In Love With Wallis Simpson: The Real Reasons Edward VIII Abdicated | Royal Secrets | Real Royalty

In love with Wallis Simpson, and American divorcee, Edward VIII became the first British monarch to abdicate the throne by choice, in favour of the woman he loved. Find out about how this fascinating story played put in 1936, and the drama that lay at the heart of one of the 20th century's most famous royal moments.
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[@bluesky-rb8fn]

Edward was a nazi!!! Come on most know that!! Wallis was the same!! Two evils belonged together!!!

[@bluesky-rb8fn]

Charles never loved Diana!! She was for making babies!! Poor Diana we the people will always love you!! You were done dirty!!!! What is wrong with those people!!!

[@lesleymcshanemitchell9651]

Nexflix Is Rubbish This is real History

[@tonikeep4420]

Wallis was omly in love with Wallis,as Markle is only in love with Markle.they are doomed to remain so.

[@carolvickowski2404]

​@@tonikeep4420 P P p lolikep loin u rp

[@garyrowden7150]

Playwrite Noël Coward said that a statue should be erected to Mrs. Simpson on every village green in the land, because in extracting Edward she had saved the nation from disaster

[@MariaPereira-de7hu]

Quite true.

[@AussieFIag]

Goes to show how much research Madonna did about Edward and Wallace. Edward was obsessed with Wallace but Wallace at times found Edward unbearable. She didn't want to marry Edward at all, she actually tried a few times to get rid of him. Wallace's true love was her second husband Ernest.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Agreed. It was his way out, not a great love story. His simpering adoration looked false all along.

[@pamelamorgan7354]

I couldn’t bear to watch more than two minutes of Madonna’s version of the Wallace and Edward romance.

[@AussieFIag]

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[@elioraimmanuel]

@@pamelamorgan7354 Madonna is an idiot, a narcissist and just gross.

[@grammy965]

I wonder how King George would have felt about Townsend fooling around with his daughter. I don't think he would have found that very respectful at all and would have been pissed

[@abeal49]

My grandmother was born in 1878, graduated from Radcliffe in 1900, worked at Miss Porters in Farmington and later Phillips Exeter Academy as a school librarian. So she moved in the same upper class circles as Wallis. She never met her personally but they had mutual acquaintances. And she told me, in a manner which made clear I must not ask for details, that "Wallis Simpson was not the sort of person that anybody would want marrying into their family." Years later I read a biography. She wasn't just a divorcee, she was a courtesan, basically a professional. She had been affiliated with a series of powerful, wealthy men.

[@ailleananaithnid2566]

Except you can’t trust those biographies because they are dripping with misogyny. This was all Wallis Simpson’s fault and Edward VIII was an innocent little boy who could not run his own affairs? Come on! As a woman, Wallis was not the “kind” of woman you wanted in your family. Do you have any clue what that means? You don’t want sexually loose women in your family but that’s OK for men. He could have a dozen affairs but not Wallis. A woman who has sex outside of marriage is cheap & without virtue. That is what that person was telling you. But the double standard didn’t bother you in the least, did it? Back then the women were blamed for the men’s poor behavior & choices. These men were always victims of predatory women. Sorry, I don’t buy it. Edward was a serial cheater. He was in an affair with his third married woman when he met Wallis? What was he… 5 years old? Why was he NEVER responsible for his own behavior? The same for Diana Spencer. It was her fault that Charles was besotted by Camilla? The Windsor men are irresponsible and immature in their relationships. All they are required to do is find a spouse and pop out a few kids. That’s not exactly a tough assignment! What is the male equivalent of courtesan? There isn’t one bc the whole thing is sexist and archane.

[@sambun6394]

@@ailleananaithnid2566it shouldn’t be acceptable regardless of sex

[@valkyriesardo278]

UK dodged a bullet when David stepped down. He was too fond of all things German. His conduct during WWII gives evidence that the British were far better off with brother Bertie.

[@veronicahaney6005]

I mean... the whole family IS German. What would you expect?

[@maryannangros7538]

I wouldn't really call it a love story. I always got the impression that she didn't like him

[@deawallach3404]

She apparently didn't! One video I watched said that she was stuck with him as he refused to let her go, he was that infatuated with her. Her husband purposely got caught with another woman so that Wallis could divorce him to marry Edward.

[@trawlins396]

@@deawallach3404 Info is available in more places than KZbin "videos". If you read the books written about these two you'll see she really didn't want to be with him long term.

[@cherpeters8775]

@@deawallach3404 I just watched that video & was really surprised. Her letters proved she was still in love with her husband and felt stuck with David, who was clingy & needy. She & her husband were social climbers & they got in deeper than either one wanted. It was not the great romance we were led to believe. So interesting, wasn't it?!

[@variousJnames]

They definitely had a loveless marriage. It was an arrangement and she was his excuse for copping out on his royal duties.

[@courtley5981]

The Prince was in live with Wallis but Wallis was in love with Wallis , wen I look at pictures of Prince Edward his eyes look sad ,he looks unhappy ,his eyes never smile

[@malgorzataannajespersen4828]

Like Harry and Meghan. There is no love. Not from Meghan to Harry.

[@lucyapodaca5894]

That's what he picked..m

[@kristysnyder8772]

Edward never wanted to be king .. Wallis was his excuse to duck out!!! He could have never abdicated without a good excuse... Wallis was his excuse...

[@niamunt]

reminds me of a certain someone

[@maryannangros7538]

He was a woose

[@henryfletcher4949]

Hi Kristy how are you doing?

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@@henryfletcher4949 still vertical!! How bout yourself? Happy New Year!

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@@kristysnyder8772 same here, I'm good any ways do you mind if we continue our conversation on emails.?

[@joannasliwa8147]

I like how the series " the Crown" portrayed him : a sad man who celebrated his dog's birthday ... and despised Cookie / Queen Mother

[@eikosmith679]

F

[@mountainblanc3200]

Cookie, he really has some nasty names for members of his family.

[@gleefulme9617]

Cookie loathed "That woman" & her irresponsible, juvenile, shallow, shady, treacherous 3rd husband.

[@trawlins396]

@@mountainblanc3200 a lot of ppl called her Cookie.

[@trawlins396]

The actor that played the Duke of Windsor did an amazing job.

[@valkyriesardo278]

I am glad for William that he was able to delay full blown royal duty for a time. He held down a real world job as most citizens must do as much as that is possible for a prince. Holding down a job is a necessary step on the road to maturity. I admire William and Catherine for their efforts to remain tethered to ways in which the "common" folk live. Normalcy and traditional values will help sustain their marriage.

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[@jeaniejenks3227]

Love this presentation! So much original footage - different to some of the other documentaries.

[@mandyhull127]

Of course George V looked like Czar Nicholas they were cousins. That also includes Kaiser Wilhelm. They were all related to Queen Victoria.

[@Girl-rj3qe]

Czar Nicholas is not Queen Victoria’s grandchild, but his wife is. He’s a first cousin of George V because their mothers are both daughters of Christian IX of Denmark

[@mandyhull127]

@@Girl-rj3qe yes but they are still cousins

[@mandyhull127]

@@Girl-rj3qe I never said he was a grandchild. They were related by marriage

[@Girl-rj3qe]

@@mandyhull127 You mentioned they were “all” related to Queen Victoria so I assumed you thought he was her grandchild. Many people assume it that way.

[@toba802]

yeh they were 1st cousins

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I have been watching a very interesting historical channel about royal families and their families for 3 years and I like to watch it. Happy New Year, I wish you as many films as possible

[@levdavid2412]

It was not the pruderie thing, really, that he was forced to abdicate for. UK needed to urgently get rid of him as war with Germany was looming. He was making publicity for Germany, effected unauthorised royal visits to countries like Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Austria, was even on the verge of doing so in Germany when the FO sent a stern warning to him not to go to Germany.

[@NYWF1939]

His name wasn't "Edward Windsor!" If anything, his name was Edward Saxe-Coburg-Gotha!

[@MariaPereira-de7hu]

Not after the 1st WW.. that German name was abolished for obvious reasons.

[@valerieforbes8096]

Poor Wallis. He must have bored her to distraction.

[@twinflowerhare9047]

She didn’t even love him. You could see it in her actions. He would do anything to keep her. I have no sympathy for her. She is shameful.

[@juanitarichards1074]

He also used her as he never wanted to be king. He was a shallow frivolous man and hard work and responsibility were not part of his personality. He used Wallis ti get out of being king, and she never wanted to marry him in the first place but he trapped her. She desperately tried to talk him out of abdicating. She tried to run and get out of the marriage but there was nowhere for her to go. We have seen her letters to her ex husband whom she still loved and did for the rest of her life. Edward trapped Wallis and she knew she would have to sacrifice her whole life if she married him, and so it came to be. There are two sides to every story and Wallis was never happy in that marriage but put a good face on it.

[@juanitarichards1074]

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[@kylehollie]

Kinda like Meghan

[@juanitarichards1074]

@@kylehollie I don't believe all the lies about Meghan. Its just another media beat up and they like to create drama to sell news. You'd have to be a halfwit to believe anything they report.

[@unclenelvis]

@@juanitarichards1074 yet it would appear you believe what you've read and been told about king edward. interesting.

[@joeyz9738]

Heard lots of people talking about potential royal marriages for Edward VIII and the other sons of George V. If he’d never met Wallis, and the rules hadn’t allowed Prince Henry and George VI to marry British aristocrats, then my picks for royal matches are as follows. 1. Edward VIII - Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark - daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia 2. George VI - Princess Isabelle of Orléans - daughter of Prince Jean, Duke of Guise and Princess Isabelle of Orléans, a French match would have been good as it would have taken away from British royals only marrying Germans, and been popular after WW1 - Isabelle’s sisters had married Prince Christopher of Greece and the Duke of Aosta - Isabelle is also the same age as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 3. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester - Princess Margaretha of Sweden - she married Prince Axel of Denmark in our time, but often her younger sisters are sited as matches but never her, her sisters became Queen of Belgium and Crown Princess of Norway. Perhaps she’s not chosen as her marriage was widely considered a love match. These matches are good as they’re not too closely related - none come from families with Haemophilia or blood diseases. They’re from neutral nations or British allies. And they’re not German!!!

[@kimberlyholt2241]

Poor Princess Margaret wasn't allowed to marry Peter Townsend! SO SAD! But yet Prince Charles married a divorced Camilla

[@trawlins396]

Time passes, things change.

[@reginacrockett7095]

The WORD never changes.

[@stellaburnell7947]

Margaret chose to keep her royal status - if she'd really loved him and wanted to marry him she could have done so. It was her decision , she wasn't forced to give him up. She just wanted to have her cake and eat it.

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

@@trawlins396 --Supposedly, the Church of England disallows the remarriage of a Royal if his/her spouse is still living. Charles was married Camilla in a registry office while his second marriage was blessed in St. George's Chapel. In other words, the Queen allowed this remarriage on a technicality. Of course, most of those who are Charles' contemporaries can remember the time when getting a divorce was a family scandal.

[@berryrl9]

And harry allowed to marry a divorcee social climber as well

[@mikeletaurus4728]

Love William's frosted tips!

[@sus3ns]

Wallis Simpson got herself in a trap so she made the best of it.

[@Carlsmith-ry3qv]

Hello there👋👋, how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you!!

[@paulb47NYC]

I sometimes liken Ed and Wal to Jackio and Onassis. They were matches made in heaven and they all got exactly what they deserved.

[@neuropretense]

*Grandma:* "William, do you know any good places to buy underwear?" made my day :) 32:01

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happy New Year ❤️

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Happy new year female!!

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[@worldgonemad1977]

The man giving a description of the shooting sounded like he was giving evidence in court

[@mariealexander9545]

Madonna has no idea of what she's talking about it was not the greatest love story it was the great escape for the duke Wallace was in love with Earnest

[@chrisbennett6260]

Absolutely fire

[@shuska8208]

Anyone else Notice anything strange ?? ... Wallis wore a Black Dress with White lilies on it and was given Frogmoore Cottage to live in ??? ... Magan Markle on the ' Oprah Winfrey Show wore a Black Dress with white lilies on it and also both her and Prince Harry were given Frogmoore Cottage to live in ' .. Not to forget Magan was Twice Divorced and American Just like Wallis !!! ... Wallis returns reincarnated as Magan Markle.

[@sharontodd2732]

Meg must of looked very closely at Wallis passed, there are a lot of pictures of Meg copying, only thing difference is Meg couldn't bag a King, so desperately married the Harry the village idiot..

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

And Prince Harry greatly reminds me of my grandfather's bull who had a ring through his nose.

[@andrewmiller4885]

Good or bad , right or wrong , marriage is a lottery . You either have a winning ticket or you don't. There is no telling until you have really lived with someone . It has worked out beautifully for Will and Kate . As far as Wallace Simpson is concerned she hit the jackpot with both Ernest Simpson and the abdicated King she finally married . They both loved her . It has recently been revealed from her letters during that period that her real love was in fact Ernest Simpson the man she divorced in order to marry Edward. I must say I have always felt very sorry for Edward the Eighth . After his marriage to Wallis Simpson she treated him appallingly and would often step out on him with other men while he just sat at home and waited for her . What a tragic and sad life he lived . Wallis may have been shunned by the Royals but she lived a very privileged life style and wanted for nothing , in addition to being loved and adored by both men even if she herself didn't really love the King . She really did fall into her own trap and that brought her a lot of unhappiness. However that doesn't alter the fact that with both marriage she snagged two doting men who couldn't do enough for her . From a secular perspective Wallis Simpson had won,....... big time .Getting one winning ticket in life is hard enough , she got two that landed in her hand . Many will argue that's no win , because she was sad and lonely, however that was not the fault of either Ernest Simpson or Edward the Eighth's. There was only one monolithic loser in all of this and that was the man that gave up a Throne for a happiness that he believed he had finally found ....... What a tragedy .....what a tale .

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Absolutely.

[@louisquintanar3066]

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[@MalibuBarbie-kk5gc]

The winner was the People of the Monarchy who then eventually ended up getting the wonderful prize of Queen Elizabeth.

[@andrewmiller4885]

@@MalibuBarbie-kk5gc Ah yes, true indeed. Thank you for your comment.

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

God has been good to Britain. George Vi and his daughter Queen Elizabeth have served their people very well.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

It is sad Edward's death finally brought peace to the family, but it is human nature.

[@pamelamorgan7354]

When the background music is louder than the words…well, it’s just too annoying to watch.

[@winniedhaouadi1973]

The soms are wonderful Engeland you can be proud of them Greetings from Holland

[@Carlsmith-ry3qv]

Hello there👋👋, how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you!!

[@markmode2568]

It's a shame, that David Windsor couldn't find him a single lady instead of being with a married woman.

[@loretta_3843]

Now we have Charles, married to a woman who is divorced with a living ex husband. I don't know how that makes sense considering what happened with Mrs. Simpson 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Henry IIX was divorced. The Anglican Church is based entirely upon that. It's never the same for the women.

[@natasharobinson6572]

@@globalwarmhugs7741 so why couldn't David the king marry who he wanted ?

[@elioraimmanuel]

@@natasharobinson6572 Charles isn’t king and Wallace was neither British or royal. Hopefully, Charles will NEVER be king.

[@loretta_3843]

@@elioraimmanuel No, Charles isn't king, but it seems that after his 2nd marriage, his ability to become king isn't at any risk. It feels like everyone is simply choosing to ignore the hypocrisy.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

@@natasharobinson6572 If he had been divorced it would have been fine. Never for the women.

[@veronicahaney6005]

He did what Charles didn't have the balls to do.

[@AprilMayRamos]

Happy New Year from the Philippines ⭐🙂

[@henryfletcher4949]

Hi how are you doing?

[@AprilMayRamos]

@@henryfletcher4949 Not too good, but coping. Thank you for asking. It's an honor to receive a reply.

[@henryfletcher4949]

@@AprilMayRamos okay .. so how is the weather over there and I hope you have something to eat already?

[@Doris1888]

I listened several times on how old they were when they met. It sounded like you said he was 36 and she was 41. If that is what you said then you are "wrong". He was born in 1894 and she was born in 1896. So he was older than she was.

[@eldorajohnson3894]

Cookie/Queen Mother blamed him for her husbands death.

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Her husband was not trained to be king. He was a navel officer. He died young, looking like an old man from all the stress of WWII, Hitler, and the abdication. He prevailed and gave his life for his country, while his brother traveled and lived in comfort with her. I don't blame her for feeling this way. In the end it was a fairy tale that ended with a great queen who brought the country together after her father died. Well Done. "COOKIE".

[@eldorajohnson3894]

@@stephaniemurria5534 He was also a chain smoker.

[@stephaniemurria5534]

@@eldorajohnson3894 I agree. I'm not smoker, but under those circumstances I understand why he smoked. He had so many things he knew about that he couldn't reveal to the queen. Only he, Churchill, and his closest ministers knew. Such as, the Atom Bomb and the concentration camps in Europe. Can you imagine that?

[@robinburrell4421]

Never mind the constant smoking and excess alcohol.

[@daniel-johnlavaly4770]

Edward VIIIs father George V had an uncanny resemblance to Czar Nicholas II of Russia

[@stellaburnell7947]

They were cousins.

[@daniel-johnlavaly4770]

@@stellaburnell7947 Thanks.How?.

[@glen7318]

@@daniel-johnlavaly4770 the ususal way. their mothers were sisterss

[@lisatate1110]

Ha!

[@joseluismarcelino1868]

It's just like in the movie... fairytale wedding divorced adulterous relationship...what a beautiful world of fantasy...

[@nanny7996]

Times have changed, divorce is better than living in misery, I read that. 50% of marriages fail, I must say that I was married to a very good man but I was so much more fulfilled after the divorce and we actually became fast and loyal friends to each other..

[@tonikeep4420]

Perhaps that is real love.no bits of paper,no pressure and no expectations,just two people who enjoy each others company.love is easier...the second time around.💖💖💖💖

[@abeal49]

it wasn't that she was divorced. She had multiple affairs with wealthy, powerful men. She seemed to have modeled herself after Mata Hari. She was having an affair with Ribbentrop and represented a threat to the UK's national security. After The abdication, they were packed off to the Bahamas, to get them off the Continent. Basically they were under house arrest. I really feel that if Britain had fallen to Germany, either their government or ours would have made sure they never returned to Europe.

[@trinaedwards9230]

there story is so much like the harry and megan

[@heidithaw1072]

Not all. Harry is way down in the secession. He wanted out and Meghan became the reason.

[@keithmiller5411]

Sir EDWARD Moseley ? 16.19 Great editing!

[@bridgetbarba4170]

I have read Wallis in Love. I liked the book

[@sharontodd2732]

She was in love with Mr Simpson.

[@markmode2568]

It's a shame, that David Windsor couldn't find him a single lady instead of being with married women.

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Perhaps he only pursued married women because he didn't want to marry.

[@louisech1963]

Edward VIII might have kept some rank for some people but they didn't get the money to go with this status. Hazbeen were know to be bunker H so i guess that summarize his army time.

[@rebuzz6866]

He abdicated because he got not second but third hand wife. It was always, and sill is a very, very, very bad idea. He had to find it out for himself.

[@mangot589]

Madonna weighing in🙈🙄. I guess she hasn’t REALLY looked into this “love story”. But it is endlessly fascinating, I gotta say.

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[@annavafeiadou4420]

"king is nazi sympathiser" government "ok no big deal its ok with us" , "king wants to marry a divorsee" government "deal breaker" ... am I the only one who finds that grotesque ?

[@starrmathias9507]

No I don't think it was ok at all that he was a nazi sympathizer. There's another doc FBI file that they spied on him and Ms Simon even before their relationship became known. He was passing state secret to the nazi and he was a loose tongue and she was having affair w/ prominent Nazi officer (Hitlers right hand man) besides the King. So they considered them liability They just using Ms Simon as an excused to get rid of him. It was believed that he was given two options. Give up the crown and go exile or hang for treason. I supposed to cover up the embarrassement.

[@annavafeiadou4420]

@@starrmathias9507 That makes sense a traitor king is an utter absolute disaster especially if you have to deal with the nazis for me he had it pretty easy he should have been tried as a traitor of Britain.

[@missg8861]

I honestly believe the real reason that they wanted him to abdicate is because he was a loose cannon in terms of supporting Germany. They probably hushed it up and would rather it be because his wife than have a royal family member be associated with the Nazis

[@eldorajohnson3894]

The government and the Church of England used her being divorced as a tool to get rid of a Nazi sympathizer

[@boonswithbenedictions8468]

Well the power of woman or love has been so sufficiently great be The Ramayana, Mahabharata or in this case.

[@user-un1zs9iu4e]

😮😮😮😮WALLIS STAYED WITH HIM REGARDLESS OF HER FEELINGS..SHE STUCK IT OUT SO KUDOS TO HER...

[@ilahildasissac1943]

Wow he was not king for long prior to abdicating.

[@tonikeep4420]

He was not crowned thank goodness.but it left a terrible stain on them for years after. Royal families were very careful about marriage.mostly they were arranged in the time honoured way as children.while cousin marriages are not a good idea,the Royal bloodlines go back frim Wiliam the conquerors time..no divorce but some did it. For better or worse.

[@lourdestamayo9212]

Thinking about it : Edward did what he did for Edward. He loved Wallis and gave up the crown for his true love. Nothing wrong with that. Love is love. Look at Charles with Camilla. As much as we lived Diana: Charles loved Camilla. Only victim here was Wallis.

[@michaelpisani5962]

Hype. No statement of the REAL reason they married. Reason: He was supportive of Hitler and had to go."Abdication to marry" was more pragmatic and peaceful than the alternatives.

[@ginawhiteley8834]

You are right, they were Natzis supporters. If Hitler had conquered England, Hitler was going to put Edward and Wallis on the throne. Luckily Hitler lost WW2.

[@karenwolsey2283]

Is the narrator of this documentary, the actress who played Lord Grantham's sister in "Downton Abbey"?

[@AJs_beats]

It definitely sounds like her

[@MinervaVictrix]

Yes, in the credits, it says Samantha Bond narrated. I recognised her voice at once, too!

[@karenwolsey2283]

@@MinervaVictrix Oh, thanks, so cool! Her voice is quite rich in depth.👏

[@henryfletcher4949]

Hi Karen how are you doing?

[@carriemitch1]

Anyone know of any documentation for the claim made at 15:58? (The quote where he supposedly said, "That WW2 was the responsibility of the jews...") I'm not trying to begin an argument with anyone, it's just such a startling claim and I can't seem to find any documentation for it. Any help would be appreciated, I'm just looking for facts, thanks!

[@mariejeanette9365]

I have seen that picture discussed before. I am sorry I cannot remember the source. As I recall, Edward was manoeuvred into that spot and he was actually waving a greeting. He did not give the Nazi salute. A few seconds farther on, a rumor is regurgitated about Edward and Jews and Reds. (For what it's worth, before the abdication, Wallis and Ernest were under surveillance and a report said they were Jews!) I do not believe the Royal Family is or has been anti-Semitic. England allowed a large immigration of East European Jews in the last decades of the 1800's. (When Oswald Mosley tried to start his own version of fascism in England, his black shirts paraded through the East End of London in Hope's of starting a riot among the immigrant Jews.) When Hitler was just starting out, he seemed to be doing great things. Time magazine named him Man of the Year back in the 30's. If Hitler had not started a terrible war and if he had not instituted genocide, he might be remembered favorably. Communism (Reds) may be a different matter, whether or not they were hated. Communism was introduced to the world by the murderous Bolsheviks who slaughtered Edward's aunts, uncles and cousins when they liquidated the tsar and his family. Societies and governments were wrestling with things we are still working out. Societies are no longer agrarian. There are huge populations in big cities. There is poverty, unemployment, slums and many more issues created by the Industrial Revolution. Hitler once seemed to have viable solutions and a number of people were interested in what the Nazis seemed to accomplish.

[@carriemitch1]

@@mariejeanette9365 Thank you Marie, I'm just looking for documentation that he said that WW2 was the, "responsibility of the jews..." and I can't seem to find any resource for that quote.

[@eldorajohnson3894]

David was being watch by the U.S., England an the Russians during WW II. I watched a documentary about hoe Churchill did not trust him. Wallis was very fond of Hitlers movement

[@tonikeep4420]

There was suspicion over their activities.she was already notorios before she met Edward.Edwards political leanings were very pro German and he was being watched.Hitler was Anti semitic and he said the jewish bankers and oligarchs were responsible for the poverty in Germany and the war was started by them.Edward might have been overheard talking about it to someone.he was an immature person and had some funny ideas so maybe whitehall was right to be suspicious of him.

[@eldorajohnson3894]

@@tonikeep4420 Whitehall was right.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

What on earth did this story have to do with William?

[@shuska8208]

Its not its reflecting to Magan Markle, notice the Dress Wallis is wearing its black and with white lillies also they lived in Frogmoore Cottage ??.... Ring a Bell, on the Oprah Winfrey Show Magan Markle wore the same dress black with white lilies and both were given Frogmoore Cottage to live in.

[@maxinefreeman8858]

I think Prince William looks like Princess Diana.

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[@cocoaddams4502]

Unsubscribed. This 30 minute video spent 15 minutes saying nothing new about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The next 15 minutes were about William or something. I dunno. Waste of time.

[@doreenwyatt6409]

Prince 🤴🏼👸🏻love prince William and princess Kate are the best they are going to be the best king 🤴🏼 and queen ever

[@phimien2426]

The Hero could be made a new change to future happen !

[@roxanakeresztes7208]

Look HRH William is red haired. Royal...Gods blazed- The Highest and Gods signature for The CHOSEN...

[@israeljohnson242]

Vanguard Museum locked in 🇧🇸

[@738polarbear]

It wasnt the woman . He was too cowardly to be king.

[@pezzella7786]

che peccato senza figli :(

[@dekelpolak4190]

Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy? One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind. I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist. So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark. In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all. The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise. Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct. Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.

[@4loops43]

Wow…that’s good!

[@andrewmiller4885]

Loved what you have said. I have always maintained you don't get to the top of anything, by being Mr Nice Guy. It is the reluctant leader that is the good man. The one who doesn't want the position of leadership, but its thrust upon him by others. It is men such as these that are the true and capable leaders, NOT the ones that pursue leadership or power relentlessly at any cost. Everything you have written is so wise and true particularly your statements on the vital importance of changing ourselves on the individual level, if we are to change the world for the better. Thank you so much for your comment and your insight, have a good day.

[@claudiosaltara7003]

Her ancestors were william the first, conqueror of England, companions during the conquest of England. I do not know why historians gloss it over.

[@sarrabelaskri4460]

He just simply didn't want to be king. He understood it was a shallow position to be in. He had NO real power therefore could not have an effective impact on his country. He was merely a puppet in the hands of the government. His power was purely symbolical and when he realized that he could not even make his own decisions with respect to his own private life, he decided the job didn't worth it. Quite understandably. After all even criminals in prison are allowed to marry whoever they want, what's the point in being king of England if you can't enjoy some of the basic rights everybody else take for granted. His abdication was an incredible act of freedom and he paid a heavy price for it as he became ostracised from his family and exiled from his country

[@KumarSiva-ye4ri]

Oh...you mean to say to sleep with other man's wife is freedom....wow

[@sarrabelaskri4460]

@@KumarSiva-ye4ri Did i say that ? Please learn to read.

[@sellingmontreal]

The fact that it has been claimed that Mrs. Simpson was having an affair with a car salesman is absolutely preposterous! For the people who still believe that, the laugh is on you.

[@rogerchadwick3452]

She had various affairs, she despised Edward....

[@nicolegirondot6775]

Les sous titres svp.

[@Print229]

19:29 - 19:56 Wallis seems very distressed here.

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Tranquilizers working. She's older now.

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Apparently Elizabeth, the later Queen Mother, was perfectly happy to become Queen.

[@annevetter6864]

Wallis wasn’t in love with the former King.

[@rsoubiea]

is it possible Edward was a latent homosexual? We all know how the Royals like to re-write history. Waliis does look very masculine.

[@annetteolson2428]

No secrets, same stories as told before.

[@tinavannavong9423]

This is their 30th “new story” about these two and it’s click bait at this point.

[@kylehollie]

I can’t imagine sending my 8 year old to boarding school. I think this is normal in British culture, but for me a hard no. 12/13 maybe and that’s a stretch.

[@trawlins396]

It's natural in English society still. 8 is the ideal age to attend boarding school.

[@Dragonomics42]

This film presents its material rather simplistically, to put it mildly. Also, the leader of the Union of British Fascists was Sir OSWALD Mosley, not Sir Edward. It doesn't take that much research to get these details right.

[@eldorajohnson3894]

Mosley remained David's best friend

[@sandyfarley260]

Wallis must have had a GREAT personality, because she was as "homely as a mud fence!"

[@deborahklinlger8565]

Video was not about Edward or Wallis Simpson.

[@teresakelleher6124]

she was two years younger than him ... not 5 years older

[@trawlins396]

I don't think that's true.

[@No-hd4cg]

Edward was born on June 23rd 1894 while Wallis was born on June 19th 1896 so she was technically 1 year younger then him.

[@jennifershearouse5968]

The OG Megan Markel

[@ifigeniath]

Everyone is judging the royals and their mistakes but never do a research, based on where they come from and how their childhood was!!! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@ryeofoatmeal]

so freaking true. many people overlooked on this. everything came from how they brought up and that leads to their way of deciding things in life as they grew older

[@kaylee4394]

In e or Obsess there’s a difference

[@claudiaveronicaroginska-li7587]

I am so very curieus what folks/authors defending Wallis Simpson al this years got to say now? Recent documentaries based on new discovered documents are desastreus for what happen then. David was a traitor and they both were money laundering, spoiled brats. Their dirty tricks were awful. Such a shame. Still, fascinating.

[@peggygerard7808]

Just like Harry and his half breed woman😆😜

[@claudiaveronicaroginska-li7587]

@@peggygerard7808, totally! 🤡

[@niamunt]

@@peggygerard7808 say what you want about Meghan but you're disgusting and shameless to be so blatantly racist. Peggy is a dying nickname for a name even more dated and reserved for working class greying widows with ten cats and adult children who don't visit.

[@henryfletcher4949]

Hi Claudia how are you doing?

[@mariedessanges6314]

@@niamunt Bravo!! Bien envoyé, je déteste aussi les racistes !

[@mariejeanette9365]

This story can be seen as a tragic romance created in part by hypocrisy and rigidity. King Edward VIII, head of the Church of England , could not marry a divorced woman with living X-husbands, but he could have remained king and kept Wallis as a mistress. LOL, or something. IMO, there is a bigger picture of two royal couples. I find Edward and Wallis to both be accomplished and talented people who could have done a lot of good in England. When the war began, IMO, England most needed King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. They were the royal family unit surviving the bombings and terror. Wallis and Edward would not have had children. Undoubtedly there would have been factions that would have used the love story as a wedge to harm the government or the war effort. King George VI began his reign complete with a lovely family which was a huge asset to help lead the country through the war to victory. (I am American and these are my opinions. The Edward/Wallis love story belongs to the world. People in the UK likely have other opinions based upon life at the time.)

[@gc3847]

When Edward died ,I had never heard of him ,I was 12 ,it was all over the radio (We didnt have morning TV in Britain back then ) When we got to classes ,all books were put away that morning and a special lesson on the Abdication was given . Most of us had never heard of it because it was never talked about .Even in those days a divorce ,or God forbid an out of marriage baby were spoken of in hushed tones . In your country Wallis and the prince were front page news for about 2 years Over here there was a news blackout and most of the population only found out in early December 36 ,and that was because a Bishop went to the papers and created hell . Within the week ,the king was gone

[@helentunkel963]

Edward Vlll discussed me ! His association and love for Nazis and Hitler should’ve been the end of his and his wife’s names ever mentioned without total condemnation! Shame on them and the rest of people who still talks about him and Wallis

[@sharonlefebvre7292]

The lies written in those reports are so stupid and unbelievable. Wallis was England's scapegoat.

[@baloyiblessing4840]

Wallis was for the streets lmaoooo

[@MaryPinkHair]

Well, hopefully the more modern we become the "more normal" our royal families will become? Or maybe it is something besides being modern and more like being advanced? Normalcy is the product of being advanced? The more advanced we become the more we actually know about being normal. :)

[@Carlsmith-ry3qv]

Hello there👋👋, how are you doing today? Hope you had a wonderful day? God bless you!!

[@eldorajohnson3894]

Your normal is not my normal

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

Wallis looked so youthful even as a 70 year old!!! Most women her age looked like proper grannies back then!!

[@s.elainesullivan8468]

She had plastic surgery. That wasn't natural. Saw that in another documentary.

[@variousJnames]

A youthful truck driver maybe

[@sharontodd2732]

She was money grabber, She was ugly I can't see what anyone seen in her.

[@lindatowler9914]

so haznoballs is a chip of the old block then

[@k.r.hayman4633]

As THEY SAY: "THE APPLE, NEVER FALLS FAR FROM THE TREE" !!!

[@BeyHappiness]

Haz name is Also David 😂 both reincarnated with Megain

[@roxanakeresztes7208]

King Edward wanted💕 Maria Romanov

[@johnkeller6063]

It's strange that 2 Dukes of York second sons both became king. George 5th and George 6th

[@alaine57]

It unfortunate he was so ignorant to give into her using him for power. Must have had a fragile ego, just like Charles today

[@mamiloy861]

Why they are angry with wallis whereas the former king fall madly inl ove with wallis.

[@baysideharpy8350]

The leader of the British fascists was Sir Oswald Mosley, not Sir Edward as stated. Details, details.

[@carriemitch1]

Yep, that was the minute I stopped watching this. Such a simple detail that it is very indicative of how accurate and thoughtfully researched this was put together. I was already questioning the quote from Edward VIII about WW2, made at 15:58, not that I know it to be true or untrue, but just that I can't find any documentation for the statement, then the 'Edward Mosely' mistake came along and I knew this was a waste of my time.

[@annm.7176]

After Megan the duchess of Windsor looks like a saint

[@missg8861]

… this woman was a Nazi sympathizer. You’re really going to say Megan is worse than a woman was in league with NAZIS just because she is a little impolite?