'Absolutely clear' Edward VIII was a 'traitor'

Biographer Andrew Lownie, whose book was made into a documentary called 'Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King', has discussed with Sky News host Andrew Bolt allegations of the former king's links to Nazis during WWII.
"It's absolutely clear that Edward VIII was a traitor and, frankly, should've been executed," Mr Lownie said.

[@iap-ug3oy]

The Queen mother had him pecked and she never liked him…..How right she was…..

[@oldfella3919]

She never liked him because he forced her husband to ascend the throne - he was the one that was very shy, had a stammer etc. She never forgave that.

[@StuSaville]

No she hated him for choosing Simpson over her. It was no secret that she was smitten with Edward and resented having to settle for his brother.

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

@@StuSaville Oh bolderdash!

[@HH-jm9yb]

The queen mother was a slag, and the sister in law of King Edward 8th..

[@patriciakatz7866]

The Queen Mother still thought she was Queen after her daughter was coronated

[@Er-sv5tn]

A toxic relationship with an American divorcee dominatrix......Sounds familiar

[@luketarplin]

History repeating itself

[@peterjones4180]

And an active homosexual as was she.

[@usmale57]

Dominatrix? That's a bit rich. She (Wallace) did indeed have a face like an old boot. Most of us have been led to believe that a 'Dominatrix's' power is the fact that she looks so hot in a dirty sexy sort of way. That leaves that old nag Wallace out of the race completely! However, I do see your point although Megan would be an acceptable "Last Orders!" sort of date but then would be the gal you wouldn't bring home to mum after you sobered up!!

[@usmale57]

@@peterjones4180 Who??

[@peterjones4180]

@@usmale57 Both of them the former king and his wife.

[@mydogky]

this is old news it was well known that Edward v111 was a traitor and was the reason the queen mum hated him and that was why he was not permitted back to Britain he was exiled , he was another that thought he could have his royal cake and eat it, its stunning how Harry has followed in his footsteps

[@cherylrafuse7322]

Maybe Harry and Meghan will have a state visit with Putin.

[@TheEGA4421]

@@cherylrafuse7322 or maybe China & North Korea.

[@annaverano5843]

The sad thing is harry is actually having his cake and eating it too ... the monarchy refuse to remove him from the line of succession or remove titles .. as he and his evil wife continue to destroy William and Catherine's succession to the throne .. the woke MSM are doing their best to replace William and Catherine with a king harry and his actress

[@angelau1194]

@@christopherrobingarrish6344 : )

[@amarieski5832]

The whole of the monarchy are corrupt and very friendly with the wrong people

[@michaelmyrick4]

"Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why, when it prospers, None dare call it treason". Sir John Harington

[@jewel8425]

I married a Harrington! 😂

[@bricaaron3978]

Stormer's book _None Dare Call It Treason_ is one that every American should read.

[@swarti2036]

Trump remains a traitor !

[@robertollier3085]

That cuts close to the quick

[@militarymarch3006]

George Patton met the future Edward VIII during (or just after) World War I and mentioned that Edward wasn't exactly the brightest bulb in the pack.

[@gingertom56]

He was poorly educated. Was execpt to do anything.

[@docsavage8640]

No. He was stupid and wealthy. He had access to the best possible education.

[@marolynbriggs1878]

Sounds familiar too.

[@StuSaville]

Patton isn't one to talk. He failed and had to repeat his first year at West Point, eventually graduating near the bottom of his class.

[@levinavio2297]

@@StuSaville If Patton, who isn't so good in academics can assess Edward VIII, that must be something.

[@denisecampbell-baldwin4287]

Very interesting. No wonder the Queen Mother hated him so much. Harry is following in his footsteps by rubbishing his own country. Perhaps someone should send him a copy of this book.

[@bobgillis1137]

Remember that video of a teenaged future Queen Elizabeth doing the Nazi salute some years back ?

[@andyl7802]

Harry got out the royal family because its on the brink of falling apart. ABOLISH THE MONARCHY .

[@monalebon8016]

@@bobgillis1137 I heard Phillip was a Jew,true or false?

[@bobgillis1137]

@@monalebon8016 Don't know or care. Religious affiliation is not relevant. Evil is evil, regardless.

[@patriciakatz7866]

Harry would get a copy of the book but does he know how to read?

[@lornalong6468]

People forget that Queen Victoria married a German. The Mountbattens changed their name to seem more British from the original German Battenberg. The Royal family name was changed to Windsor only after the 1st World War began (1917) from the original Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. There can be no ignoring that the British Royal Family have strong German bloodlines and that King Edward VIII was a weak spoilt brat playboy king who thought he could use his people as cannon fodder in a war in order to have a woman (who clearly didn't respect him) AND retain control of Britain - even if his own privilege continued as a result of Britain becoming subjugated by Germany. A truly nasty, narcissistic, sociopathic traitor.

[@TheJakecakes]

As they all are... psychopathic. Must be all the inbreeding.

[@theoracle7148]

I disagree. He was empathetic towards the socialists in the Uk as the conditions for the working classes were disgraceful. That’s why the establishment feared him. Not because he wanted to marry a yank. The nazis were preferable to the communists for all of the monarchies of Europe. And given what happens to the romanovs it’s not surprising.

[@alicat1328]

Kind of like Harry and his wife

[@febweb17]

We've been had German monarchs for centuries. Even the present Queen has German blood and Scottish blood, no English blood whatsoever.

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

@@febweb17 “German blood and Scottish blood, no English blood whatsoever”… Do you have any idea how ignorant that comes across? The indigenous English are a thick mixture of Danish, Norwegian, French & Northern German blood. They’re our brothers.

[@davidbarlow431]

This is old news for the Brits. Edward is despised, his brother was ten times the man he was, and we were lucky to have had such a figurehead to help hold us together during the dark days. As for Wallace Simpson, while she was probably fanticising about living in a swastika draped Buckingham Palace and calling herself "Queen", the Queen mum had grabbed an army rifle and was practicing shooting rats. I heard her logic was if you can hit the small rats the big German ones would be easy. Interesting that George VI saw himself as "a simple sailor" and didn't want the job, and his daughter Queen Elizabeth II just wanted a normal country life and didn't want the job. Both father and daughter did their duty.

[@ronwhittaker6317]

yes the statement there killing my family/cousin Hitler/ Englands german Queen

[@makaha5750]

And 70 years later, Queen Elizabeth II is still serving; amen.

[@lordshiva9359]

The dark days are now ...they invaded your country

[@davidgreen7392]

Duty to whom? The Rothschilds (who did and still own the Crown?) The Zionist influence needs to be curtailed.

[@georgerandall5686]

such bullshit! europe is such a great country today? the bolsheviks were evil killing 20 million European Christians, lennin and stalin are such saints

[@hellooutthere8956]

Nothing said abt harry in his nazi uniform.

[@lisashapiro4714]

I remember that. They are all scum bags !

[@cocos8903]

Or Trudeau.

[@jennyroy681]

I always wondered where Harry got the Uniform from He certainly didn’t hire it so where was it kept ??

[@andyfield6854]

Royals have a lot of German blood in them.

[@christinephillips3435]

Harry did that as a joke he was only young.

[@dalane5196]

Nothing new in any of this, Churchill knew full well about Edwards intrigue’s, that is why he ordered him to the Caribbean. And ordered is not to strong a word, he was ordered there, if he had refused it would have been interesting to see what Churchill would have done, perhaps trial for treason. Though lets be honest as a leader in war, and a difficult war, he could not afford to be trialling the brother of the king, a former king for treason. What George the sixth thought of his brother I think you see quite clearly in the way the whole royal family treated him after the war, he was a pariah, who was lucky to be allowed back into the UK at all, once I think.

[@khankrum1]

A quiete word in the right ear, and a road tunnel in Paris and " Bobs your uncle "! problem solved.

[@dexine4723]

@@khankrum1 Or, in those days, what was called a 'shooting accident'.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

I've been saying for years we should make Harry governor of the Bahamas to get him and Meghan out of the way.

[@tamaraprentice9280]

Like Churchhill was a better man🙄

[@dalane5196]

@@tamaraprentice9280 Yep the best, like all humans not infallible, not without his faults. BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF THE GREATEST HUMANS IN HISTORY. Without him fascists would have been running the world for the last eighty years, and we all owe him a debt of gratitude for that single fact alone. Only enough one of his many errors was supporting Edward VIII marrying Wallace and not abdicating, he changed his mind on him later on though, and come tor regard him as a liability and was thankful his brother was on the throne.

[@evelinewinskill4066]

And what did the Windsors do with this traitor when he died, they brought him home to be buried in Windsor, blood is thicker than treachery

[@pauljackson2409]

We have seen that with the recent cover-up of Andrew's disgraceful activities.

[@bigbrowntabby118]

Sounds like Wallis did the UK a big favor by marrying this guy, causing him to abdicate before the war.

[@myjeevie]

Maybe even Divine Providence.

[@EvasNan2020]

Exactly what I said to my husband when we watched the documentary last week, so many parallels to Harry and his wife and what lengths he won't go to to try to put down the Monachy, he's another clown who's being played by rich and potentially dangerous people, imho of course ;)

[@bobgillis1137]

Indeed. This interviewer suggests the motive Queen Elizabeths alleged conflict with Edward was the nazism is undermined by the video of Elizabeth doing the nazi salute as a teen.

[@happychappy492]

All the royals suck

[@ahchengchan6474]

He should be mental institution...

[@hlwhhlwh2351]

I watched the documentary as well and for at least the first 20 minutes I wondered who they were talking about Haz and MM or Edward and Wallis. Edward from the documentary, I gather, would have been happy that his brother and his family were killed.

[@monalebon8016]

@@erikascheepers2375 They never had children did they.

[@audremyers422]

I'm American. One of my favorite series is The Crown. The episode in which Edward asks Queen Elizabeth if he can come home and take a job in England, Prince Philip was adamant that she not allow that to happen. He had her consult with Tommy LaSelles (spelling?). At the end of the episode, before the closing credits, many photos were shown of Edward in Germany with Hitler.

[@rebelrebelcameron9382]

may be one of the reasons they don't approve lol

[@claymore2k1T10]

Lol, the crown, probably the most inaccurate portrayal of the British Monarchy ever.

[@HilaryB.]

That series is in no way accurate! Take it with a pinch of salt!

[@shanebrbich5698]

Hitler was a puppet! Which families?

[@stuartmccall5474]

Ha ha, I wouldn't take The Crown as TV Wiki ! The detail of the The Crown is about as historically accurate as Mel Gibson's movie Braveheart. As best, it's a dramatized fiction aimed for a generally less than informed (or well educated) US audience with it's script prepared specifically for the Agenda the programes Producers want to push, a sort of serialized Oprah Winfrey Show interviewing Mehan Markle on steroids. The programme's aim is to make as much money as possible for it's Producers so accuracy is always going to take 2nd Stage to "Drama" written/contrived by a Screenwriter, on orders from the Producer. Just think of the Movie, "Jesus of Nazareth". The outline of the story and characters is true but everything else about it is man-made/ invented. Enjoy the fiction!!

[@cesaravegah3787]

The number of people comparing him with Harry should give him pause.

[@sandrachank6982]

I believe both of these men fell under the spell of highly manipulative women. Though I will not compare Harry to Edward. I believe Harry is just naive and used.

[@maryleung1425]

@@sandrachank6982 harry at some point has turned into a mean spirited fricking wanker of a person ......i agree he is with a manipulating woman ,....and she in turn let harry use his darker side...as a person .he is not good husband material ....when u take in the drug abuse ...problems with alcohol , the way he treated animals ...beat up ladies of the evening he visited with his army friends at the time ...he looks like a wreck of what he once was .... naive at one time perhaps in some situations ..but the royal family had been cleaning up .. his messes for decades ,..and had been enabling him so much that they become part of the problem ....hes turned into a loser and no one really likes him or his wife ....its their bad behavior and now with thier charity.... Archewell.... they are doing a type of legal scamming with their charity and pocketing 95 % of the donations under expenses ....thats why they registered thier charity in the state of Delaware ...wake up they become nothing but a bunch of grifters.

[@oneanddonetzone3673]

That was the first thing that went through my head he’s a lot like Harry or Harry is a lot like him kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmWvYY17hZl2lcU

[@mariem8705]

Wallis hated Edward and wanted to leave him but he threatened to off himself. She stayed but made him pay the price for it and dominated him. He ended up dying alone crying for her while she went shopping. Awful couple, but there are similarities. Manipulation being the top one. Harry is a fool imo, who should’ve been told ‘no’ more often. The RF did it’s best to hide the person Harry is. He’s the real R here with his na*i costume, making fun of a fellow black soldier, and calling Pakistani people p*ki.

[@trevorhoward7682]

"Harry" Windsor - another British royal emasculated by a pushy American woman.

[@atamisk21]

We’ve got a traitor for president here in America as well. A complete embarrassment, an incompetent mess.

[@bobwallacejnr6852]

I agree . We here in the UK love our Anerican cousins and love Trump. It is heartbreaking to see the glorious States have its election clearly stolen from under its nose. We have Boris who is not as bad but clearly shows nothing but contempt for us. It is shocking to see the way the world has slid since the extremely poor Biden administration cheated their way in. Let's hope Trump in 2024 can help before its too late. God Bless .

[@jewel8425]

But he was at the foot of the Himalayas with Xi!!! 😂

[@richardmorin5967]

You're two years out of date.

[@atamisk21]

@@richardmorin5967 you must live under a rock

[@bustinnutsinslutsbutts]

@@richardmorin5967 i missed the morning two minutes of hate- what am i supposed to think today?

[@livsamech8450]

So Edward's choice of wife was good in the end....got him off the throne!

[@peterjones4180]

Thats how British officials felt at the time.

[@mayloo2137]

They deserved each other. From what I've learned, their love story was fabricated.

[@jill-zee7720]

@@mayloo2137 From what I've heard and read it wasn't just a joyless marriage but a marriage full of resentment.

[@knottyboy6086]

We have known this for years.

[@apteryx7080]

yes i heard about this a long time back

[@alexae1367]

I just saw a cretinous doc the other trying to act like it was the same old divorcee issue, bizarre

[@apteryx7080]

@@alexae1367 the official narrative is not to be questioned.... because the official narrative is the preferred narrative that keeps us peasants subjugated.

[@alexae1367]

@@apteryx7080 You know what I think is they've literally diversified their distractions. Even the truth is a diversion -

[@apteryx7080]

@@alexae1367 very well observed.

[@mastercylinder1939]

He was a traitor, he was promised, he would be reinstated if Germany defeated England.

[@maureenurquhart]

England I keep forgetting that only England fought in the wars roll on Independence and we won't have to put up with the German royals 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@tamaraprentice9280]

Why was this hidden from the public?

[@jixuscrixus]

@bo locks Are you also of the opinion that ‘England’ fought Germany and that Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland weren’t involved?

[@mastercylinder1939]

@@jixuscrixus was Germany at war with England, the British, Americans, Australians ect, weren’t the Scottish also made promises by Germany?

[@jixuscrixus]

@@mastercylinder1939 Britain (not England) declared war on Germany in 1939, the United States joined the conflict only after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. I’m sure you understand when to differentiate between England and Britain and not to disrespect the Welsh, Scots or Northern Irish who fought for king and country.

[@alpha-omega2362]

this has been around for years, especially the part where he would be installed as King at the behest of Hitler without a parliament. Maybe this is just confirming it ?

[@coling3957]

Edward thought he would be a "moderniser" in the Royal family - usually a bad sign.. his relationship with Wallis Simpson was the biggest problem. apart from being a divorced socialite she had a lot of friends who were basically fascists and like many in the "smart set" of the 1930's were quite admiring of fascist Italy and national socialist Germany... he must have been sore about being ousted from the throne. and he spent his life then as his wife's simp. a bit like 2 other ppl we know today. your author is though quite wrong... the German plan to invade France in 1940 followed largely the 1914 one. Hitler was not keen on it but not yet confident enough to overrule the general staff. however in early 1940 a Luftwaffe aircraft crashed landed in neutral Belgium - one of the officers on board was carrying the battle plans.. although it was unclear whether the plans were revealed, Hitler used this crash to change the plans - one Manstein had drawn up - which were implemented in May 1940. everyone knew the Maginot Line would be bypassed, it was never intended to be an impenetrable defence... the French always intended it to delay the Germans until a field army arrived ..

[@marymartin1106]

Moderniser, in the age of woke now comes in a failed woman's shape

[@barbaradoughty8152]

Colin he wasn't ousted he chose to stay with the woman he loved, he was given an ultimatum and then shock they certainly did not expect him to abdicate. If only Charles would do the same. Id be glad to see the back of him.

[@coling3957]

@@barbaradoughty8152 the govt and church would not support him. it was made clear there would be a constitutional crisis if he stayed with Simpson. he was given a chance to boot her out, he declined and was gone. letting ppl quit before they get fired happens to the highest and the lowest.. its a completely different story with Charles. maybe if the bbc and Martin Bashir had not lied to Diana and falsified documents, forged bank statements etc she would not have gone down the disastrous road she did. I'm glad Charles has found happiness , he was not a villain, anymore than Diana was a saint.

[@Jonathanbegg]

It seems that he had never wanted the throne. But possibly she did.

[@coling3957]

@@Jonathanbegg George V was very much about duty and worked hard as King ... his sons had to emulate him. Royals are born to duty.. if they can't hack that then they need to distance themselves and go and be quiet. - unlike the grifter Harry and his actress wife - seems that Edward didn't quite appreciate what was involved, despite being a mature adult . As Prince of Wales, he went on a global tour of the Empire and won a lot of friends. but he seemed to find that exhausting and perhaps made him question his future. but once Simpson got hold of him, well he simply did what she wanted..... so prob best he abdicated and let a better man succeed him

[@TruthLivesNow]

Thank God that he gave up the throne to his brother, King George VI. In my opinion King George VI, and his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II, have both done a good job.

[@docsavage8640]

At what? Waving to the serfs from balconies?

[@dalane5196]

@@docsavage8640 Well something has to keep the serfs in line, we have thrown religion out the door, so what else have we got to keep em at the grind stone and pulling in the right direction. Hollywood cannot do it, you have to have some unifying system, otherwise why obey any rules or do anything. Unfortunately it is give them something to believe in and live up to, or use the CCP method of a gun to the head, and a direct do as your told or pop, we will paint the wall in an exciting new colour called hint of brain. Personally I would rather the former method, it seems so much nicer and gentle, even if it is used to achieve the same end.

[@RobinPhillips1957]

@@docsavage8640 dont you mean, Dumb Savage?

[@jacquelinebailey3637]

Have they?

[@TruthLivesNow]

Idiots!

[@glenhuysamer]

Talking about this past history and looking at the present and the future, one has to question Prince Charles's engagements and involvement with the World Economic Forum and wonder who he is actually serving. Is he future King of Britain or lackey to Klaus Shwaub and company?

[@anndeeraney5401]

Easy peasy, he shines Klaus' knob

[@annaverano5843]

He is a lackey to klaus Schwab and gives no care about the taxpayers of UK he just loves englands new replacement.. I hope their plans backfire .

[@amarieski5832]

Hes no king! Good riddance to the monarchy I say! Hopefully one day

[@jessiemacgregor1357]

@@amarieski5832 so who do you have in mind for head of state ? Puten.Trump. the North Korean guy. Or China's murderer

[@amarieski5832]

@@jessiemacgregor1357 right now, I'd feel safer in Russia than the commonwealth!!!! They are central to this genocide and nazi/peado sympathisers. Filthy hands all over Ukraine

[@sblack48]

It’s not like Edward was the only person who knew that you could walk around the maginot line! Anyone who looked at a map could deduce that! Do we honestly think that having a 1 day tour as a visiting dignitary left him privy to secret information that the Germans didn’t already have? The idea that the germans changed their war plan based on the superficial observations of some brainless aristocrat’s with zero military experience is laughable. I think Guderian and his contemporaries were quite able to manage without input from the royal family. Edward may well have had Fascist sympathies, like many aristocratic Englishmen at the time and he may well have been a traitor but there was no value in his observations on the maginot line. I think this guy is just trying to sell books.

[@timrussell9869]

Yes, the Germans had done exactly the same thing in WW1. Then it was called the Schlieffen plan. They carried it out then. Any student of WW1 would know that. I learnt about it in secondary school history classes. The stupidity of the Maginot line was that it stopped before it reached the coast. As far as visiting Hitler, it was before the war. The whole world visited Germany for the 1936 Olympic games.

[@josephfreedman9422]

The Maginot line was not a substitute for fighting but made defense along the frontier with Germany easier. The German invasion through the Ardennes was not discounted but the French expected it would take much longer to execute. I do agree that Edward had fascist sympathies and that the Germans (after the fall of France) hoped to use him, but I don't know that we can say more than that. His views were not at all unusual in his class for those years. Much of the dissatisfaction with him rose from his self-centeredness and immaturity, in my view.

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@josephfreedman9422 Fascist sympathies were widespread in England before the war. The Daily Mail had a headline "Hooray for the Blackshirts" before Mosley overdid the street violence and they had to row back. They were arguing for a peace treaty with Hitler well into the war. The "Cliveden Set" had similar views. The Morning Post (which later merged with the Daily Telegraph) serialised "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and then re-published it in book form. And look at the decoration of certain town halls (e.g. Leeds and Stoke-on-Trent) built in the 1930s. They have "fasces" (bundles of rods with an axe inside) all over the plasterwork. The poet Philip Larkin's father, who was Town Clerk (in modern terms the Chief Executive) of Leeds City Council used to fly a swastika flag from his office window before the war.

[@seanduffy7730]

I don’t there all traitors

[@sblack48]

@@faithlesshound5621 bigotry in England? Surely you jest sir!!

[@connorduke4619]

This guy must have his hands full, next book: "Bribable President"!

[@abnoco]

The Money Laundering President

[@stuartmccall5474]

Nah!, he only has one lifetime, but sources close to the author have informed me that he is working on a more manageable book for a single lifetime, "Non-Bribeable Presidents".

[@lightmarker3146]

The English government was glad to be rid of Edward and Mrs.Simpson was a perfect helper to that end. His own father claimed he would ruin himself. He is buried on the grounds of Frogmore with his wife . No wonder Harry and Megan moved .

[@HI-gj1qn]

there is not English government because England does not have a parliament nor a government, the government is the British government and the parliament is the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

[@stuartjohnston926]

It’s unfortunate that news relating to Edward and his activities during the war hasn’t and will never be reported in the UK.

[@mikelheron20]

On the contrary they were widely reported during the war and since.

[@emf49]

Few people in the general population knew this about Edward because it was always hidden under the guise of leaving the throne for the woman he loved! His life has been so romanticized.

[@monkeyboy7969]

So Romanticized? Try telling that to 6 million Jews you Narcossitical, DUMBASS😠😠

[@mayloo2137]

I had that impression about the couple until I watched a documentary about them.

[@jessiemacgregor1357]

My parents were Scottish my father was in the front line in WWll. I remember he said Edward was an arrogant jump up but he thought Kink George Vl & Elizabeth ( later the Queen Mother)were the best of the bunch so the public were not as ignorant as some like to make out and that was before the truth came out about his friendship with Hitler

[@poetcomic1]

And Margaret and her handsome pilot! It turns out she was sick to death of him around about the time she is supposedly accusing her sister of 'ruining her life'. A letter came to light about three years ago.

[@mayloo2137]

@@poetcomic1 who was the pilot? It wasn't Peter??

[@joseph8468]

Mr. Lownie: will you please put your investigative skills to work on the Biden family. Many here in The States believe our own highest elected office holder to be of questionable (traitorous) character.

[@Deeda977]

Do you not feel the same about Trump?

[@mabonbran8913]

Royalty is NOT elected, just parasites, politically impotent and totally irrelevant today!?

[@cathrynharrison4734]

Trump is the Kremlin Patsy.............. just how much info do you need?

[@chrisgeiger8260]

@@Deeda977 NO,, cause Trump hasn't done anything wrong!! How you like the DNC getting that paltry $100,000 fine for spying on candidate Trump? Bet your news didn't tell ya that!🤔. and No Russian collision by Trump but Who let Russia have interest in our energy sources but deny Americans? Yah... O'biden...

[@lorihensley4962]

Corruption is rife with most in power.

[@1985tris1]

I am personally surprised how a royal would know more about the French defences than any person who could easily travel through these regions and see that the defences didn't go through the forest. These defences were a very visible mark on the landscape just as were the German defensive fortifications. I am sure the French knew the length of such defensive fortifications without a high ranking German having to tell them. So I suspect there is truth and yet also some extra spice on top to make the book sell more copies. We may never know for sure.

[@paulwilcock3787]

Yes, Mannstein figured out to go through the Ardennes. Edward was too much of a dork to have much influence.

[@peterjones4180]

He was a staff officer whose job was to report on French war capability to the British commander and to assess French defenses. Part of his job was to tour French units and liaise with the French command.

[@msjannd4]

@@peterjones4180 🤔 Didn't know, thank you.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

As in WW1, the intention was to invade via Belgium. That country's 'neutrality' prevented effective defence preparations; the rest is history . . .

[@tada6672]

He was updated my Churchill every morning.

[@theunionofjackbeanie2464]

There is more to WW2 than we have been taught. Maybe Edward new it.

[@dianadenman5637]

As an American that LOVES the British Monarchy, the biggest similarity I see between Edward/Wallace and Harry/MM is two highly privileged members of the Royal Family using their marriages to American women as a romantic cloak to cover their total dereliction of duty. They both hated the constraints of their privileged life but loved the luxury. A couple of BUMS. An American woman would be far less aware of the nuances of deserting the family than a suitable match among the aristocracy. As far as the women involved - Wallace VS MM - not even a close match in all ways. Wallace had more class in her big toe than MM has from head to foot.

[@ScaleModelIncLIVE]

I'm no lover of the monarchy, but give the Man peace. he is far from a bum, he continued his mothers work to get rid of landmines, he set up the invictus games, for veterans who were injured in the line of duty, he served as an air gunner in an Apache helicopter and did several tours of Afghanistan. It very clear you know nothing about which you speak. He left for more than one reason, among them is racism towards his wife, because of some of the things he found out about the royal family, given recents revelations with a former prince, and the question marks surrounding his mothers death, even i, and autistic male, and were not known for being able to read between the lines, can read the subtext here. why do you think he was cut off? because the queen is shitting herself about what he will reveal. the fact he hasnt, says more about him, and his loyalty to the family, than anything else, or maybe he's just scared of another 'accident' in a Paris tunnel...

[@traveller8867]

Absolutely true!

[@sylviam6535]

MM is top to bottom Hollywood trash.

[@loriematthews6418]

Fact..

[@SeaBear77]

Exactly! Meghan has all the class & grace, of a New York sewer rat.

[@gregoryrogers6100]

There is a lot more to this, and it ties in with what is going on now. Worth a little research.

[@beverleyevans3262]

There seems quite definitely to be a “wild” or rather a non conforming streak in the royal family which comes out in every generation Edward V111 was not the first and others came after him . Their downfall , if it comes, often seems to involve a woman or women . Whether Edward was a traitor is a different matter . I think he was deeply influenced by a wife who really didn’t want to be married to him, didn’t want to be queen and was backed into a corner by him .I understand there is a distinct possibility that Hitler was grooming the Duke of Windsor to be a puppet king after he won the war .

[@janeausten4483]

Could you mean P Charles being friendly with the German man who started the WEF. Disgraceful traitors. A man who wants to control the world and wears a shining vest that makes him look like in he was a extra in the movie Star Wars. 😂 New traitors to watch.

[@Longtack55]

Yes - delightfully vague as to be completely useless. "More to this" and "ties in with." etc.... blah blah blah. How about you tell us ?

[@amarieski5832]

@@Longtack55 basically, he is saying the Nazis are back with a vengeance and the monarchy/commonwealth know exactly what's going on with this genocide!!! 1940s all over again but on a global scale this time. Injecting experimental drugs into innocent people, leading them to a satanic suicide unknowingly

[@FortitudeInMorale2316]

@@Longtack55 start with the Rothschilds. Agenda 2030, the great replacement, etc... Perhaps Phillip wasn't the traitor you think.

[@mayloo2137]

Knowing the relationship between King Edward and Wallis Simpson, and Adolf Hitler, I am very glad that King Edward abdicated. I hope he and Wallis realized what a monster Hitler really was.

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

I doubt it. He stated after the war in NYC that he never thought Hitler was such a bad chap.

[@ReturnOfTheJ.D.]

Inbreds often like other inbreds. Hitler's parents were first cousins and European Royals suffered from many diseases of inbreeding due to an only recently lifted requirement that they could only marry those of blue blood. Only Mixed Breeds with character see the Inbred for what he is and despise him. Geographical isolation = social isolation = lack of diverse genetic composition = various forms of inbreeding = people with gross flaws they and their fellow countrymen of similar stock cannot often even see until it's too late. The Nazi Regime was extremely concerned with being a pure Aryan race. Their entire ideology was founded on restricting the influx of different genetics into their people (destroying the Slavic Race, expellng Jews). As usual, this often leads to an early, untimely and rapid collapse, and has occurred before in other similarly self-constrained societies such as the Egyptians, Roman Empire, Spanish, French and British Empires, the Japanese. Superpowers (USA, China, Russia) and powerful races (Jews) all share one thing in common - great genetic diversity. Enouigh different people to be able to navigate through rapidly changing circumstances. One of the least genetically diverse people on Earth were Native Americans, and they were almost totally wiped out within a few hundred years of contact with Europeans, even though they numbered in the many millions. The Jewish Race is at the juncture of Europe, Africa and Asia, and contains a substantial amount of genes from all three races.

[@annaverano5843]

Edward was the boogeymen the politicians and royal family needed to put the blame on him because he was popular among the English and the politicians and the new king and his wife couldn't have that .. funny how the politicians and the queen protect their own traitors within her family .. she wont even get rid of harry who wants to get rid of his own brother so he and his horrible wife can be king and queen ....

[@ivanlloyd6661]

Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill were the real monsters

[@trackdusty]

Of course Joseph Stalin was a model of humanity.

[@elioraimmanuel]

My husband is British. He has always said that Edward was a traitor.

[@juliehealey2579]

Just like harry

[@bricaaron3978]

@@juliehealey2579 What has Harry done?

[@bassmit9753]

Well your husband was a fool. Edward was right about which side to be on.

[@bricaaron3978]

@@bassmit9753 *"Well your husband was a fool. Edward was right about which side to be on."* You're not making sense: The issue of whether a person is a traitor has nothing to do with which side is right or wrong. But at any rate, how do you figure that Edward was right about which side to be on?

[@georgestauber2636]

Lol because things worked out so well for the Brits after the war. Germany never wanted war with the British in the first place.

[@terryclinton4263]

Yes. Regrettably Ed the turncoat should have been strung up for his treachery against this country, the institution of the British Crown and for that matter, against France.

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

Even my high school students look at the map of the Maginot Line and ask that very question, couldn’t they just go around? I also point out to them that Air Force capability for use in war increased dramatically since World War I, which allowed the Germans to simply fly over the Maginot Line and drop bombs.

[@harryricochet8134]

Good to hear that someone is actually still teaching real history. The Maginot forts were a sop by default to both France's cultivation of the fallacious legend of Verdun and the appalling losses France sustained in WW1. Two more diametrically tangential motivations to a strategy of defence would be impossible to find. A case of in the absence of knowing how to fight a future war in a post-war world of rapid technological development, double down on the strategy of static defence whilst ignoring its attendant toll in life. Quite insane really when it was Napoleon himself who so correctly observed that the the army which stays within its defences is doomed to defeat as well as that the army which tries to defend everything will in the end lose everything. My teachers of history are those who I remember with the greatest fondness of all as with those magnificent classroom debates that we had. What's past is prologue.

[@howardcoles3537]

@@harryricochet8134 Interesting post. I remember my Dad - who lived through WW2- telling me how the Maginot Line was no great obstacle to the Germans in 1940, as they simply walked round it. It would have been more of a successful defensive line if it had extended all the way to the coast. I am not sure why it was not , one reason I've read is that the Belgian Government at the time, refused permission to the French as it would have meant building the line on Belgian territory.

[@oldgysgt]

The French didn't want to build a line of fortifications along their border with their old ally Belgian for fear of offending them, (not to mention the additional cost). When Belgian signaled it would be neutral in future European wars, France considered extending their forts to the Channel coast, but time and finances were not on their side. On the other hand, France knew the Maginot Line could never keep the Germans out permanently. It was only supposed to slow the Germans until France could mobilize its forces completely. But in the event, the French were defeated in a matter of weeks, not months.

[@ruthf6035]

Come on russiaariddle...how can he sell books if you point out those glaring fact!?! Also had to laugh when he compared Wallis Simpson to Harry's wife. One had poise and elegance while the other is pure trash.

[@johnbarone7602]

Yeah I was wondering the same thing… Everybody knew that you could just go around the Maginot Line. It wasn’t a state secret!

[@rebelrebelcameron9382]

well blow my socks off! Excellent interview and very eye opening.

[@mikedawson1376]

Wow! This is crazy!! This is why historians are so important!😜

[@theunionofjackbeanie2464]

Maybe they are only telling us, what they want you to know.

[@xvsupremacy7190]

@@theunionofjackbeanie2464 It’s true. The Bloomsbury Group, The Mitford Sisters all connected and Traitors. A place called Scarborough Yorkshire was the Geographical place of importance . It was called The Grand Hotel. It was all connected to 9th Circuit Cabalistic Masons ( Think Trigger names Jimmy Saville, Peter Sutcliffe Conan , Peter Jaconelli like Edward V111 and Wallis all connected by Cabalistic Ley Lines .) And The Grand Hotel . The Grand Hotel had 4 or 5 Basements and not nobody were allowed in the last two basements because you could hear trickling running water and that is where Adolf Hitler came transferred into a boat 🚤 to meet Edward and Wallis on discreet Rendezvouz . During the Blitz Hitler gave the order that The Grand Hotel was not to be touched or bombed. Simultaneously Hitler ordered that nearby Maryport in the next County Cumbria was to be Blitzed and create as many deaths and casualties as possible . I have stayed at The Grand Hotel , sadly now it is not so Grand due to Refugees and Asylum Seekers crowding it out . It’s sad really because of its historic meaning and connections to Edward and Wallis , Saville , Sutcliffe The Yorkshire Ripper , and Peter Jaconelli it should be preserved as a reminder how dangerous the Cabal is .

[@gallerycarnell4974]

Why they are always trying to shutdown debate...and history destroy the facts.

[@dtulip1]

Does Edward remind anyone of a current "royal"?

[@riverocean4380]

Charles!! Both Camilla and him while married and having children were having an affair. !! Both cheated on their spouses!!

[@junescoular292]

Edward wanted to make Wallis his Queen no matter what! He'd betray his country to do just that!

[@BobMonty99]

Same man was caught doing Nazi salutes teaching it to the Queen or one of its body dubbles. British people was starving for 14 years after the war while they were on rations the UK government and and German queen was stuffing their faces . Why do you think the Royals changed their name to Windsor ?

[@BobMonty99]

First book I read about Saddam Hussein said that he learned how to use body doubles from the World War II queen and royal family‘s behaviour

[@elioraimmanuel]

She tried to escape him, but he would not let her go.

[@Unknown17]

Her several other lovers report she was a real banshee in the bedroom, willing to do anything, repeatedly, and very well. Edward was completely “whipped,” but he called it “love.” He was a tool; she was nothing less than a greedy, expensive prostitute.They both deserve to be vilified.

[@joekeyes2534]

You’re a bit behind the times Australia, we in the UK have known this since 1936.

[@gloriadenning3860]

I live I Australia and I knew about it !!

[@alexae1367]

No u didn't.

[@janglangmalatang7475]

Yep. My parents lived that times they seen lots . 1923 . No secret. 🇦🇺

[@jimbo9580]

He traded pounds for dollars during wartime, a criminal offence. Never charged.

[@kane357lynch]

Rules for thee, suggestions for mee

[@starsiegeplayer]

Why was it a crime?

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

why is that a crime?

[@barbaradoughty8152]

We have always known he was a traitor, you can't be a bit of a traitor your either are a traitor or not. He was.

[@barbaradyson6951]

No he wasn't.

[@esoxlucius6884]

@@barbaradyson6951 Please explain.

[@dragonofhatefulretribution9041]

No he wasn’t. You’re the truest form of brainless livestock.

[@shrinebox]

The vulnerability of the Maginot Line was (and is) immediately apparent to anyone who could (or can) read a map.

[@larryzink8978]

right a real bombshell

[@chuckh5999]

perhaps Andrew can't ?

[@leftcoaster67]

It wasn't a complete project, it started and stopped many times. It was designed to hold Germany off with reservists. It was to free up the top soldiers for the front lines. But it gave France a false sense of security.

[@natalieharoldsen3494]

One of my favorite episodes of The Crown is Episode titled “Vergangenheit”. It is centered around Queen Elizabeth’s discovery of her uncle’s treachery. I know the Crown is far, far from a documentary, it’s more fictitious than not. However, I really enjoy its historical accuracy in some of the many episodes.

[@chriswatkin5476]

Yes it's fiction, The Queen never found out that her uncle was a traitor because he wasn't a traitor, all title tatle by republicans to destabilise the monarchy, no actual proof that would ever stand up in a Court of Law, don't you think it's strange that nobody mentioned any of this when he was alive ? Think about it.

[@pennyhobbs7267]

Fiction based around fact unfortunately some people aren’t a where of that

[@Enkephalen]

@@pennyhobbs7267 aware

[@bradhartliep879]

Elizabeth 2 is just as German as Edward 8 .. every single one of her ancestors are GERMAN ..

[@natalieharoldsen3494]

@@bradhartliep879 yes, I’m aware of that. You can be German and not support Nazi’s.

[@awalk5177]

We could also look at the circumstances of his father's death. That is also quite interesting.

[@khankrum1]

Regicide is quite common!

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

@@khankrum1 --The rumor has been around for quite some time that the King was "helped along" to an earlier death than he would have had otherwise in order to ensure it made the London papers in the morning.

[@ianstobie]

A fitting end to a life of service!

[@pennyhobbs7267]

That’s why George V1 wouldn’t let his brother have a job or live back in Britain 🇬🇧

[@randycox3522]

because he was a German rocket?

[@iwishilivedinafreecountry5749]

If you think he's the only one in that family you have a lot to learn...

[@malfunction8165]

Tip of the iceberg.

[@marymartin1106]

@@malfunction8165 we are living through a betrayal even as we type.....

[@davidclemens1578]

You have England, Russians, German , Spain, France and other countries' Royal families are all on the same family tree at some point. Why should we be surprised.

[@iap-ug3oy]

Believe me you silly person we still do live in a free country at the moment ,,,lland when it changes it will not be the Queens doing.

[@iwishilivedinafreecountry5749]

@@iap-ug3oy If your eyes are still closed after the last two years perhaps you're the "silly person"

[@mattbarbarich3295]

A similar and very good book also, written 7yrs ago by Andrew Morton called 17 Carnations on the subject. Wallis Simpson was just as bad and helped the Duke in many ways in his German endeavours.

[@TheTexasmick]

Wallis was a fine person and a loyal wife and neither of them were spies or traitors. This is all propaganda bullshit.

[@sandisteinberg731]

I recommend Morton's book as well. It's well written and accessible, and contains much of the same material. I don't know how much space Lownie gives to Wallis, but she gets ample attention from Morton. I look forward to reading Lownie for newer information.

[@tom7601]

My maternal grandmother was Mrs. Simpson’s second cousin, both Warfield’s by birth. Grandma never trusted Edward. :-)

[@heleneverett1817]

It sounds like he was describing haz and Meg.. Yes he would betray in a heart beat

[@patrussell8917]

Common knowledge for clear minded people He was a wimp and it seems it runs in the family

[@homewithemma42]

Gosh, you really are harsh!

[@alvanrigby6361]

George V1 was certainly no wimp.

[@francisbaraaniv7226]

An American divorcee and a royal Duke go into exile. Both couples become persona non grata in England. The notable difference between the women, though, is that Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor, was never granted the HRH style, while Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, was bestowed the HRH style. Meghan should be stripped off her royal status and be downgraded into a non-royal one and be referred to as Her Grace, the leser, inferior style Wallis was given despite her husband being being born a blood prince of the United Kingdom, former Prince of Wales, who later became the former King of Engald and Emperor of China, and subsequently as The Duke of Windsor after abdicating the throne to marry the love of his life after the Parliament refused to let their monarch marry a divorcee and allow her to be his Queen Consort, mainly because all monarchs of England not only get crowned but also annointed as Head of the Church of England and its Supreme Governor- Defender of the Faith. Divorce was taboo those days, and was considered as a sin in the eyes of God.

[@dannettepeters1507]

Edward is gone; now, they have Harry the Hollow.

[@tg9527]

The traitor Is dead, long live the traitor.

[@jeffreyrichard2575]

Harry the Henpecked

[@tcschenks]

I remember that picture of Harry wearing a swastika at a party a few years ago.

[@peterrichards1058]

The Royal family has always had a self serving view to survival. Unfortunately good monarchs like the Queen Elizabeth 2 are roped in by poor behaviour of their family.

[@williamgunnarsson]

@@platypus4657 I agree a thousand times over. Not only should they eliminate the monarchy altogether, but also the House of Lords, where the most obnoxious of them still refer to the United States as " the colonies ".

[@andyfield6854]

Even looked like a traitor.

[@dontbelieveeverythingyouth8173]

I guess we're still playing the "House of Windsor" games 😂

[@dbergerac9632]

It was the "House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" until WW1 anti German sentiment caused a PR name change to Windsor.

[@armstronggermany2995]

My goodness , Edward was the only person on the planet to notice that the Maginot Line ended at the Belgium Border !

[@conradgaarder2789]

I have a suspicion that while the Duke’s was a pathetic case, that this is an exaggeration.

[@Nabraska49]

Yes the play book is still going on that’s why there is a war in Ukraine.. it’s a big power play but we get told the little kids version..

[@bunyip250]

Record homelessness in Australia, housing stress, job/business losses due to mandates and restrictions, hospitals in crisis and Sky keep on dishing up the distractions, even from 80 years ago.

[@cannabiscureseverything]

theres alot more than that. Every Australian leader for the last 50 or 60 years (with likely exception to Tony Abbott and possible exception to K. Rudd) has engaged in treasonous behaviour in some sneaky little way or another. ALL of them. Most notably tho is J. Gillard, M. Turnbull, J. Howard, P. Keating. Sorry to rain on the election parade, but both sides are in it together.

[@wannaxwannerx]

@@paulbarclay4114 what are your main concerns?

[@Er-sv5tn]

Australia tried their best to be the wokest nation on Earth but Canada and New Zealand still beat them..... Now they're seeing the fruits of their endeavors. I have little sympathy

[@spmoran4703]

Same in Britain. I wonder how many people will be celebrating the Platinum jubilee at the food bank.

[@suej9329]

KillJoy, Must be an election around the corner.

[@barryrudge1576]

In the early 50's he was also illegally currency dealing with a number of close associates going to prison but because of who he was he got away with it. On his death and that of the Duchess of Windsor the crown had to seize and recover many works of art that belonged to the state and not himself from their home in Paris.

[@chrisaustin9949]

Now one of two things will happen: 1), Mr Andrew Lownie will produce those documents he's talking about or 2). He is a con artist spinning a good yarn to sell his book.

[@deborahwesselman845]

Sounds like Edward had a deep seeded hatred of his own country. Likely due to the fact that he was forced to abdicate the throne to marry Simpson. He was raised to be king, and deeply resented not just being told what do, but actually losing the throne because he wouldn't do as he was told. Likely in his mind, if Germany win the war, he would be back on the throne, where he felt he was entitled to be.

[@Enkephalen]

deep-seated -- not deep seeded

[@deniseelsworth7816]

Yes and murdering people in ovens.

[@chriscook215]

There are rules for them & there are rules for us. We are not in their club.....

[@docsavage8640]

It's that German blood in the "Windsor" family

[@monalebon8016]

German-jew.

[@chriswatkin5476]

Everyone knew that the Maginot line was a useless form of defence, the Germans didn't need him to tell them that, also Churchill was friendly with him after the war.

[@maryleung1425]

DeGaulle did not have any faith in the marginot line ....he was proven right

[@JimSmithInChiapas]

_"the Maginot Line was a useless form of defense"_ Tanks are almost useless, too, if used in insufficient numbers and deprived of support from other arms. I've read that because of budgetary problems and grave internal political strife, France couldn't follow through on the original Maginot-Line plan, which would have extended the Line further, and complemented it by mobile forces. Also, France's allies failed to support France when wanted to take military action against Hitler's occupation of the Rhineland.

[@BasementEngineer]

@@JimSmithInChiapas How can Germans "occupy" the German Rhineland? France had illegally invaded Germany.

[@JimSmithInChiapas]

@@BasementEngineer Are you ignorant of history, or being deliberately obtuse?

[@davemck1887]

We can see where Harry and the other Mrs Simpson draw inspiration from now.

[@ericalawson631]

While Teddy8 was waiting to see how his situation would pan out with regards to becoming / staying king, Mrs Simpson was also having an affair with Von Ribentrop Adolphs foreign minister, MI6 (or 5 not sure) has a file on it that is mostly public domain now, that's why he was 'imprisoned' in the Bahamas for the duration. I suspect that if britain had fallen someones duties would have included putting a bullet in the treacherous dog's head

[@reggywelten9820]

Dogs are faithfull and loyal. Don’t offend dogs.

[@STB-jh7od]

Interestingly, I had British soldier friends (I'm American) who seemed to know this, but I've had recent English friends who still say he abdicated due to his marriage.

[@abnoco]

Plenty of traitors in the US swamp.

[@Boomhower89]

Absolutely true. Sooooo many people are unaware of this and a lot do not want to hear it.

[@flygulfstreamg650]

Sheep 🐑 don't like been called ignorant they prefer stupid

[@janglangmalatang7475]

Yep there choice. Phillip always went missing. Yeah na all different life .

[@TheTexasmick]

You are sooooo wrong. He was no traitor in any sense of the word.

[@martinshepherd8041]

This is old news and has been known for many decades (boring news in 2022)

[@danakl5965]

It may be timely in 2022. It might make Charles look better as a successor in the near future. Charles’s faults don’t look quite so bad when held up against someone who was a traitor, a Nazi supporter and a friend and admirer of Hitler. It gives us cause to celebrate having Charles and Camilla who are miles better than Edward and Wallis

[@bencordell1965]

And now for something completely different

[@derezatron]

Ahhh Monty Python. Never would have thought the comedy back then would be the history we actually end up living 🤣

[@faithlesshound5621]

I didn't know that Edward was a personal friend of Sir Oswald Mosley, but was aware of the fantasies of the British fascists in the early post-war period. They knew that they would never win a general election, and so hoped that Edward would be "called back" to the throne in some national crisis and proceed to appoint Mosley as his Prime Minister in some gauleiter-like role.

[@MrDaiseymay]

That could never have happened. He couldn't appoint a plumber.

[@seanmoran2743]

Well Mosley was a Baronet so I’m-not surprised

[@sabineduret2512]

Brilliant, I watched the documentary the other night, it was absolutely fascinating, I had no idea

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

There were many (including royalty) who thought Adolph a grand bloke. We have such traitorous people around now; they all wish to 'remain' in / re-join the €USSR . . .

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

@Hawkwoman H Please read me again, very carefully this time . . . . € U S S R

[@patricaomas8750]

I remember my grandfather the respect he gave this man.

[@uttaradit2]

grandpa Hitler ?

[@patricaomas8750]

@@uttaradit2 No just ignorant of the mans polical leanings, he was at Dunkiirk

[@louisgiokas2206]

I am not convinced on the Maginot line issue. Of course, the Germans already knew this. They actually took the route they did because the plans for their primary option were obtained by the allies. So, to say that this report was the impetus for Hitler doing what he did does not fit in with any history I have read.

[@pauljackson2409]

That's right, but it was Edward who told the Nazis that their invasion plans had been compromised, leading them to change them and wrong foot the allies, leading in turn to the fall of France.

[@louisgiokas2206]

@@pauljackson2409 Edward was a Nazi sympathizer. All of the books I have read on the subject are clear on that. He was not alone in the British elite.

[@deneshbhaskar8650]

He was German. The British Royal family is a German one.

[@DP-gw9cw]

Is Edward related to Harry? Seem to have common traits

[@nandodando9695]

Not genetically.

[@nancymcgee4776]

His great Uncle

[@ericalawson631]

depends who Harry's real dad is

[@nandodando9695]

@@ericalawson631 That's what I meant. I mean, ginger IS a recessive gene after all.

[@Er-sv5tn]

@Nandodando on paper he's his great great uncle...😆

[@gordiebrooks]

I thought that most knew Edward was a traitor and a lover of Germany and Hitler !!

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

He was also not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Politically naive, easily flattered and living in his own world. My father remembers him and The Duchess, (the world's most famous dinner guests), on the American Export luxury liners in the 1950's. One night a huge storm at sea turned everything upside down. My father's musical instruments were rolling all over the main dining room, the piano as well. At one point the Duke strolled in. Looked around, sniffed disdainfully, watching everyone struggling to batten down the drum set...Then he said, "pity we couldn't dance.." My father wanted to toss the snotty sombitch overboard..

[@seanpendulum5121]

Oh what a story...There we have the measure of the man...

[@Effingbaddude]

Aren't the British royals, Germans anyhow? It's interesting that Victoria was grandmother to King George, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Czar Nicolas

[@CC-xn5xi]

Diana and Kate aren't German, correct?

[@Effingbaddude]

@@CC-xn5xi diana is dead, and kate isn't nobility

[@Effingbaddude]

@T.R. Imperial royal family branches have been intertwined with Russia in the form of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, Duke of York and Queen Anne for many centuries, though many of them were damaged during the murder of Czar Nicholas II in 1918. Each of the two monarchs is first descended from their mothers, both Danes who were royal siblings. Both the monarch and the prince were made to marry by their mothers. Their first cousin, Prince Alexander V of Russia, was a grandchild of Queen Victoria, as were Prince George V of England.

[@CC-xn5xi]

@@Effingbaddude So?

[@stemartin6671]

Pretty sure the whole Royal family isn't even of English descent anyway.

[@rightlyso8507]

As 'good' Queen Victoria told one of her daughters, when she was headed to Europe to marry a German royal, "We're German. You must not forget that!"

[@olivegrove2615]

England was created by the Saxons, The Saxons (English) including the Royals aren't ethnic Brits.

[@chrisrumble2665]

What gave it away? The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha surname?

[@Joshdyisdifh]

England was founded by Anglo-Saxons who are people from modern day Denmark and Germany (north western part).

[@rightlyso8507]

@@olivegrove2615 All well and good - but that's over 1000 years ago. Who was the last "Royal" that was an ethnic Brit ... Edward the Confessor?

[@jeanlloydbradberry9099]

Sounds like Boris the Remoaner, Clinton, Obama and Biden!

[@stratac30]

Edward was a very naïve man, but at the time when he was infatuated with Wallis Simpson, the general public in Britain were beginning to dislike Wallis Simpson due to adulteress affairs, which turned to hatred after the abdication, but in hindsight it was Wallis Simpson who saved the Monarchy, because if Edward had remained King the outcome of the second world war would have been a lot different for Britain. Thankfully at the time leading up to the abdication, the then Prime Minister Baldwin could see what was going to happen, but equally which is generally forgotten it was the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang who put the knife into Edward VIII, saying under the laws of the Church of England he could not marry Simpson and remain King, hence the abdication.

[@williamwills225]

Business as usual.

[@ottomeyer6928]

she just wasn't English enough

[@philstothard8333]

@@ottomeyer6928 Not really a problem , we have had Queens from many nations over the years , and the Queen mother was Scottish by the way .

[@gladiatorprogramme]

he lived his life out in france after the war. unbelievable.

[@alexae1367]

That makes me mad

[@khankrum1]

@@alexae1367 why?

[@alexae1367]

@@khankrum1 yeah I guess you'd have to watch the video to understand

[@alexae1367]

Probably for the same reason that this guy's saying it's unbelievable, right?

[@scotthcomyns3426]

Around 1990 my gradma told me she belived he was a fascist. She also believed the movie " Murder by Decrie" was based on fact. She never gave up her british citizenship.

[@nickhanlon9331]

''I wouldn't touch any of the royals with a ten foot pole''---> Keith Richards.

[@monalebon8016]

It is said the princess Margaret poo artied with Mick the lips Jagger.

[@janglangmalatang7475]

Lol 😆 there all linked in the …. But anyway Megan all that Married had a choice. Rest them stuck like a potato. Nick be never ending 😫 faulty tower s gone wrong.omg imagine when she gone what a catastrophe will be .

[@2011littlejohn1]

Yes when Mick got knighted Keith didn't agree and Mick bitchily said that Keith was jealous - no satisfaction, sympathy or shelter in that one.

[@buzzbolt4387]

Sir Oswald Mosley supported the Duke of Windsors Anti-War stance but would not have supported the bombing of Britain. Sir Oswald was a patriot and is on record as saying he would take up arms to defend Britain. If you get a mo read his Autobiography and listen to him on KZbin. He wasn't such a monster as people will have you believe.

[@oldgysgt]

Britain has a very good Monarch in Queen Elizabeth, but when she passes the British Crown might be in for a bit of trouble.

[@sandrachank6982]

Yes. I'd say an entitled narcissistic incompetant is waiting in the wings and with his own manipulative conniving wife waiting to be his queen.

[@MrBadjohn69]

And exactly what does the UK Monarch "do" when it comes to governing the country?? If a pineapple was on the throne, would there be any difference in how the country operates??

[@garethfieldstead7547]

Hopefully we are republic by then.

[@MrBadjohn69]

@@garethfieldstead7547 You are funny!! The UK will not get rid of the Monarchy though lord knows why they keep it. Prince Harry should be the poster child for getting rid of the Monarchy.

[@garethfieldstead7547]

John this interview was in Australia - where I live. Hence we will be a republic by then. I was not suggesting England will get shut of the monarchy. Certainly not in my lifetime. But there has been an increasing suggestion that once Lizzie dies we will get to vote again about becoming a republic.

[@jimmerhardy]

Why haven't we heard about this before? Up until now Edward's image was that of the star stuck lover. Now, he's a traitor for real.

[@Frecks-n-Specks]

The crossover between the RF and Nazi Germany has been known for years. It just was one of the topics that people ignore. Like MLK Jr being homophobic. Well known but not talked about

[@fetus2280]

Most of us that study history know this . We also know the "Windsor" name was implemented to hide the fact they are Germans and Related to the nazis ... it was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .

[@harryricochet8134]

This was a very widely known truth, anyone who was hitherto unaware of it was only denied that knowledge by their own choice of literature or total lack thereof.

[@Frecks-n-Specks]

I'd also like to point out that Wallis was always painted as the reason he was a Nazi sympathizer but records prove his dealings predated her entrance by years. Again, it's all public knowledge but just not talked about for obvious reasons.

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@harryricochet8134 The casual scatterings of hither to and thereof .. only goes to heighten the fact that you are a crashing snob, who likes to show off … it does NOT mean you are an educated intellectual… and no they aren’t two words with the same meaning..!!! Edward was unfortunately a vain selfish man that had his head turned by a narcissistic American.. ( ring a bell..? ) who flattered his ego.. She wanted the power , and thought marrying a Prince and then King would be her open door…unfortunately for her the Establishment saw it differently.. ( thank god ) She was the one cosying up to Hitler.. she was bored with Edward because she could see he was never going to be King.. she just couldn’t shake him off ..HITLER was a diversion.. she probably hoped Edward would drop her. … Thankfully he didn’t otherwise we would never have had our Amazing Queen..

[@donaldgibson4459]

My father was in ww2, and later Arthar Anderson partner. Smart. Mom and Dad surprised me when they said that Prince Edward was a coward. Dad admired Winston Churchill alot. 3 of the books on display in our living room; when I was growing up; were by Churchill w

[@emmajones8590]

He wanted the throne back, with Wally as Queen. Hitler promised him some kind of construction like that.

[@elenavonpavel-pitts3442]

Hmmm, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it? Especially when you have a wife demanding to be not only a princess but eventually the Queen.

[@mattieb7348]

Not true.

[@oneness8802]

Well when we become Awake to what goes on in this World, nothing surprises us much anymore! The Wealthy especially, the Soul Sellers!

[@oneness8802]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moSxZY2gfq-tirc 🤔🤔🤔

[@homewithemma42]

Slightly stilted! I should think standards are not better amongst the poor?

[@jessiemacgregor1357]

@@homewithemma42 I titally agree

[@frankhainke7442]

He probably feld being betrayed when he had to give up the crown. So in his mind not he was the traitor buth those who forced him to resign.

[@marianchambers2292]

Yes much more to this,try to read between the lines,Scapegoat or what !!!!!!

[@guidedmeditation2396]

I never thought there was any doubt that Edward V3 was a traitor.

[@TheJakecakes]

The Windsors took that name specifically to cover their German descent. All the nobility of Europe were related. Queen Victoria to Tsar Alexander etc.

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

They changed their name in 1917. King George V made an official announced and permanently altered his family name on July 17, 1917, but what led to the decision? Until this date, at the height of World War I, the Royals were known as the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas. But then the slaughter of 18 children in London, at the hands of German bombers, prompted George to adopt Windsor instead.

[@jixuscrixus]

Nicholas?

[@TheJakecakes]

Yes indded

[@TheJakecakes]

Indeed