The Man Who Would Be King...Again? The 1946 Duke of Windsor Plot

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In 1946, a secret plot emerged to make the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, king again, but not of Britain, but of part of a foreign country. Find out the full story of this completely forgotten and overlooked story.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: en.wikipedia.o...
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@scottgregory4255 Год назад

Mark just casually taking a stroll down to the national archives to uncover obscenely obscure historical tidbits by accident, you absolute legend, best historian on the planet

@ziepex7009 Год назад

agreed

@vic5015 Год назад

Dr. Felton: "I've got some time to kill. What shall I do? Oh, I've got it! I'll casually peruse the British national archives!" Legend!

@Davivd2 Год назад

LMAO that was my thoughts too. Just having a casual looksie in the national archives. As one does.

@josephsandoval9825 Год назад

INDEED!!

@josephsandoval9825 Год назад

INDEED!!

@kealanmcateer124 Год назад

Does anyone else notice how much information mark can cram into 15 minutes, never ceases to amaze me, and all easily delivered, again pure genius

@blondesmommy 9 месяцев назад

There are no wasted words and every sentence is informative.

@blueblack3591 8 месяцев назад

True

@RevMikeBlack Год назад

While an elementary schooler, I saw the Duke & Duchess of Windsor on an American television talk show. They looked like forgotten old actors. Not knowing them, I asked my dad who the man was. My father answered, "That man is the biggest fool of all time."

@Mitch93 Год назад

Your dad was spot on!

@johnvsymons Год назад

After Edward abdicated, a popular joke at the time was, "He gave up being King to become third mate on a tramp steamer"!

@frankgesuele6298 Год назад

Harry should have learned from him.

@drvee1983 Год назад

Sounds like your Dad was a wise man.

@Classicgamer73 Год назад

He just wanted no responsibility, but still a lavish life style, he didn't deserve to be king. And should have lived in his beloved Germany, good riddance I say

@drvee1983 Год назад

If you want pure historical data, with a hint of obscure theory? Mark has it. He doesn't surmise. He shows you the paperwork with quotes, film footage, and those that were either there, or factual history that came before the topics. He is an imperical historical journalist with no spin. If only the world and modern media had more like him. Thank you Mark.

@CigarAttache Год назад

80 years since WW2 and Dr Felton continues to educate us on facts that have never been revealed before! 👍🏼👍🏼

@bonnie_gail 7 месяцев назад

it really makes me wonder what kind of world we are living in

@susanlockyer1192 5 месяцев назад

I've come across most of these things - maybe I was just in the right place at the right time!

@benbaker2965 Год назад

I grew up with the romantic view of the Duke of Windsor walking away from his crown because of the woman he loved. This was perpetrated by my mother. But there are so many levels to the Duke's story beyond abdicating to be with the woman he loved. And Mark has added some new layers to this tale for me today.

@di3486 Год назад

What is ironic is that there nothing romantic about the story. Edward was an immature codependent and Wallis was miserable her entire life. She wanted to go back to her last husband but he had moved on. That, plus the Nazi ties, destroys the whole “love story”

@pixelpatter01 Год назад

Let me summarize:; their was a palace coup and the displaced leader plotted a come back. The story is as old as history.

@garyfrancis6193 Год назад

@@pixelpatter01 There

@pixelpatter01 Год назад

right you are @@garyfrancis6193

@thesteelrodent1796 Год назад

in Denmark the story typically is that Edward was forced to abdicate in order to be allowed to marry her. It was discussed quite heavily when our princes married commoners (20-25 years ago), but in modern Denmark, no one cares about such things and the government would probably have been forced to step down (by the people) if they tried to pull such a stunt

@sandyj342 Год назад

Mark this is one amazing piece of history and plot. Your meticulous research and high quality presentation is truly world class.

@richardkammerer2814 Год назад

As Mark’s report progressed, I realized I knew less and less of this criminal affair and really am quite sickened but better educated as a result.

@Luigi_T Год назад

Dr Felton treating us with constant content is one of the joys of the Internet. Many thanks from Romania! I wish there would be coverage of our involvement in the second world war for my personal enlightenment as this format is very enjoyable 🇷🇴

@emmettjones5165 Год назад

I second Luigi's motion!

@ChanchoBlanco Год назад

Y'all let the sixth get circled among other things leading to the defeat at Stalingrad

@killthereds2.043 Год назад

@@ChanchoBlancowe asked for weapons and we told the Germans we can’t hold the Soviets. They didn’t listen.

@matpk Год назад

@@killthereds2.043but mark is also pay by chi Na gov

@killthereds2.043 Год назад

@@matpk eh, Churcill gave half of Europe to Stalin

@testtoon1452 Год назад

Best line ever..... "His only real interest was sleeping with other man's wives"..... laughed so hard at this, the delivery Mark, spot on!!

@WTU208 Год назад

I thought that was Charlie Boy.

@kayeninetwo3585 Год назад

Another phrase that I found amusing was "the Dukes of Hanover." It made me think of a Mercedes Benz coupe with a rebel flag on the roof.

@SafetySpooon Год назад

I have to dissent: he also liked drinking, smoking & steeplechasing.

@InTecknicolour Год назад

freda dudley ward and thelma furness

@baraxor Год назад

"Edward the Eighth used to be an Admiral of the Fleet. Now he's third mate on an American tramp."

@PhilippensTube Год назад

You can always count on Mark for obscure and (almost) forgotten pieces of history. I'm amazed every single time. Highly appreciated and anticipated!

@Lemma01 Год назад

Believe me when I say I listen to every word you say with the ear of an historian: your narrative here is masterly- even by your own standards. Knowing how tempting it is to push a line, you deserve genuine credit for always allowing your facts to speak for themselves, and your reticence in forwarding claims is to be admired. Thank you.

@chrisvowell2890 Год назад

Totally agree - he is the best. It's just a pity Dr. Felton doesn't get wider coverage on the broadcast media but it's clear that broadcast TV seems to have abandoned history documentaries. It's now better covered on RU-vid!

@mch12311969 Год назад

Thank you, thank you, thank you; I am so sick of the myth that Edward VIII abdicated simply for Wallis Simpson.

@user-fw3fq3de3z Год назад

yep an offer that couldnt be refused

@bernardrandles8013 Год назад

He was a traitor

@mch12311969 Год назад

@@bernardrandles8013 That is exactly my point.

@tombombadil9123 6 месяцев назад

Nobody ever really believed that. It was just a cover story, because the real truth would've been too damaging in 1938

@mch12311969 6 месяцев назад

@@tombombadil9123 But the myth keeps getting perpetuated

@4sstg Год назад

His niece Queen Elizabeth II apparently knew this , as did his sister-in-law, the queen mother Queen Elizabeth. Wallis did the British people and the free world a good turn, by marrying Edward.

@voldier0 Год назад

America saving the day and WW2, once again, without even trying. USA! (Joking)

@jonathanlong6987 Год назад

An excellent point I had not considered… until now.

@edgaraquino2324 Год назад

@@tobywareing6435that has yet to be determined....

@archstanton6102 Год назад

The Queen Mother banned Diana from buying any of Wallis Simpson's jewelry after she died. Now I understand why .

@leebarrr Год назад

I'm willing to bet they forced Edward to abdicate because of his ties with Hitler. Do you really believe the King of England couldn't marry who he wants? Charles has made his lover Queen. Henry divorced how many times and married who he wanted mutiple times.

@CAP198462 Год назад

Can we just appreciate how much Wallis Simpson did for the war effort.

@gregmichael8473 Год назад

Yeah, and everyone says that the US was late in coming to the party! They were there in 1938.

@merykhan97 8 месяцев назад

Depending on the side you're referring to.

@divadaedalus 5 месяцев назад

The point,I think, is that Edward’s obsession with Wallis led him to abdicate. He was pro Nazi and utterly inept, spoiled and stubborn. Thank goodness he abdicated and Britain was not taken over by Hitler thus possibly changing the outcome of WWII.

@CAP198462 5 месяцев назад

@@divadaedalus yes, she got Edward to abdicate, which allowed King George VI to become king and not befriend the Austrian painter and his noughtsee club.

@cherylventer7075 Год назад

Excellent narration. Absolutely spot on with the historical facts and beautifully edited and uploaded. You're a star Mr Felton . Thank you for the hours of entertainment you have given to me and I'm sure many others !!

@Uncle_Torgo Год назад

I've generally believed that 80% of human history has been lost for one reason or another. But this presentation has caused me to wonder if it's more like 75% lost, 5% just overlooked and still recoverable with effort and skill? Thanks for your work, Dr. Felton.

@jamestarbet9608 Год назад

It's probably in excess of 97%. Remember how many humans lived and died before the written word, and the ones we know of are but the largest of history.

@Rusty_Gold85 Год назад

Always pays to read through Comments and you pick up bits and pieces ...well once you toss aside some of the BS and vile people seem to vent

@robertortiz-wilson1588 Год назад

@Rusty_Gold85 true!

@SirAntoniousBlock Год назад

@@jamestarbet9608 Even Heroditus the father of history, wrote more propaganda than real history.

@Dulcimertunes 11 месяцев назад

Lost or repressed?

@malakasquad2214 Год назад

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was also also the name of the Royal Belgian House, which is now named House of Saxe-Coburg. The title Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is still in use for the descendants of King Leopold I.

@stevetournay6103 Год назад

Interesting. (And that's not a connection I'd want to be saddled with...)

@marcturner2119 Год назад

This is also an interesting historical gem, adding to the flavour of another remarkable video by Dr Felton … through casual meanderings

@tsz5868 Год назад

Dunno If there is some tie with princess Leopoldina married with Pedro I the Brazilian regent prince

@derekbowbrick6233 Год назад

That deserves a one armed salute.

@bronsonperich9430 Год назад

All relations of Queen Vic.

@johntamlyn6383 Год назад

This is absolutely fascinating! And confirmation of Edward’s stupidity and total unfitness to be King. Sadly it was probably best that he remained a kind of unemployed celebrity and was not allowed a position from which he could influence or harm anyone.

@mapmanlxii1715 Год назад

I think Prince Harry is being iced out in a comparable manner! Though he’d be a lot less dangerous to the “Firm”

@petershen6924 Год назад

I think Earl Mountbatten was a much better choice as a British installed German monarch than Duke of Windsor.

@sto1238 Год назад

@@mapmanlxii1715at least Harry isn’t parading around with Putin and Xi

@dougaldouglas8842 Год назад

One less traitor we had.

@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Год назад

@@petershen6924Except that Churchill had barely a higher regard for "Dickie" than for "David". Churchill was quick to use the Dieppe debacle to have Mountbatten hustled off to Burma, well away from the European theatre. Churchill considered him an incompetent headline grabber who was too close to the Americans, and therefore a potential obstacle to Churchill's own wartime and post-war agendas.

@jmcclure55 Год назад

I thought I was an authority on WWII until I started watching this channel... You are a treasure, Dr. Felton. I hit like on every one of your videos as soon as they start.

@JonathanMoosey Год назад

Love most videos that Mark Felton comes out with. I enjoy learning all the complexity of history and the nuances of seemingly questionable allegiances that are not as black and white as many history teachers make them out to be.

@cammackinnon Год назад

Mark, as a young guy who loves history, I gotta say that your videos really stand out among the rest. Your attention to details and the stories you tell teach me so much that I never knew I needed to know. Thank you for being so knowledgeable and sharing it with the rest of us.

@gregrefon Год назад

As a quite old-ish guy who loves history, I can only concur, my dear youn frien. Could not said that better myself.

@denisegore1884 Год назад

What a find and so surprising that it was just sitting there and you are the first to report it. I think Edward would have been a poor King no matter which country had him. He struck me as selfish, lazy and not very bright. He wanted all of the perks but without having to work for them. During his 1920 tour of New Zealand, he thought it tedious how the public fawned over him. He was supposed to be there to thank New Zealand for their sacrifices made for the Empire during WW1.

@dougaldouglas8842 Год назад

As soon as his mates invaded France he rushed off to Portugal for protection. What a dirt bag of a traitor, and I wonder what the French would think of this king helping his mate, Hitler, to invade France?

@dougaldouglas8842 Год назад

@@PORRRIDGE_GUN I know. The establishment sought to cover up what he had done, and it has well been reported that he informed his pal, Hitler, where to break through, to get into France, and that was through the Arden.

@preethyawesome8278 Год назад

This is one of the best channels on RU-vid, since I learn something new everyday! Many thanks, Dr. Felton! Best wishes from Dublin, Ireland ☘

@niallmartin9063 Год назад

It’s just an amazing Channel ☘️🇮🇪

@philipmulville8218 Год назад

@@niallmartin9063 Indeed it is 🇮🇪

@christianworrall2822 Год назад

Mark, I just want to say every time you upload a video, the world becomes a more interesting place. Your an absolute legend. Cheers mate.

@skittlesandfriends5710 Год назад

I knew some about King Edward and his brief time as King and his closeness to Germany, my mom’s side of the Family is British, but I never knew the full extent of his involvement with the Germans, before, during, and after the War. What a remarkable story you have uncovered.

@susanlockyer1192 5 месяцев назад

Imagine being offered the chance to re-take the British throne after Germany 'bombed the UK into submission' & thinking it was a good idea! All the other members of the RF would have been slaughtered

@dh4521 Год назад

Such a kit o unpack here..... I am going to need to watch it a second time & I can't imagine the work that Mark put in to condensing all this research into a digestabe format. An incredible effort, well done sir!

@danielintheantipodes6741 Год назад

Queen Alexandra loathed Germany with a passion. She never forgave the Kaiser for invading Denmark. As for the abdication, I would not call it a plot. I would call it a process. I have never begrudged Mrs Simpson a single jewel. I just feel gratitude towards her. She would have made a dreadful Queen, but she did successfully get him away from us. Glad that she never got a title though. Thank you for the video!

@conveyor2 Год назад

The Kaiser didn't invade Denmark.

@johnhblaubachea5156 Год назад

@@conveyor2 Danielintheantipodes6741 is referring to the Seven Weeks War in 1864, when his grandfather and future Kaiser William I, the King of Prussia's armies invaded Schleswig-Holstein.

@johntamlyn6383 Год назад

Blame Bismarck for that.

@danielintheantipodes6741 Год назад

@@johnhblaubachea5156 👍

@draw4kicks Год назад

Actual historic discoveries on this channel! Brilliant work Mark!

@dougieranger Год назад

This type of find is exactly why this is the best history channel on RU-vid. 10/10

@ForceSmart Год назад

More stories from National Archives, please. There are lots of good histories waiting to see the light of day.

@quiverdog Год назад

I have heard rumours of this, but now it makes sense. What I find amazing that these things in history can create as much drama now as they would then.

@purpleldv966 Год назад

Come on 2 million subs! Dr. Felton deserves it!

@HiDesert004 Год назад

Dr Felton knocking it out of the park this week!

@jonathanlong6987 Год назад

What an American comment. USA! USA!

@kensummers7757 Год назад

Known throughout the Navy as “The man who gave up his job as First Lord of the Admiralty in exchange for the position of Third Mate on an American Tramp”. Harsh but funny- and true

@Sublette217 Год назад

Yours is one of just a few historian pages that I genuinely enjoy. You present excellent material, well researched, and avoiding the cutesy interjections of cartoon and media clips that certain other pages think make their presentations droll. You also pronounce names and places correctly. One certain “dark” producer is guilty of egregious mispronunciations, while others have too expansive estimations of the entertainment of their own wittiness and sense of humour. You and Drachinfel present some of the best military histories, with The History Guy close on your heels. I find some channels just completely unwatchable. Keep up the good work.

@personwhotalkstomuch4898 Год назад

I agree, Mark and The History Guy are 2 of my favourite historians. They don’t waffle on & just present the facts in a concise manner that we can understand.

@Sublette217 Год назад

@@personwhotalkstomuch4898 We can tell who the real authorities on their topics are.

@NicoleSatchell-k8b Год назад

That would be a great tale on film! Thanks Dr Mark.. Actual historic discoveries on this channel! Brilliant work Mark!.

@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b Год назад

That would be a great tale on film! Thanks Dr Mark.

@kenkahre9262 Год назад

Both my parents, who were young teenaged Americans at the time, were so enchanted by "the King who gave up his throne for the woman he loved", were so disillusioned by the real story in their old age, would have been really disgusted by these new turn of events. I'm glad they're both gone now so they didn't hear it.

@Five-O_Reviews Год назад

The Crown, on Netflix, touched on this very briefly. If memory serves me correctly, the former King, on a trip to visit the Queen, and to ask to be back in the good graces of the royal family was flatly and coldly denied by Elizabeth because of a letter that was found by royal intelligence, in which it states that he had colluded with the Nazis in an attempt to retake the Throne. If you haven't watched The Crown, I highly recommend it, it's stylized history, but history none the less. Many thanks Dr. Felton.

@chombus2602 Год назад

Yeah, but this was before the war

@lynnewilliams3859 Год назад

Throne.

@Five-O_Reviews Год назад

Indeed, corrected. Thanks.@@lynnewilliams3859

@tinac3094 Год назад

The Crown is a drama series, not an accurate account of history. Don't depend on fiction for facts.

@uahoe Год назад

If you watch this channel, you're a history nerd like me. And most of the time, i have at least some prior knowledge of marks video, but he goes into details ive never heard of before. This though, ive never heard about this. This is awesome. Thank you Mark!

@kellycoyle3255 Год назад

This event was referenced in the Netflix show, The Crown, Season 2, episode 6 "Vergangenheit." Thank you for providing much more detail on this affair!

@nicolad8822 Год назад

Why even mention that nonsense.

@emmettjones5165 Год назад

Macaulay, Gibbon....Felton. The finest historians, and histories, come from England. The best WWII documentaries have come from the English, ever since the end of the war. Of course, it was our American involvement that got me interested in this, but it has always been the English who have educated me. Thank you, Mark...

@daniel_sc1024 Год назад

His mother, Mary of Teck, was called that because her father was a Prince of Teck (a very minor German royal house) who married into the British royal family. However, he was penniless (and he discovered after marrying that his British princess, Mary Adelaide aka "Fat Mary," was just as penniless), and they lived in Britain, off of the graces of Queen Victoria; Mary and her siblings were born and raised in the U.K.

@MarkFeltonProductions Год назад

Doesn't make her any less German, does it?

@CL-vz6ch Год назад

@@MarkFeltonProductionsthese videos are gripping. Absolutely top notch.

@MrMomo182 Год назад

Fat Mary was Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's first cousin-the only other legitimate grandchild of George III.

@bronsonperich9430 Год назад

So they were broke Germans

@daniel_sc1024 Год назад

@@MarkFeltonProductions How do you define "German"? Does simply having "German blood" define her as German? Or does being born and raised in Britain all her life, speaking English and practicing English customs, make her English?

@leoh2690 Год назад

Just discovered your channel and it’s been a great thing indeed. Keep up your amazing work

@richardpetervonrahden6393 Год назад

Thank you Dr Felton for unearthing another fascinating “little detail” of history, and for presenting it so well.

@TheDreadnoughtgames Год назад

How is this not being made into a major TV documentary??

@the_lichemaster Год назад

Good job it hasn't. They would have just turned the solid 15 minutes of gold Dr Felton has given to us into 45 minutes of drawn-out padding plus adverts.

@richardkammerer2814 Год назад

Anything is possible five time zones over here on streaming service.

@dougearnest7590 Год назад

They're still doing the research - to make sure they don't accidentally get anything right.

@geoffcartertheoreticalstru6484 Год назад

Amazing Mark - I've always wondered what is still "classified" from WW2 given we know about most of the Intelligence operations & military secrets - even the Cambridge boys - which is not unrelated . . . . . .

@steve08717 Год назад

plenty theres a future eyes only classification it has a clause that the information can only be released a century after the last person mentioned in the file dies as long as a descendant doesn't block it then theres the royal library at windsor trick we often stash files there you have to get permission of the monarch to access them so never then theres simple misfiling even in the national archives if it has to be released we simply mislabel it with a boring number that no one will ask for hiding in plain sight no one can read the millions of hard copies to find the gold

@AtheistOrphan Год назад

I believe that information relating to Amy Johnson’s fatal plane crash are sealed for 100 years.

@skadoink1736 Год назад

Ok, that has to be the most fascinating video you've done! Makes you wonder what other tidbits are hiding away in (somewhat) plain sight in various archives.....

@tdubya75 Год назад

Fascinating stuff, Doc! I don’t know how you do it. I look forward to your videos more than anyone else on YT.

@MichaelPickles Год назад

If Mark had been a history teacher then it would have been my favourite lessons, 😊

@Asger21 Год назад

For 50 years, I have wondered why the revengeful Hitler, against his generals wishes, halted their tanks & artillery outside Dunkirk instead of destroying the trapped 400.000 English troops. Is it possible that Edward had influenced Hitlers decision?

@Mitch93 Год назад

Nope, it's because the tanks had outrun their supply lines.

@Mitch93 Год назад

If Edward had stopped it, why was he leaking the battleplans?

@islander8367 Год назад

Dr. Felton has a video for this, as well. His video on German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt.

@jorgeroaro Год назад

Hitler had sympathy for Britain, or at least he had until then, and still believed that a friendly peace could be reached with the English, now that France was defeated and Britain could no longer win the war (that was what the Germans assumed, of course). Hitler was perfectly willing to make a peace with the English that fully respected the British Empire and its possessions, in exchange for the English recognizing the German right to rule continental Europe, and of course, the last thing Hitler wanted was to carry out an unnecessary massacre of British soldiers at Dunkirk.

@84ceasar Год назад

@@Mitch93maybe he had agreement with Hitler to spare British life's in exchange for battle plans.

@richardcleveland8549 4 месяца назад

Remarkable and disturbing story, fueled by Edward's vanity. Whatever he saw in Wallis could not have been her "beauty", because the woman was as homely as a mud fence. Kudos to Dr. Felton for shining a light on this episode.

@Classicgamer73 Год назад

Isn't it strange that historians just forget some very important parts in history like this! Mark Fenton, you should be the staple for our History, end quote!

@youngimperialistmkii Год назад

As an American. I apologize for Wallace Simpson, ugh.

@ericwalstrand3512 Год назад

I doubt she's nearly as bad as Meghan Markle

@brianrunyon266 Год назад

Same.

@EdMcF1 Год назад

Nothing to apologise for, what a favour she did us, even if by accident.

@pauldurkee4764 Год назад

We had a terrific British comedian called Les Dawson, he was a wonderful wordsnith, he would have likely described her as having a face like a bag of spanners.

@helifanodobezanozi7689 Год назад

@@ericwalstrand3512Meghan may not be perfect, but comparing her to someone who is pro-Nazi is too much. It pretty much gives credence to her and Harry's claims that race is a major factor in certain people's behavior towards them.

@RedXlV Год назад

Reviving the Kingdom of Hannover as a British-style constitutional monarchy wouldn't have been an innately terrible idea, but Edward would've been perhaps the worst possible choice for the throne. His and George VI's younger brother Henry, Duke of Gloucester, on the other hand...

@lteht6919 Год назад

Dr. Felton, Thank you for your continued amazing videos and books.

@stephencalder8357 7 месяцев назад

Dr. Mark Felton, the Greatest Historian of Modern Times!

@Minwoman 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely fantastic history. Quality production. Keep them great as always❤

@tomawen5916 Год назад

excellent research. To belatedly learn that the English non-response to the German reoccupation of the Rhineland was contributed, in part, to Edward's opposition to the British responding militarily and throwing out the then weak Wehrmacht along with his pro-Nazi leanings (as well as admiration for Hitler and his gang of thugs) only reinforces the idea that keeping Edward off the throne of any nation was a good idea. Thank you again Dr. Felton!

@pixelpatter01 Год назад

If only they had been as firm with the Bolsheviks.

@ElaineWood-f2t Год назад

I have read that Wallis Simpson was more enamored with the Germans than Edward VIII was. They were indeed quite a pair.

@badbotchdown9845 Год назад

Sad they can't have hanging him

@jdools4744 Год назад

Edward was based and should have been king

@theenigmaticgamer Год назад

Edward was a traitor and a completely self centred individual. His narcissistic personality is not so far away from some members of the current royal family who have an equally strong feeling of their entitlement. Andrew and Harry take note!

@alexbowman7582 Год назад

My friends elderly parents, now sadly dead, watched with disbelief and disgust the royal family’s reaction to the death of Wallace Simpson and they were muttering “the bastards didn’t want to know her when she was alive”.

@zzzbbbooo 9 месяцев назад

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, hated Wallis with a passion and Elizabeth II was known to be very careful "never to upset Mummy". Given her mother was still alive when Wallis died, Elizabeth was as gracious as she possibly could be.

@BigGuyBoleslaw Год назад

Confirmation that Germany offered to put Edward back on the throne was obtained by Noel Coward. He went to Portugal in 1940 to entertain Edward and Mrs. Simpson face to face. Edward told Coward all about it. Noel Coward reported it all to British military intelligence. Noel Coward never talked about this with anyone. He wrote it down in his diary. After he died in 1973, his lover Graham Payn went through the diary, edited it, and the world found out when the diary was published in 1982.

@MrW10021 Год назад

Instead h went to base 211 with the penguins......with the brits on their tail.

@abdulmalikal-zahrani1536 Год назад

Mark Felton you are really a genius man your voice is so quiet that i find myself understand the history easily + you have a really nice character, you are a likeable man continue please upload a videos about history this channel is a rare gem !

@JohnD-tk9si Год назад

I Love these Kind of Stories Mark F.

@heinrichmuller7974 Год назад

the Brits, and possibly the world at large, dodged a huge bullet with this guys abdication, kinda crazy to think there may be an alternate universe where he doesn't abdicate and buddies up with hitler ...

@rupturedduck6981 Год назад

Dr. Felton the plot wasn't overlooked. The plot as you called it (my personal opinion) could have damaged the reputation of the British Crown. The plot was a weak point and the best way to protect a weak point is not to call attention to it. Your shows are great and the high point of my day when you upload one.

@tc2851 11 месяцев назад

His strong pro-Nazi views are the real reason.

@rupturedduck6981 11 месяцев назад

@tc2851 Yeah O.K. that too but I'll stick with my comment but I'm open to other suggestions. Maybe my mind can be changed.

@jec1ny Год назад

Considering what she saved them from, I would think there should be a giant monument to Wallis Simpson somewhere in London.

@TheSaltydog07 Год назад

This is much to unpack. I'll watch again. My twin and I are fascinated by these strange people. A lot of ink has been spilled about them. Thank you. Dr. Felton, as always. ♥

@robertmorey4104 Год назад

Fascinating I had no idea Edward was more German than a lot of Germans. He's lucky he only got sent to play in Bahamas during the war.

@MrW10021 Год назад

and some currency exchange

@davetravers4621 10 месяцев назад

He was even more lucky not to see the end of a rope after the war.Due to who he was,most likely.

@samrodian919 Год назад

A true revelation Mark! What a discovery! Thank god the disgraced Windsor chappie wasn't even contemplated for any roll in Germany's future, nor any other countries either. He was a disgraced, womanising German playboy. So thankful that his brother the late King George VI was a better human being and Loyal to this country, despite his German ancestry. And thus we got in 1952 on George's death probably the best monarch this country ever had or will have. She reigned for 71 glorious years, God Bless Her!

@lisahinton9682 5 месяцев назад

Once again, I have learned something about this subject that I hadn't known before; thank you so much for your work.

@NoGodsNoMasters1885 Год назад

Wow, just wow. Dr. Felton, as a recent graduate in the field of history, my hat is most certainly off to you for this one.

@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Год назад

It would be extremely interesting to learn more of Ernest Augustus's role in the July Plot. Might be a thread worth pulling.

@hueywallop2461 Год назад

Another great video! I highly recommend Andrew Lownie’s book “Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor”, which portrays Edward VIII as a middle-aged child. Edward’s abdication was a good thing for the free world. His own mother and ERII never trusted him and ‘that woman’.🎉

@BotsWeekendCovers Год назад

So I see in my crystal ball Mark's grand kids carrying on the historical tidbits and the first story will be Harry and Megan. LOL.

@Afterburner Год назад

The history people THINK they know is constantly being shown to be based on illusions and your work is showing how things really were Mark. Keep up the good work!

@SmilingIbis Год назад

I now understand the total antipathy of an old German college roommate of mine toward the German aristocracy. I used to think he was overstating it, but these people always do seem to be up to something antidemocratic.

@TOBAPNW_ Год назад

No kidding! have you heard of the (relatively) recent raid on a fascist paramilitary by german police? They were plotting a coup, had organised a shadow cabinet to install once they enacted the takeover, and their leader was none other than a member of the aristocracy

@bunnystrasse Год назад

Honestly, it would have been better to revive the German monarchy and make it something Germans can rally around

@patrickmunneke8348 Год назад

Being antidemocratic is a good thing

@scoliosis9478 8 месяцев назад

I mean German democracy seems pretty intent on removing the Germans as a people and a nation so maybe the aristocrats were onto something.

@kfeltenberger Год назад

I wasn't feeling well the other day and binged about eight hours of Dr. Felton's videos...While I still felt crappy, I also felt like I had spent the night at a Holiday Inn Express and knew that if I had my IQ tested that it would have gone up a couple points! 😐😉😁 In all seriousness, this is a fantastic bit of unintentional sleuthing...Bravo Zulu!

@dougearnest7590 Год назад

Plus an additional point for the Holiday Inn Express reference. Stay hydrated, my friend.

@MrW10021 Год назад

free pancakes@@dougearnest7590

@akaddemirdag Год назад

Dr Felton you are an absolute animal. I can not get enough of your channel and information. Also - the story resembles a bit with the dutch royal family and Prince Bernard. He also had ties with the nazis and received large amount of money during en after the war.

@paulspice4717 Год назад

Excellent history and detective work. Thank you

@warmbrucuriosity Год назад

Thank you Mark!

@johnnypopper-pc3ss Год назад

"She was American and totally unacceptable, to the royal family and the church of England." "He was not officially banished , but he went to a type of self imposed exile." This sounds REALLY , REALLY familiar. 🤔😆

@richardpodnar5039 Год назад

True that!😅

@summaz_ 9 месяцев назад

I mean they both had good reason lol

@quintrankid8045 Год назад

Not only is history stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think. With apologies to Werner Heisenberg.

@MrW10021 Год назад

Hoc scio.

@keithlegge6848 10 месяцев назад

I read a biography of Wallace Simpson several months ago and there was no mention of this at all. What a revelation and what a supreme historian we have in Mark.

@keithfarrell3370 6 месяцев назад

Another triumph. Thanks Doc

@lordmartinofleithandcuddy6541 Год назад

Mark, I enjoy your videos and was watching something on Dr Goebbels. I have always wondered about his doctrinal thesis: does it still exist or do we even know what he wrote about?

@scobbydoo773 Год назад

How about a video about the castle in Sigmaringen German. I visited the castle years ago and was told that some very important German royalty are buried in the basement. Unfortunately I can't remember which ones.. I would be very thankful for some help. Keep up the good work.

@nicolad8822 Год назад

I googled. Hohenzollern family. There is a website you can switch to English.

@cormackeenan8175 Год назад

It actually make me angry that they hounded Alan Turing to death and that Nazi sympathiser, degenerate and waster was given a free pass.

@rogerkay8603 Год назад

well said buddy

@rarekev9332 Год назад

Alan turing was not that good as well, he had sexual relantionships with underage boys

@Theanimeisforme Год назад

Ironic right? It's almost as if the winners werent actually good guys.

@DinoPimp Год назад

People like Alan Turing would eventually be allowed to live as they please, without fear. It took several decades, but it happened. If the other side had won, people like Turing would be fertilizer. @@Theanimeisforme

@cl9615 Год назад

@@TheanimeisformeYou think the Nazis liked gay people either?

@danielbeck9191 Год назад

Fascinating video!! Thank you for this lesson!

@demetrisdemetriou7156 Год назад

I love Mr, Felton's analysis, comments and approach on these kind of issues! Well done!

@Marvel66666 Год назад

2:20 Albert was very popular, so the Royal Albert Hall and a memorial in Hyde Park were placed after the German prince. In the badge of the Prince of Wales, it is written in German "ich dien" ( I serve ) King Charles speaks also German.

@faithlesshound5621 Год назад

There's an old controversy as to whether Edward I said "ich dien" when presenting his son to the Welsh, or "eich dyn" which means "your man" in Welsh and would have made more sense. Or was the motto adopted by the Black Prince to honour John of Luxemburg, King of Bohemia, who was killed at the Battle of Crécy?

@Graham-ce2yk Год назад

I know of at least one child who was given as his first and second names Victor Albert in honor of the then Royal Couple, sadly he never survived to reach his teens.

@jackzimmer6553 Год назад

It’s amazing to me the number of small kingdoms and duchies were to be found in Europe prior to the 20th century!

@Kevin-mx1vi Год назад

Indeed, what later became Germany as we know it today was (until unification in 1871) comprised of around 70 states, kingdoms, duchies, etc, and as Prussia, Bavaria, and Saxony occupied something like 70% of the area of Germany between them, I'm sure you can imagine how small some of the remaining 67(ish) states were ?

@jackzimmer6553 Год назад

@@Kevin-mx1vi Yep. The majority of which were part of the HRE.

@simonwood1402 Год назад

He really was a nasty piece of work 😈

@clairedawson6628 7 месяцев назад

Fantastic documentary. What a find. 👍

@johnje4285 Год назад

That was fascinating and beautifully researched and narrated

@Roller_Ghoster Год назад

The Duke of Windsor was supposedly like a little lost sheep round Wallace Simpson. Lets just say she wore the trousers.

@davidryan4454 Год назад

"She" filled her trousers better 🤫

@stephenaustin142 Год назад

History repeats then .

@wombatwilly1002 Год назад

In my day we called that "cu*t struck"😂

@marblesred2289 Год назад

@@stephenaustin142nice try, but no

@garycurry4600 Год назад

I was talking to a friend a few hours ago, telling her I learned something new today…I will now tell her I learned 2 new things today 😂. Thank you, Dr. Felton, for helping to keep my brain active 😊

@aldostefanini1392 Год назад

And once again Dr FELTON has shown us that he is the best historian in our times. Thank you once again Dr. Greetings from South Africa

@wtharris2343 Год назад

perhaps the best Felton video in a long line of great ones...

@kingcrazymani4133 Год назад

Greetings from Quincy, Massachusetts, City of Presidents and once the home of Henry Brooks Adams. About all I can say at this time. Even at age 63. Your video here, Mark, makes me rejoice… at all these details about descendants/relatives of George III that I was fortunate not to have to memorize and now am too old to have to care much about. Cheers. PS - FYI, other than the ironies, the more relevant British King from my perspective is Henry VIII. But, my heart remains tied to the Bastard. For obvious and non-obvious reasons.

@Psychiatrick Год назад

And how ALL Mr Presidents are blood related to King John who pledged them to pope (inc) at 1213 ... while giving England to the pope (see King John by Shakespeare and King John's Conccession of 1213-1 page .

@nicolad8822 Год назад

Not a clue what you are on about.

@Psychiatrick Год назад

@@nicolad8822 Ignorance is bliss .. THAT'S why we have a National Debt second to none!