Britain's Nazi King
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Was a member of the British royal family in cahoots with the Nazis? Recently declassified FBI files expose a surprising twist in the legacy of Edward VIII. In 1941, President Roosevelt had the Duke of Windsor investigated for suspicion of sympathizing with Nazi Germany. What the investigation found was an astonishing plot to put Edward VIII on Britain's throne as Hitlers Nazi puppet. Under different circumstances, could this relationship have changed history as we know it?
My mother, whose parents were in some of the same social circles as Edward and Mrs. Simpson, told me this story. The above was identically her take. My grandparents taught her to absolutely despise the two of them. My mother told me Britain was better off with Edward gone and King George VI leading the country through World War Two. Mother also told me that the story was Churchill had to threaten Edward with being tried for treason if he didn't stop making stupid public political statements.
Edward was not the sharpest tool in the shed. One of his biographers said of him that 'He was the silliest man I ever met'. I would not doubt that for one moment. His own father George V was a bully who never read a book and mistreated his 4 sons appallingly. It's amazing that his brother Bertie became a great king under the circumstances.
M. Lawson I think it was precisely the circumstances (succeeding a king that was very popular with the common people, WWII) that helped King George VI to thrive as monarch.
@nimbleneedle Meghan and Harry the I
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Fortunately, the monarchy is just a puppet to be controlled by the parliamentary cabinet.
@@donchiva2222 Moreso in places like Spain and Japan. In Britain the Queen does have a bit more power than your average politician.
I've always suspected that the Wallis Simpson affair was just an excuse to get him off the throne. They could have had a morganatic marriage and Princess Elizabeth would have ended up queen anyway, when Edward died in 1972. The real problem with him were his German sympathies at a time when it was clear that the UK would be at war with Germany, with a real possibility of a German occupation of Britain. Wallis Simpson was just a blessing in disguise. Better to say your (of German ancestry) king loves the wrong woman than to say he's soft on Hitler.
Did you (or anybody) watch any one of the many UA-cam videos that were about Wallis Simpson and “the would-be King”? It seems as if she did not really love him but was rather disgusted by him, particularly after he abdicated. Of course, she realized that she would no longer be what she felt she deserved, so she tried unsuccessfully to dissuade him from doing it. I think that there was a concerted effort to put her in his path as a way to get him off of HIS path to the throne. She was particularly vile towards him once he needed assistance when he became older and frail. I actually felt somewhat bad for him knowing what he went through right up until his death. She, of course, lived life to the fullest until she passed away many years later. Nasty, nasty woman!
@@karfos6764 She was just a well-to-do whore for lack of a better term. It was quite clear that she was still in love with for former husband (can't remember his name), and her "love" for Edward had a lot to do with the lifestyle that she'd be provided with by being with him. I think the royal family wanted Edward off the throne even without the relationship with Simpson, and she was merely a convenient tool to the royal family to help facilitate that. Simpson had made her decision to be with Edward (or the decision was somewhat made for her depending on what you believe) before the abdication and subsequent exile, so she was kind of stuck with him after that. It sounds like in some ways she resented Edward for the life path he chose, and that she really was miserable with their life after abdication and post WW2.
Branch Tana Exactly!
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I'm so glad Edward VIII abdicated. I think he would have been a horrible King WW2 or no WW2.
Hi father correctly predicted he wouldn't last a year as monarch.
King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha survived in other European monarchies, including the current Belgian Royal Family and the former monarchies of Portugal and Bulgaria. The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came to the British Royal Family in 1840 with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, son of Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Queen Victoria herself remained a member of the House of Hanover.
Wasn't QE 2"s husband Phillip also of Germanic lineage. Interesting to note that Lady Diana"s father he was more of royal lineage asbhis family name Spencer dated to the 1400's and was English descent.
@@cristinafisher2565 No I don’t think so, he was Greek/Danish.
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a nursery for the imperialist throne. You forgot to mention Russia.
The first SaxeCoburg Goethe in England was the husband of Charlotte, the Princess of Wales, daughter of George IV; her husband was Leopold, later the first king of the Belgians. When Charlotte died, giving birth to her first child, Leopold tried to convince the Brits to continue his allowance, as well as grant him a throne.
Leopold was enthroned in Belgium before his niece, Victoria was born. In fact, it was who Uncle Leopold brought Victoria and Albert together.
@@cristinafisher2565 Philip's mother was a granddaughter of Q. Victoria named Alice, who was born in Windsor Castle. She fell in love with her cousin Andrew, a Greek prince from the Danish Royal House. (Alice's brother was Lord Mountbatten.) The young ones married, went off to Greece and the their duties; their final child was Philip.
He gave up the thrown because he didn’t want to be king with all that responsibility. It turned out better than “just fine”. It gave us the queen we have now!
She would have been Queen anyway, since he had no children. After her father’s death she would have been next in line regardless.
Learn to spell throne.
@@artieash6671 is she sarcastic? Or does she love the queen😡
7:36 King George never smiled.
8:33 King George laughing
Back then most people only ever saw his portrait , people never smiled for a photo back then the camera exposure time was too long. Also smiling too much was considered impolite. How times change. The commentator made a malicious remark.
That is hardly laughing. It's also in the context of public performance, a polite return of the smile from the man he is greeting, perhaps. Hard to tell with all that beard. The man commentating, seems to be commentating on George's personal, private behavior.
@@bradhicks4057 King George VI, UK's most beloved King, and most deservedly so !
I cannot understand how some people writing here can have any sympathy for the Duke or Wallis ? You need to understand that a man born to be a king must embody duty and honour above all things, that he will be the figurehead of his nation for life ! The Duke wilfully and selfishly pursued his own love for Wallis, he was a self-centred little creep and she was a vulgar, hard-as-nails, gold-digger. Great Britain was well rid of them !
Hmmm, like certain couple on this side of the pond ...
The fact that you don't think we already know that you're from the English republic (USA) and that your opinion on monarchy is of little relevance DOES NOT surprise me. England has done very well the way it is for more than a millennium, get back to us when you can say the same.
English republic? go fuck yourself and you fucking queen
fred walsh I'm sorry to burst your bubble Fred but if you're ethnically Anglo Celtic and still speak English BUT reject the English monarch as your head of state, then you are THE English republic. America is the English version of the French revolution.
I am American proud of it , not english and the fact that I speak english does not make me british I would not want to be even compared to people that need a queen , fuck the queen and her inbred offsprings
Churchill should have had MI6 make them 'disappear'.
Let's not forget his courtesan (Maggie Meller) in Paris who ended up shooting her husband an Egyptian Prince Famy Bey. She was a dominatrix and he fell hard for her. He was introduced to her by the son of the Marquis de Breteuil. She worked in one of he Parisian ''houses'' known as Maison Closes's.
George V wouldn't even save his own cousin the Czar Nicholas of Russia. That family would be alive today if he had done the humane thing. bastards all.
They are all Germans.They simply changed their family name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
The irony's! King Edward and Wallace Simpson were the only two people that didn't know the Priminister, the Church of England, and Queen, his Mum, were working against Prince Edward; against his Carnation, and remaining King of England. Edward probably never wanted to be King as he indicated. After all that happened, Wallace Simpson wasn't in love with him, but in to deep to walk out. She never saw that coming.
I like the typo that gives us people opposed the Prince Edward's Carnation. Too bad it couldn't be his Stinking Hellebore _Helleborus foetidissimus._
Royals have their own rules and the people be damned. The very rich are different.
Well, the whole British Royal Family is of Scottish, Danish, French, German, English and Dutch descent. So... there you have it.
All of this had been dug up decades ago by Charles Higham in a book about Wallis.
If this couple were of ordinary status, they would be arrested, put on trial and hanged....
.… …for treason……
In fact both the Duke and Duchess of Windsor had planned to purchased a burial plot in Rose Circle at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Near where the father of the Duchess was interred. Until an agreement in 1965 by Queen Elizabeth the Second, which allowed for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, to be buried near other members of the royal family in the Royal Burial Ground near Windsor Castle.
If he hadn’t abdicated, he might have been a candidate for a re-enactment of Ludwig II.
Very true...WWII was also the result of various conflicts left unsolved after WWI
WWII was the result of Hitler invading countries. Hitler invading Poland was the last straw.
He didn't need a royal title
He was treated like a king
Pray tell why the Metropolitan Museum in NYC genuflected before before Mrs. Wallis at a Costume Institute Bash. Polaire Weismann should have known better. The stench of five million cremations was certainly not Chanel no.5.
Decent documentary, but clearly written by Americans. "His Royal Highness" is not a 'title', it's a style.
Being this is based on FBI files, Yes it would be made in USA..
To me it sounds sarcastic. His royal shit
@Fitzroi But Americans were good at winning World War II. Britain was going down the tubes when the U.S. entered the war and saved civilization.
Very true. However we stopped bending the knee and caring about the differences regarding royalty & their superfluous titles or styes back in 1776. Damn irreverant yanks!😂
Slave labor as component of production can make anyone a genius.
7:00 wtf he dressed very nice
For an interesting read for all Royal and/or World War II enthusiasts, search UA-cam for the video trailer for the ebook novel 'King Edward The Last' by Graeme Ratcliffe, an alternate-history retelling of the story behind King Edward, Wallis Simpson and WWII, thrillingly exploring the 'what if?', had of decisions been made differently.
God, she wasn't even good-looking. No wonder some people thought that she was a man.
Wow, are you just being ironic or are you serious? The statement that the Church deserves all the credit for "civilization" is incredibly ignorant and even bigoted. Yes, it played a role, but it could be just as negative as positive -- and the values/knowledge they passed along came originally from the ancients (particularly the Romans and Greeks). Please go back and read some actual history before making such uninformed, sweeping statements.
More like he enjoyed controlling her, she was used to be controlled. It is called a co-dependent relationship.
I guess "Windsor knot" sounds better than "Nazi knot".
It's Tommy, not Alan L., who was advisor/secretary to the King, btw. Fascinating character - only learned about him from "The Crown".
It was a damaged the war didn't finish there.
He was a *contender* He coulda made a *difference* He
coulda *been* somebody. But he gave it all up for a whole lotta *NOTHIN*
Your language is strange to them just as much as their language is strange to you.
That is "polymorphically perverse."
And now we are having a similiar situation with Harry and MeGain. Ok, Harry isn't as important but it's enough to upset the majority of of the people
ugh salacious
The 1st ten yrs of life are quite formative. Your personality is quite set @ that point. I doubt if George VI ever thought it a likely outcome. This makes your mind explore other possiblities in life. A stimulus which was lacking the case of his brother. Though much of the problem has to do w/ the internal family dynamic. Tht is why, I am thinking, that Prince William seems to have turned out so normal. Diana gave him a different world to experience.
Thank God for Diana. Because of her influence, William and Harry are both independent people.
Well I once was blind, now I think I SEE???
It is clear you did not study the facts. You may object to Nazism, but that does not mean that they were incompetent in all matters. Hitler had studied the economic theory of Social Credit very well, and applied it with resounding success. Just like Lincoln when he introduced the "Greenback". Monetary-financial policy is the key to economic success.
I didn't know what he saw in her until I saw those gorgeous teeth at the 26' mark - then it all became clear to me.
7:40 "Never cracked a smile, ever". On 8:35 you can clearly see George smiling his head of. Well maybe it was just that one time when he was so happy because he changed his family name? :D
Poor Julius - ignorance and arrogance go together so well. What else to expect of a man "educated" at Oxford ;)
Of course ( below ). Plus they were out of THE larger loop.
my god at least pronounce duke correctly
correction : Its Ernest A. SALOMON. Figure it out !!
"von" in German is pronounced "fn", NOT Von!! It's like the English word "fun" without the u. They could at least get that right,.
Edward VIII as a friend of Germany in the middle of the second world war,
He and the Duchess of Windsor harbored pro-Nazi pro-Nazi sympathies and that he was lined up to go back on to the throne if Hitler defeated Britain. He considered to be only Edward VIII with whom Hitler would negotiate any peace terms, the logical director of England's destiny after the war. Hitler actually didn't not want a war with Britain. He was still loyal to Britain at that time, Just loved Both Germany & Britain.
Actually it is not well known. Who would have beat a dead horse. Charlemagne forced the Saxons to convert (and later Saxons forced more eastern peoples) but that was that. Any other force is either a figment of your imagination or your misinformation.
I would look it up.
Read "Hidden Agenda" by Martin Allen to learn more.
Yeah right, sounds like real good evidence.
And you still have not answered what edition of Mein Kampf you read, and what parts you deem nonsensical. And do you agree that the German military strategy in France was brilliant? And that this was Hitler's doing? The only mistake he made was that he let the English get away at Dunkirk, because he wanted to offer them peace.
Elizabeth II was only 10 when she became heir to the throne. Edward VIII never married, so George VI would have known of the possibility, although not the certainty, of becoming king.
Edward VIII married Wallis - hence part of the reason for the abdication. The other reason is his close alliance with the Nazi party all set out in the Marburg Papers.
What nonsense...
WALLACE SIMPSON NEVER LOVED KING EDWARD VIII
I rather think that you underestimate the role of the Byzantine empire. There, Roman civilization was mostly intact, even though they were Christians :-) During the Middle Ages they were the main source of knowledge for the west, through trade and the Crusades.
& yet he never rose abobe being a corporal, it would have normally been automantic to raise a man so decorated to a lieutenant atleast. It was probably b/c of his history of homosexuality. It is well known he once lived in a hotel that known as a place frequented by "gay" johns. He also had no known means of employment in those years.
Nasty!
So there was a bit more to it than love and sex. Great video, thank you. Now it makes a lot more sense.
..dont know all the abouts about him being nazi..but I feel he was a coward..😔😔😏
disinfo
I don't think he was attractive also he had a high voice imo.
More phoney lies.
WOW Astounding idiocy:))) These people call themselves scholars?:))))
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This is eye opening and emphasizes the importance in knowing history in order to understand what is going on today in this mess we are in. The fact is the royal family's real name is not Windsor. They are not even British they are German Jews which they are still trying to cover up. Princess Diana 's real father was a German Jew and she was Charles 's cousin. William and Kate are cousins. This all believe it or not ties into their German Jew/nazi roots related today with Saudi Arabia and the Muslim/Islam debacle all related to the presidencies in US who are related to the German Jew nazi ELITISTS which is all related to the NWO and the war we are having now and invasion of the Muslims. Our presidents all of them are related to the nazi Zionist German agenda. The Royals are all part of this Cabal with the American and EU GOVERNMENTS AND OLIGARCHS.
lo wut strange language? basic English. like the kind on the evening news. we talk normal. we don't have an accent really
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I'd might have more respect for this if the narrator didn't keep saying "Prince Edward." Either he or his advisors chose "Edward" for his reigning name, but he really was *David*. And his younger brother who became George VI was really yet another Prince *Albert* or "Bertie" to the family. It must have annoyed Bertie terribly when he visited FDR just before the war and Roosevelt kept calling him "George", but of course the king said nothing about it.
The violence of the Christians against the old religions of the Roman Empire is well known. They availed themselves of the power of the state to do so. The Germanic population was also forced to convert by the power of conquest, especially by Charlemagne. But it is true that the monasteries and the Church organization were almost the only remnants of the Roman Empire during the difficult times of 500 - 1000 CE.
there are rumors that he was ostratized because he killed someone when he was living in a Caribe Island (it was the last str). But I imagine these are just rumors. of course being a Nazi didn't help eaither. I think this man really was very naive and phad oor judgment to be a king. Very pampered and spoiled didnt' have a clue. just my opinion.
Their headstones should have ended with “traitor to the land they are buried in.” I grew up with the “fairytale romance,” but as I grew older, it stopped passing the sniff test. I’ve seen a lot of families where a new in-law wasn’t particularly welcome, or a child refusing to take over the family business caused consternation, but this was way beyond normal disappointment or hurt feelings. Finding out Edward would have been a vengeful King (“they didn’t want me as their king, but I’ll be back as their leader”)...begs the question. If he had been put back on the thrown by Hitler, what do you think he would have done to the royal family? Being shot at the Tower of London for treason for not bowing to Wallis? A convenient accident with the plane carrying the royal family to exile in Canada? I doubt any of them would have lived a month. I hope they buried them both face down.
The royal family is German! What can anyone expect? They even have a German name - Their name isn't Windsor at all, it's Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Well look at King George V Czar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II they were cousins and if you look at pictures of those 3 they do bear a striking resemblance to each other
The Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family are a high level German nobility involved with military and landownership. The name Saxe is said to be derived from the Seax knife however this is not accurate. The Saxons were the Scythian Tribe of Sakas. The Sakas were related with the more ancient Moabites and later the Kingdom of Ashkenaz located in Scythia which was also related with the Tribe of Ashkuza. The Gepids were a Gothic tribe and descendants of the Israeli Japhetites. Ashkenaz was an Israelite-Canaanite that migrated into Scythia establishing the Tribe of Ashkuza and Ashkenazi people. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were directly involved with the Nazis and the term Nazi was secretly created to honor Ashkenaz. Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a Nazi officer in the Wehrmacht. Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen was accused of being part of a Nazi conspiracy and then later fled to Italy. Charles Edward the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a politician in Nazi Germany. The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were one of the families involved in engineering the Nazis and WWII which was used to persecute opposition and seize more power. The Saxe family's elder house is the Wettin family. Wettin like wet. They used brainwashing to create the Nazi movement. The Nazis are generally white supremacists and this also links with the KKK wearing tall pointed hoods which originated with the Sakas. The Sakas were a nomadic tribe of raiders and this is where the term sacking comes from. They were invaders and thieves that sacked or robbed other tribes and nations. The Nazi propagandist David Duke and former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is financed to spread Nazi propaganda in the alternative media for the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family. Both David Duke and Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha went to the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge during the 1960's. Prince Andreas states on his family's website he spent most of his life in the United States.
There is both a Babylonian and Scythian branch of Saxons derived from the Ashkenazis. The Sacchetti family of Rome manage the Sachs bloodline which included Samuel Sachs the co-founder of Goldman Sachs. The Savoy and Torlonia families of Italy both have some Saxon origins and the Massimo family have Gothic ancestry. The Massimo family has married with the Saxon House of Wettin through Princess Maria Christina Sabina the daughter of Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony. Prince Vittorio Emanuele IV of Savoy's mother was Marie Jose of Belgium of the Saxe Coburg and Gotha family. The Savoy family and their puppet dictator Bennito Mussolini issued Leggi Razziali under royal decree which were anti-Jewish laws. The Fascists shared a similar ideology as the Nazis. Queen Elizabeth II's father George VI was Saxe Coburg and Gotha. The Savoy, Torlonia, and Massimo families covertly oversee the Saxon-Gothic bloodlines from Rome. The solution to dealing with the royal families which are operating as a global crime syndicate is outlawing royalty, dictators, and singular rulers; and then declaring these criminals the terrorists that they are. Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the head of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with his children Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Stephanie Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Saxe princes are like military generals that command Nazi gang stalkers in the United States and Europe. Prince Andreas has lived in the US. Prince Hubertus has worked as a banker in New York City and Germany. The Saxe Coburg and Gotha family own about 20,000 acres in Thuringia. Prince Konrad of Saxe-Meiningen is the head of his princely branch and works as a financial analyst and as the Managing Director of German Wind Power. Aloys Wobben is a German billionaire worth about 7 billion and from Rastdorf in Lower Saxony. Wobben is the owner of Enercon which is a wind turbine company. Prince Konrad oversees the financing of Nazi gang stalkers. Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is the head of his Saxe branch with Prince Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Prince Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach as members of this family.
The Saxe noble families of Germany have a portion of ownership over the Aryan Brotherhood, Nazi Lowriders, and Public Enemy No. 1 which are involved in robbery and identity theft as well as other crimes. The Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family also control the Ku Klux Klan and oversee Nazi propaganda. The Nazi Lowriders and Public Enemy No. 1 are allied and mixed in with the Mexican Mafia and Mexican gangs like the Surenos. The House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg are a German-Spanish nobility and they manage some Mexican street gangs. The German-Mexican Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg has a residence in Mexico and manages oversight of criminal organizations owned by the Spanish Hohenlohe-Langenburg line which are the Dukes of Medinaceli. The Hohenlohe-Langenburg family financed Nazi propaganda in Mexico which is why there are Mexican Nazis like the Nationalist Front of Mexico. In the 18th century Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg married Duke Georg I of Saxe-Meiningen and in the 19th century Prince Ernst II of Hohenlohe-Langenburg married Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. A German branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family was appointed as the monarchs of Belgium with King Philippe of Belgium, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Princess Astrid of Belgium and Archduchess of Austria-Este, and Prince Laurent of Belgium as members of the Belgian Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family. The name Sackler derives from Saxon. The Jewish Sackler family in the United States are multi billionaires and founders of Purdue Pharma which is a large manufacturer of oxycodone and other pain killers. Richard Sackler is a top member of this family and worth about 13 billion. The Sackler family have been exposed for pushing their pain killers through the medical industry and causing mass opioid addiction in the United States. Prince Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was the last King of Bulgaria and Prime Minister of Bulgaria until 2005. His children are Prince Kubrat, Prince Konstantin-Assen, Prince Kyril, Prince Kardam, and Princess Kalina and they are all members of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Kohary line. Bulgaria entered into an alliance with the Nazis through the Tripartite Pact of 1940. Andreas of Germany is the top authority of the Saxon clans. The Saxon Nazi cults are extremely dangerous and murderous.
SymphonyBrahms
Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert were both of German heritage. Their son, King Edward VI, was German, but his wife, Queen Alexandra, was Danish. Their son, King George V, was German and Danish. His wife, Queen Mary, was German. Their son, King George VI, was German and Danish. His wife, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, was Scottish.Their daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, is German, Danish, and Scottish. Her husband, Prince Philip of Greece, is Danish. (His family has no Greek blood). Their son, Prince Charles, is German, Scottish, and Danish. His wife, Princess Diana, was English. Their son and the heir to the throne, Prince William, is German (1/8), Scottish (1/8), Danish (1/4), and English (1/2). The royal family has some German blood, but they are no longer completely German.
Xadion you have a point
@@SymphonyBrahms The Danish Royal House itself was "German" in that its members repeatedly married German royalties. This is was true of almost all European royal houses for centuries prior to 1914 in that the Holy Roman Empire/Germany had the biggest concentration of families recognized as sovereign or of sovereign rank. European monarchies, especially Protestant ones, looked largely to Germany for spouses. Queen Alexandra's mother was a German princess, as were her father's and her grandfather's mother.
14:38 "You can't abdicate and eat it." Great line indeed!
It would seem Edward was far more persuaded of his privilege than he was of his obligation. His delusions persisted even after abdication. Wallis married into the delusions as well as marrying the man. The pair were a perfect target for Hitler's ambitions. Hitler and his PR minister were very conscious of image crafting. Adolf remained overawed with aristocracy. He was well disposed to cater to Windsor and his wife.
"more persuaded of his privilege than he was of his obligation." Brilliant!
Add old Joe Kennedy in there too,his downfall in politics, for himself anyway.
He was gutted that 'England' were victors in WW2.
Wallis Simpson detested the British. It wasn't that she was a divorcee. She had been the mistress of Count Ciano, Mussolini's foreign minister, and she admired Hitler and the Nazis. Edward VIII would have been an unmitigated disaster as King. I shudder to think what might have happened had he not insisted on marrying the woman, but kept her as a concubine, which is what she wanted. He'd have been King, she would have had access to everything he saw, and the results might have been catastrophic.
Wallis had Edward eating out of her hand, expecting he'd go wag his tail at someone else. But she overplayed her hand and wound up married to her lap dog.
Puppy love!
Oh!Yes they were N a zip lovers they were not glamorous.They were quite simply traitors.
He was impotent and she knew how to make him a capable lover.
His father told one joke: When H.G. Welles said criticized his "alien and uninspiring court," he said, "I may be uninspiring, but I'll be damned if I'm alien." He also inspired the kaiser's only recorded joke: When told of the name change, he said he wanted to see Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha."
Jolly good, all told.
Queen Victoria's family is mostly German, yes, One of her Grandson's was Kaiser Wilhelm II, but their Royal blood comes from a Scot, Elizabeth Stewart, The oldest daughter of King James VI, It is through Elizabeth that the Hanover Dynasty claimed the throne, as Elizabeth was a direct Descendant of Henry Tudor (Henry VII) and Elizabeth Plantagenet (Elizabeth of York) through their daughter, Margaret Tudor.
Edward was very popular with the British people especially with the working classes. Edward and Simpson could have been a real problem for the allies war effort since they were both Nazi.
I grew up believing in the love story. It's only as an adult I realized what a self centered silly man he was. I imagine thanks should be given to Wallis for keeping him off the throne. However I believe that she would have loved to be Queen, and when she finally saw that was not going to be possible is when she begged him not to abdicate. She got stuck with the little man that she did not love. I do not feel sorry for her, she grew old living very comfortably. Of course I would not wish Dementia on anyone. Based on what I've read or seen on TV she lived into her late 80's.
My mother thought is was so romantic for the king to abdicate because of love.
Then the CIA files were released.
Nothing romantic about them
He was no good and the Royal Family covered up for him sent him to Paris lived like a king some extile
And harry following in this foot steps and once again the. Royals
Are covering up time to stop or step down
G-d bless the Royal Family keep
Them save and will
@@roarroar2808 "Romantic" as a synonym for "sexual" is a mistake. I hold that it really means a high regard for people for personal or traditional, rather than logical, reasons. It is good sense to have a romantic attitude of the kind called "love" to a sexual partner who returns it, or to your own parents or offspring.
But love of aristocracy or monarchy is also romantic, and irrational.
Betrayal can certainly kill romantic feeling, and it should!
@@roarroar2808 Edward was the king. Harry is irrelevant because he'll never be the monarch, having left the Royal Family.
Thank God he abdicated
Wallis Simpson didn’t have to convince Edward to be pro-Nazi. Edward had for years said his blood was German, he spoke fluent German, was partially educated in Germany and even read German poetry to his Nazi pals. Both were pro-Nazi on their own accords.
Edward was traitor to England and Democracy, both he and Simpson should have been liquidated by any means.
She was no prize, in fairness.
Graham Stakem
Wallis was down right , ugly !
As little as I see the point and value of monarchy in today's world, I pray that what exposed in this document is NOT TRUE. To think of all those young lives were cut short in trenches, while these two traitors were sleeping with the enemy. :-(
Alas, there is no point in wishing that past wickedness was not true. It is a lasting shame upon the USA that actual US-born citizens were robbed of their freedom and their goods because their parents had been born in Japan, and in spite of the fact that those parents had spurned being Japanese.
It is true. They were both traitors.
They ARE GERMAN.. THE British royal family from King George the 6th and back they were almost full German so..,...
Edward also had a Ranch in Southern Alberta, Canada.
@27:30 mention of Industrialist Charles Bedeux. He attempted a trek through Northern BC in 1933 (34?) using Citroen Half Tracks. One of these Half Tracks is at Reynolds Museum in Alberta. This Trek was called the 'Champayne Expedition'
IN today's standards, Edward was a traitor. At that time, it was the custom to cover or deny or ignore any impropriety in the Windor House. I came into the world in 1957, and even then it was something not mentioned or if it was, it was quickly dissed. Today, no one in the family mentioned the Duke, and absolutely never mentions that woman. The title, "Duke of Windsor" has forever been removed from the list of Royal Titles.
We have many traitors in our government in the US today. They aren’t prosecuted and never will be. I see nothing has changed.
……so will Sussex be………
It's good to be the king, even ex-king. People are usually shot for acts of high treason, especially during a war. But if you are an HRH your treason is rewarded with a governorship in the Bahamas. A cruel punishment indeed :D
They were completely bored there. The "action" was in Europe. They recently found some letters from Wallis to the husband she was about to divorce, indicating that she had tried everything she could to get out of the marriage to Edward, so she was miserable in the Bahamas - away from society.
They needed to get him out of the way because he had given the Nazis top secret papers. So they sent him to the Bahamas.
I'm no lover of British royalty or any other royalty but I know propaganda when I see it. I suppose certain people will always need certain scapegoats. Also, it must not be forgotten that the victors write the history. I ask myself why.. Why would certain people produce a documentary like this. Why.. Why bother. Nobody does something like this for no reason. Why?
One, English is the only language I can speak. Two, my degree is in Classical History. Thus, I know how bogus your claim is. Much of what classical knowledge survived came via the MOSLEMS while the church destroyed more information than it preserved. You are just repeating modern fundamentalist Christian mythology. Like all mythology it has a basis in fact, but you are repeating a gross exaggeration that ignores all the biases and crimes of the Church. Please try reading the actual history.
If he hadn't abdicated Britain would be a republic today. I have to wonder, does being raised all your life for such a position, is it something that really screws you up mentally?
@4:27 Not quite right. Wallace Simpson's best friend was Oswald Mosley's wife (Diana Mitford). That was how Edward was introduced to Mosley.
"Never given a royal title." Good!
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After meeting Mrs. Simpson, Richard Burton said, "She's the most unpleasant person that I've ever met".
Can you imagine a "King Edward VIII", giving the Nazi salute as he reviews German occupation forces marching past Buckingham Palace?
Edward should have been imprisoned in the Tower... Charles I was beheaded for far less.
What a load of bollocks.
+Peter Bradshaw --- AKA a-ton-a-crap.
Don't be so hard on yourself, Mr. Load O'Bollocks.