, David would have had little power.
The thing that people must realize is that if Edward VIII had never abdicated and because he never had children, the crown would have eventually gone to Queen Elizabeth II anyway. She would have been made queen in 1972, as opposed to 1952, but she still would have been crowned queen eventually. It is not true at all that she only became queen due to the abdication. And maybe Elizabeth's father may have lived longer than 1952, but I doubt that he would have lived considerably more.
Agreed. Edward VIII was sterile due to mumps when he was young so it was impossible for him to have children. It was inevitable that Elizabeth would have become Sovereign.
The issues here are: - His abdication caused his dad's premature death - This caused her to be a queen when her children were still toddlers. - Charles, the future king was seriously affected by this. He grew up to be a crybaby man who couldn't step a foot to marry the woman he loved in the first place - Married Diana, another traumatized child... which made a wonderful combination of glycerin and nitrogen If he didn't abdicate, yes, she would be queen, but Charles would have grown a backbone, Camilla would be a beloved princess of Wales, Diana would be a relaxed aristocrat enjoying life... William and Harry would probably look like walking lizards, but both happy with their kids playing together.
@@usagi18 Maybe, maybe not. It is academic because we will never know for certain. And the queen's father smoked long before he became king and smoking was a huge contributor to his death, as it had also been for Princess Margaret. I know WWII shortened George VI's life and he became king because of the abdication, but I definitely would not blame his relatively young death on Edward VIII. Ultimately George VI put the cigarettes in his own mouth, not one of his family members. Though I do have to say that smoking was NOT known to be dangerous until the mid 1960's so George VI was killing himself inadvertently.
@@faithfulforever6331 his mother also smoked like a train, as well as his brother and lived very long... Windsors are known for dying elderly. Stress without a doubt was a major cause, of course, smoking didn't help him either.
@@usagi18 Smoking is like playing Russian roulette. Some people can smoke all their life and not be affected; whereas others smoke a relatively short time and get lung cancer. And dying because you can't breathe is a terrible way to die. I've known too many people die from lung cancer in their 40s and 50s because they smoked and a person should err on the side of safety and not smoke in the first place. We KNOW it is dangerous and the warning on the side of every cigarette package does not say it MAY cause cancer; it says it WILL cause cancer. There is no doubt. But it is forgivable in Queen Mary's and George VI's case because they did not know for certain that cigarette smoking could be harmful. The first warnings came out in the 1960's and then it just said that smoking may cause cancer. I was once told by a doctor that every human being fights cancer or potential cancer on a daily basis the majority of their lives; but the point at which their immune system can no longer fight cancer cells is when the cancer begins to kill them. And because a person cannot know if smoking will cause cancer in them at a young age or an old age, it is best not to smoke at all.
Yes, excellent cast on this two characters. Same goes for princess Margarett, Winston Churchill, Queen Mary and Margaret Thacher i The Crown. Every Season has its hit cast.
@@deneshbhaskar3944 Well, Obviously I take into account that important detail of his life. But... He was a traitor to who? In what kind of circumstances? I think that it's a matter of perspective. Anyway, I'm talking about his character on the series. It's without a doubt, one of the best written characters so far of The Crown.
@@jsebasvm He was a traitor to his country and the crown. Two things that should've been the priority in his life but weren't. I don't think there's another perspective to this. As for the character, I enjoyed watching his face in the scene "How can you forgive yourself!?" :P
It was not so much his love for Wallis Simpson that did the memory of Edward in. It was his sympathy toward the nazis on the eve of war that damned him.
Victors tell the story, and of course the defeated will be the evil ones. If King Edward sympathized with Nazis it must have been for a good reason he saw fit for the country
It must be remembered that a lot of people had sympathy with Nazi Germany, it is only with hind sight of events we can all say we would not have those views.
The sad thing is Edward VIII died in the arms of a nurse and his last words were “ Wallis, Wallis, Wallis.” and Wallis was not even there, She never loved him.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co and the marriage was never consumated...she loved two other men and I believe...again my opinion on it...she thought that one of the two would declare their love for her and they would ride off together
Just for everyone to know, Charles never actually said any of this. This is just for a drama and to foreshadow Charles's struggle with during his marriage to Diana.
@@mji71 It's dialogue in a TV show mate. It's a monologue. You seriously think he actually said this to himself. No-one can claim to read his mind either.
Even without the Nazi ties, Elizabeth made the right call with Edward for his choices alone. His decision to abdicate led to a chaos among his brother's family: 1. His brother Albert was forced to take the throne in the midst of WWII. The stress of that led to more excessive smoking, which cut his life short. 2. Albert's wife Elizabeth, who denied his proposal TWICE because she didn't want royal duties, now had to take the responsibility of being a Queen and support him. This led to her having less attention on Elizabeth and Margaret, whom they left for months doing their duties. 3. Elizabeth, where to begin? She was now first in line for the throne she wasn't even supposed to have. She had to deal with the pressure early on and when her father died, rather than carry on in a peaceful life as a Naval officer's wife and mother, she had to take on so much responsibility at 25. She also had less time to spend with her children and her hobbies of caring for horses. 4. Philip-When Elizabeth became Queen, he had to give up his Navy duties that he loved to stand by her side. 5. Margaret-She was in love with Peter Townsend. While it was less acceptable to marry divorcees then, the main reason the church and parliament didn't allow this was because it was FRESH from Edward's own abdication. Edward was always referenced for Margaret's decision. Had it not been for that, the blow was likely to be softer for Margaret and less dramatic. 6. Charles-He was in love with Camilla, but couldn't just marry anybody because he had to fulfill his duties as king and find women without a past. Had it not been for duty, he would've more free to marry Camilla without the pressure of her being the perfect woman for Queen. While they had to pick up the broken pieces, Edward enjoyed his life with parties and leisure, stripping himself away from responsibilities. By living his life, he took away the freedom and livelihood of so many others. That's why the despise him. You don't need a Nazi story to tell you that.
Perhaps the shitty English law shouldn't have existed back then, so Edward wouldn't abdicate. It's funny how you blame him for his brother's smoking and dysfunctional family.
@@manwithnoname8229 He was lazy and had threaten his brother several times to recover the throne and with the help of the nazis .... he was not fit to be a king ....
“The crown is not a static thing resting forever on ones head” I'm sure that struck home for Queen Elizabeth wich by this point in the story she felt eternal
This is by far my favorite scene of this show when the queen talks to the duke. I rarely cry, but this is the hardest I've cried from a show. All the former king wanted was to be with whom he loved, they weren't perfect, but they had regrets, guilt, and wished for atonement for giving up the thrown, and betraying the other royals. That and the queens compassion and guilt behind her eyes of holding a grudge for so long. Just a very sad way to go out in life.
I dont believe she didnt care. According to a report from someone present, Charles was also not with his mother at the time of death. In the room were dresser and consultant Angela Kelly and Princess Anne. And I doubt Charles didn't care that his mother was dying.
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What a fabulous scene, what a heart breaking tragedy. Now she’s passed away (RIP💔🏴) and he’s the king. Go on Charles, now crown moved to you…don’t feel it’s late, do it as your own term and not only him or her, make a world proud. God save the king
Charles has one thing in common with Edward. He cares more about himself than the Crown. Its why he'll be as shit a king as Edward was, and the exact reason why his mother, who is nothing like them, was such an excellent monarch.
Pure cinema! Wallace wasn’t by her husband’s side when he died, his nurse was. She treated David horribly. History and the truth is stranger than fiction!
I don't know what happened in real life but the Duchess of Windsor should have been allowed to spend time with her husband's body, so she could take in what had happened and have a last private good-bye.
I agree. I was trying to understand why she was shuffled out of the room that way then remembered that after he passed the government would have been in charge, not her.
@@robertsavage3553 That's a great point! I've read a number of books about the Windsors and, if my memory is right, just after the Duke died, Louis Mountbatten was at the house to get some of the Duke papers. It would be interesting to know if there was something specific he was looking for such as documents connected with the Nazis or shady friends in the Bahamas.Too even while the Duke was alive she was showing signs of mental deterioration. I read an excerpt from the diary of actor Richard Burton and after meeting the Windsors he described the Duch as "gaga". It's been speculated that Wallis had brain damage from being over-anesthetized when she had cosmetic surgery but I think it may have been that she was showing Alzheimer's or dementia even while her husband was alive. Wallis was not in a condition to handle things on her own. Not as important as the real-life issues but I noticed that the actress who portrayed the Duchess here looked remarkably like her at that time in life.
It mildly bothers me that they portrayed Wallis as a loving wife... She was pretty mean to him. She also slept around on him. David gave us the throne because he hated the job. Wallis was a scapegoat for everyone and she knew it. She accepted the financial security of marrying a royal as she had a troubled, unstable childhood. It wasn't a great love story, it was far more pathetic and sad. David and Wallis were also very self absorbed. During the war they made a fuss about their houses being ruined as their countrymen died. They sent their poor maid into dangerous French occupied territory for sheets... They threw a hissy fit when they weren't allowed to go shopping in the States because it was a security risk. They absolutely plotted with the Nazis but thought better of it after Churchhill threatened to arrest David for not following orders. They were terrible people and England dodged a bullet.
“It makes me so sad to see you living in exile, when all you did was take a stand for principle, and love one woman completely. You were cruelly denied your right to reign alongside the woman that you wanted by your side.”
I hope someday someone has the courage to tell the world on screen what happened to her (dutchess wallis) post Edwards death. I know to many she is seen as the villain, but her final years after Edwards death, you wouldn't wish that on your worst enemy
Impresionante, no hay palabras para describir la grandeza de la escena, la música es extraordinaria, la carta es conmovedora, es un drama de una belleza inigualable, maravilloso.
Exactamente, con notas musicales describe de manera fantástica la muerte de un Rey! Digna para ser usada en el funeral de alguien así. Fantástico comentario!
ikrrr, it matched sooo welllll. they even used it for the Kennedy's death. I don't get why they didn't use it for Mountbatten's death in S4. hopefully, they use again for the deaths of Diana, Margaret, and the Queen Mother.
@@khantnyizaw1803 And also Prince Philip (if the series extends to 2021). The image of the Queen sitting alone viewing her husband's coffin in the funeral service is a powerful image for what I assume would be the series' final scene.
"What King we were denied". A crappy one. Edward's abdication was a blessing for the United Kingdom and likely the whole world. Considering he was a Nazi sympathizer you might guess how WWII would turn around if he had anything to say in it. Most likely he would be removed from the throne or silenced some different way and likely the British monarchy would not survive it.
The death of former King Edward VIII they wouldn’t bury him in France but they gave him a proper burial after his body is flown to Great Britain. After Walis Simpson died she was buried next to her husband. Even though King Edward VIII abdicated and spends the rest of his life in exile in France at least the British Royal Family gave him a proper burial including his wife Walis when she died.
@@jamiebarringer4019 that would have been a funny scene. But leave it like that, they already got mad for giving Charles and Camilla a bad name, go figure. BUT... they shouldn't have skipped Princess Anne's attempted kidnapping. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME
@@usagi18 in terms of the series I think I have a little sympathy for charles and camilla. After all he and I share the misery of being married to a cancer.
@@jamiebarringer4019 I don't believe in horoscopes. But I bet Diana didn't really enjoy living with a man who was as sensitive as a snowflake, but wouldn't think twice before cheating to her face.
The Queen mouther worst nightmare. He loved a man who betrayed his family and county. Man Charles’s can be so stupid sometimes especially when it comes to love.
If we are to believe the events of the series than it technically isn’t Charles fault. Nobody told him that his great uncle was a traitor. Nobody told him that the real reason for the abdication was that Edward was conspiring with Hitler. Had they he probably never would’ve given him the time of day. But this is a family mired in the sickness of secrecy, they withheld that information. And Charles was taken in by him. What makes season three so crucial in Charles‘s character development, is that Elizabeth is repeating the mistakes that her parents made. She’s taken on her mothers habits of keeping secrets that should not be kept, and she has become so obsessed with raising a king that she has forgotten that she must first raise a son first. Whereas her father raised a daughter first and a queen second, she was so fearful of failing to prepare the air apparent that somewhere along the way she forgot to be a mother.
At death, yes, he was just Duke of Windsor, but from the death of George V to Edward's abdication, a period of around 10/11 months, he was Edward VIII. Perhaps just using his reginal number is to tie to the theme of the video, i.e. what a king we might have had, if he was allowed to be king, at least from Charles's perspective
@@Matthew-rh6ei I know he was the King from that period, however when the Abdication was signed he was titled the Duke of Windsor, so no longer addressed as King
@@morganm5370 just in case, some people forget it, even if it is shown in the series ;). But yeh, perhaps it is done to serve the themes being conveyed, as mentioned in my first reply (shrug)
@@iriartepedroJ Sort of. He has the regnal number (Edward VIII), but that only refers to his ruling title from the death of his father to his abdication (as noted prior), at death, he was formally styled, in the UK, as HRH (His Royal Highness), Edward ... Windsor, Duke of Windsor (... serving for his many, many middle names)
I don't know if Charles ever wrote such a letter to the Duke of Windsor, but it's interesting to listen to Charles lamenting that the Duke had to abdicate, and how wonderful it would have been to have had him as king, etc., because in real life, the Duke's father, George V, very much regretted that the custom of primogeniture left him no choice but to make Edward (or David, as his family called him) his successor, and thought Albert (the future George VI) better fitted to be king in absolutely every way. In fact George V hoped that his older son would have no children, so that on his death, the crown would pass to his younger one and his heirs. He didn't foresee that David would outlive Bertie by 20 years. But in the end, David solved the problem for him by marrying a woman the British people found unacceptable as the wife of a king. If Charles really thought any of the things expressed here, it just proves how unfit to be king he is.
History knows that Wallis wasn't there when avid died. She even refused to be there, really there, when I became really sick. She came for 15 minutes visits from time to time...She thought that him being sick was too boring. (her words.)
Honestly, when the Queen dies, pls. let William assume the crown and not Charles. He does not fit to be King. He lost lots of credibility like his Uncle Edward.
Either way, it rests on Charles. It will be his decision to abdicate ot not after the Queen's death. But for now, the Rules of Succession are clear: Charles will be King. If he survives his mother.
@@Xerxes2005 he will be king and he seems to be a changed man now. By hes body language i see these days on TV he is definitely preparing to be king. Its ok william will be one too i assume in 10 more years.
Just imagine the future King Charles III abdicating for his son, King William V, as the same way King Edward VIII did for his brother, George VI. What a story, no? Like a full circle.
@@MrPesado98 Yeah don't believe he's made up his mind. Doesn't want Charles due to the bad history of Kings named Charles. He still probably will get called Charles. I'm sure people still called George VI Bertie.
The fact that Charles so brutally misjudged Edward, who was a Nazi sympathizer (and a cruel brother), speaks volumes about Charles. What a horrible king he will make.
I’m American so I don’t really have a stake in the game, I just hate Charles. If he were a better man he might step aside for his son, William, but I highly doubt that will happen. I know no one outside of the inner circle will every truly know and understand the tumultuous history and present of the royal family but Charles is just… the worst. The only impression he’s ever made on me is an unpleasant one.
@@nujeru99 I will simply repeat the comment I made above (which you evidently didn't read): No, I got that. At the same time, Charles' affinity for Edward/David is well documented.
I believe the background music was written by Rupert Gregson-Williams. He's one of the main composers of the music behind the series. This scene is captivating!
This is not the way it all happened. "The Crown" took deliberate means to create a drama out of true events. Yes, Queen Elizabeth II and The Prince Of Wales did visit The Duke Of Windsor. He was gravely ill. He was connected to IV drips and was very weak. There was no walking with Prince Charles in the garden and such. There was no looking at a scrapbook with old newspaper clippings and such. There was no standing at all. The Duke Of Windsor died 3 weeks after this visit. So, everyone, please remember this is a dramatization based on true events. A lot of this is made up, embellished, enhanced and some did not happen at all! No one knows what The Royals actually said in private conversation. It is a drama!
If, as many are saying, the Duke of Windsor's death scene and Charle's letter are fabrications, I think there should be disclosure of that fact. It is one thing to fill in the gaps of historical personages lives with inventions, but it is another thing to do this with living people. If Charles never wrote such a letter, than this is a very unfair portrayal of him.
If Edward had not met Wallis Simpson and abdicated, this would have been the moment Elizabeth became Queen, in 1972. That’s assuming he never married anyone else and had children first.
If prince Charles loved her so much then he should have given up this thorne and married her..but he wanted both crown as well as lady .. So he ditched lady and kept crown.. Had children with married wife and then we know what happened and who is his current wife .. Now he has both.. Lady as well as crown..