1936: The Abdication (2024) | Full Documentary | Prince Edward

[@louiseowusu246]

This is a fascinating but sad story. How hard it must have been for both brothers in different ways. It would also be interesting to hear about the other siblings and how this situation affected them.

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

I'm given to understand George said of his son "The boy will ruin himself within a year." If a true statement, George was certainly correct

[@JoeLondon-te3hf]

He said to Stanley Baldwin. His secretary, Stamfordham, said something much worse to Baldwin in 1929. Edward was a bad egg.

[@ednakelley814]

How is marrying the one he loves and living his life the way he wanted ruining himself?

[@Farmer-bh3cg]

He had a lifetime job to support and ensure the welfare of his peoples around the world. For purely selfish reasons, he ran out on his peoples, leaving them in the lurch in desperate times with only darker times ahead. As the late Alistair Cooke said, "He was only good when the going was good."

[@helenweatherby1694]

He also said that he hoped that ‘nothing would come between Bertie and Lillibet and the throne’.

[@mrwindsor9082]

@@ednakelley814 He ruined himself because Wallis actually despised him. Mrs Simpson understood thr rules of Royal infidelity better than Edward. She was only bedding Edward to help her second husband's business prospects. What a horrible shallow world these people lived in!

[@kimhughes5030]

I don’t think Wallis actually wanted to marry Edward. She liked the cache of being the kings mistress- but I think he backed her into a corner she couldn’t get out of. They deserved one another; in the end I’m not convinced they were at all happy with one another- just stuck- which they also deserved after what they put their families and the country through. The only good thing to come out of it was the abdication; Edward had no business being king. His own father predicted his downfall before he died.

[@J.Marrs76]

Agree. King George 5th also allegedly said Elizabeth would be a Queen and the last one !!!!

[@judithsullivan9703]

Truth.. Wallis wanted out desperately. Her letters have been made public. What is this "heavy responsibility" the burden those royals are referring to? As an American I find the monarchy silly.

[@arielsclamshellbra]

Yeah, she felt trapped and made that abundantly clear in her letters.

[@judithsullivan9703]

He collaborated with the Germans! Met with Hitler on several occasions, he promised to reinstate him on the throne when he won the war. Eddie gave him classified intelligence regarding military strategy!.. This was a whitewash, incomplete and preserved the integrity of the monarchy devious and disingenuous lied by commission!.. I'm an American and I even know that story. 🙄

[@judithsullivan9703]

Trapped!?.. He stalked her he arranged all those social gatherings so that they included himself. Wallace and her husband came to England to frolic with the influential and the Royals for a lark. She wasn't seriously wanting to be with Edward he trapped her with guilt put her in a home way outside of town to protect her from the Press and then abdicated. She was writing letters to her ex-husband saying how much she loved him and didn't love Edward. As an American watching from the outside I think the monarchy is about dated antiquated hierarchy that only shows that there are some that are so much better than the people that they don't even get invited to the coronation that they're paying for! They pay the king or Queens a million pounds of tax-free money a year and they get complete immunity from any prosecution for absolutely any crime. From the outside looking in I just don't think that the English people understand the obscene entitlement of this example of the history of debauchery and despots. This is just reinforcingt a position of elevated entitlement. When there are programs like this that whitewash the truth avoid the facts and Lie by omission it only continues to delude the people from knowing the truth about a king that committed treason. Hitler promised to reinstate him when he won the war Edward provided Hitler with classified intelligence regarding military strategy he knew it because he was the king and that knowledge was available to him. His greatest desire was to have Wallace be called a queen because he was a king. The history is out there.

[@gabriellechung356]

The British people should be thankful for Edward and Wallis. Were it not for them, Elizabeth would not have been Queen.

[@purple467]

The British Monarch does not rule, he-she reigns.

[@1962pjh]

There were so many mistakes in this programme.

[@purple467]

@@1962pjh: Yes....

[@LeaTom-z1i]

@@1962pjh Wanted to watch this, but as soon as I heard the American narrator I switched off.

[@lublondon]

@@LeaTom-z1ian excellent idea! I’ll follow suit

[@MarthaAnderson-jv8ph]

​@leahtplease explain your statement.

[@clbajones9777]

This is an excellent historical documentary. Thank you ❤.

[@Shelly-mz9yf]

Footage is incredibly important and awesome love this😀

[@Sadie08]

He was an immature spoiled brat that wanted to marry his mother. She wanted all the glitz, but none of the work or responsibility. They deserved each other. The Empire dodged a bullet when he abdicated. He was a Nazi sympathizer and weak. God Bless King George VI. He carried a country through to victory and did it as a man, not a mouse.

[@J.Marrs76]

Peter pan syndrome allegedly can run in families.....some say harry is similar....allegedly

[@carolholly1608]

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[@ddburdette]

This documentary is very flawed by not mentioning that Edward's and Wallace's Nazi sympathies contributed to the establishment's demand that Edward abdicate.

[@robertsmith-dr5tm]

@@J.Marrs76Edward and Mrs Simpson didn’t boo-hoo to the press during the abdication crisis and Harry hasn’t missed a single opportunity to get in front of a camera or book signing to display his poor me attitude

[@MH-fb5kr]

he needed to disappear with his mommy/wife… and be quiet

[@Shelly-mz9yf]

Thank you so much for this history walk through time 😀

[@GodisMyNo1]

Please post a documentary about the great but underrated King George V, the queen's grandfather

[@dmimz7691]

He’s would up being a great king. I think he took the duties seriously like his father. I thought him deciding to staying at buckingham palace after London was bombed was a great show of strength, and support. And of course his daughter became the longest living monarch!

[@JohnLandau-rg4gh]

His relationship with his father was more complex than this sketch suggests. When George died V, Edward was one of the family members gathered around his bedside. He collapsed completely in tears, and fell into the arms of his mother Queen Mary. She seemed shocked and uncomfortable with his behavior, which was quite unexpected. After his father;s death, he freqently complained to his friends that his father's death was still a terible blow to him, because George was the only person he could rely on to give him truly honest advice.

[@olgaaros1001]

Se derrumbó porque al morir su padre se le acababa la fiesta y la parranda. Tenía que asumír como rey, y entre ellos la obligación de desposar una chica honesta que le diera herederos. Wallis Simpson no era esa persona

[@jrpacer6355]

Wow history sure does repeat itself

[@MarthaAnderson-jv8ph]

Always.

[@mrwindsor9082]

Wallis Simpson did not love Edward VIII. In fact she was appalled that he abdicated in order to marry her. Wallis resented being obliged to marry Edward after this. So much so that she took a lover later on during their marriage. Theirs' was not a fairy tale love story. In fact it amounted to a tragedy. At least from Wallis Simpson's POV.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

She would humiliate him in front of their friends too. He clearly was into being dominated 😂

[@lublondon]

This seems to be very fair characterisation of the affairs

[@Line-hz9zh]

@mrwindsor9082 The only thing you got right is that Wallis was appalled with Edward’s decision to abdicate, she didn’t want him to do that. However, it’s untrue that she didn’t love him. If more people would bother to read the letters between Wallis & Edward before and after the abdication people would learn so much about them as a couple! The truth, the real truth, is free to read and it’s Wallis and Edward’s own words. No author can never erase the letters or the real truth. Therefore it’s so sad to read false comments as the ones you wrote. Rumors and lies are perhaps more interesting since they scandalize and intrigue but they can never be the truth.

[@patricia2ges]

​@@Line-hz9zh otras cartas indican que ella mantenía su amor por su ex marido y que les interesaba el dinero. Era una trepa ... Les despreciaba en publico y le trataba mal ..y él no sabia cómo complacerla. No lo quiso. Quería el poder y la riqueza q él tenía

[@Line-hz9zh]

@@patricia2ges Read their own letters and the letters she sent to her aunt and friends. Everything you wrote is untrue, sorry

[@johnkeller6063]

The two were made for each other. Felt sorry for Mr Ernest Simpson he was the one who was put through the wringer over the situation.

[@annathy]

I have watched so many documentaries of David and every image of him as a young man is a glassy-eyed stare through you. The feeling that he was always looking beyond you, wanting to bolt for freedom. Bertie always looks "present and alert" like he is focusing on you. Then as David abdicates and in his older life he always looked pained and has the look about him like an abused dog waiting for the next beating. He has never looked happy - ever - even when get got what he wanted. This is the sad thing about his story. He was never really happy.

[@James-rc5gr]

I believe Wallace was HIS scapegoat. To get away from the 'Establishment'. If he had remained King, the monarchy would not exist today.

[@jeanbrown8295]

@@James-rc5gr it was not because of Wallace ,the government wanted rid of him because he was pro Nazi,where would have our county been in WW2, with him as king.There is evidence ,so I believe that he did give information to the Germans ,which is no doubt why he was sent to the West Indies.

[@fb4708]

It would. I believe Elizabeth would've fought anything in her way for the crown.

[@jeanbrown8295]

@@fb4708 what on earth gave you that idea,at the time of the abdication,the queen was a child,and George VI,did not really want to be King,he did it ,because he put duty first.And I think that Wallace was very disappointed at not becoming queen.But there is talk that The Duke of Windsor was too sympathetic to the Nazi,s,so by that ,there might not be a monarchy now,because he would have made sure we surrendered to Germany if he possibly could have.

[@fb4708]

@@jeanbrown8295if Edward continued being king and the crown was in Jeopardy, Elizabeth would fought her uncle or Nazis to protect the crown. Like overthrow the government. It's a what if. Jesus. Chill. Damn

[@arielsclamshellbra]

Wallis resented him so much and he resented her also and i dont think they were ever happy, but they knew the humiliation of breaking up and divorcing after he gave up the throne to marry would be too horrible to go thru. They had a sad empty life.

[@glen7318]

he didnt resent her.

[@susanharris5926]

How in the world do you know this?

[@Line-hz9zh]

All lies. Again. Just read their letters for god’s sake and you’ll learn and understand a thing or two about this couple and about them as individual’s. I’ll be kind and let you read a few from their letters to each other: December 14th 1936: “Darling It is practically the last straw the intervention. I didn’t think the world could put more on two people whose only sin is to love. I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won’t love me when you see the wreck England has made me.” December 18th 1936: “That England could have turned on the Prince of Wales has been a cruel blow to my faith in mankind. However we will find a new strong life built on our lonely love which has stood a test to prove its greatness. The anguish and loneliness of these months will be terrifying but we must take it and use our last remaining strength to endure it. I love you my own dear David. WALLIS” October 29th 1955: “Darling darling one, I do miss you so much and have had a most difficult time… Please do not sleep in your bedroom at the Mill. It is the perfect fire trap - you could never get down the stairs. You must sleep in my room. I never thought of this before and have had night nerves over it…. Darling this is a mixed up letter but it has been an awful week.… Miss you miss you love again, WALLIS”. November 30 1936 Wallis writes to her friend Sibyl Colefax: “I am planning quite by myself to go away for a while…. After a while my name will be forgotten by the people and only two people will suffer instead of a mass of people who aren’t interested anyway in individual feelings but only the workings of a system.” The truth, the real truth that is, is very simple although not so intriguing that all the lies and rumors are…

[@glen7318]

@@susanharris5926 he adored her. He did resent that the RF were chilly to him and that he had had to give up his position as king, but he loved Wallis to the end of his life.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@@glen7318 His affections were not returned. She married him because she felt trapped. He threatened to kill himself if she didn't marry him.

[@RMSTitanicWSL]

Not sure the "Unholy Trinity" of Palace, Parliament, and Church were wrong. King George VI was simply an excellent monarch with a finely honed sense of responsibility. King Edward VIII? Not so much. Maybe he'd have turned out differently, but I doubt it.

[@fanni24]

He was already old enough to not be likely to change drastically. And Wallis Simpson also wasn’t a lamb born yesterday, as they say, everyone behind the scenes knew that Edward wasn’t keen on his royal duties, he and his mistress liked the privileges a lot more. And that wasn’t gonna change overtime.

[@Dee-mj3pu]

Unlikely they would have had children/heirs, so the Crown would have gone to his brother's family anyways.

[@Roz-y2d]

He was ousted really. They wouldn’t budge an inch to give him what he wanted. If he’d stayed he would have been put firmly in his box. Princes can get away with a lot as Edward did, but Kings have to tow the line or pay the price. Edward knew this. Poor Wallis was like a rat in a trap.

[@1962pjh]

@@Roz-y2d "Poor Wallace." Give me a break. She dripped in jewelry to cover the fact she had a face like an old boot. Grifter supreme.

[@angloaust1575]

George wasn't suited for Public speaking better to Have let his wife do it!

[@samkohen4589]

There is a great series from PBS The King and Mrs Simpson available on KZbin which is very detailed from beginning to end

[@janetwilcock2120]

Edward was thoroughly unsuited to be King. After his Succession he thought he could carry on his previous life of drinking and partying. He was a security risk, leaving state papers on his desk and his staff were right to be concerned about passing secret state papers on to him. His brother wasn’t born to be King but King George VI proved to be far more suited to the role than Edward. Edward was given an official role attached to the military during WW2 and during the evacuation from France he deserted his post and fled to Spain with Wallis. He had continued to have Nazi associations and was a huge security risk. Even when they were sent to the Bahamas where Edward became Governor General he was caught up in various scandals and including some very questionable financial dealings. It was hardly surprising that after the war he wasn’t trusted with any official role. They were not married by a “Royal Chaplain” but rather an ordinary Church of England Vicar who defied the church to perform the ceremony in France.

[@linshore7451]

Well said Janet. I concur with all you said. We both must be avid researchers on David.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

Good to read an answer by a person who has done the research, as I have. I have read dozens of biographies (including slobbering hagiographies) and I considered myself well-read on the subject. Do you have any recommendations for accurate non-rear-kissing books?

[@JeniPugh]

I might be able to be happy with documentary took forever to find awesome thanks 💯😎💯.

[@cra0422]

Edward may have been happy with Wallis, but was Wallis really happy with Edward?

[@Line-hz9zh]

According to her letters to Edward she was happy. Although they both would have been much more happy if they had been allowed to live in England and not in exile. A letter dated December 18th 1936 Wallis writes to Edward: “That England could have turned on the Prince of Wales has been a cruel blow to my faith in mankind. However we will find a new strong life built on our lonely love which has stood a test to prove its greatness. The anguish and loneliness of these months will be terrifying but we must take it and use our last remaining strength to endure it. I love you my own dear David. WALLIS” And several years later on February the 7th 1952 she writes to Edward: “My own darling one.. I hate, hate having you go away alone - but you are not really alone because I am so much a part of you… Darling I shall miss you each second and you know that I love you more than anything in the world for always my dearest darling David.” And while she was in New York a couple of weeks writing her memoirs with the help of Charles Murphy she writes to Edward on November 27th 1955: “Never will I be away from you for so long again. Can’t wait for Friday - we sail at 12 noon... I love you more & more.. Your WALLIS”

[@jhb1493]

Depends which letters you are reading. Letters from 1936 are one thing - the letters found much more recently from Wallis to her former husband tell a VERY different story.

[@Line-hz9zh]

@@jhb1493 I’ve read them too. Or rather I’ve read the book by Anne Sebba which is based on those letters and they don’t say very much more than that Wallis is scared and sad over how things turned out with the abdication and the treatment they got from the royal family. She writes that her life before was “more easy” but they don’t say anywhere that she regret her marriage to Edward, that she regrets her divorce from Ernest (although she is sorry for Ernest because he was getting some very bad press too and she felt responsible for that) and the letters doesn’t with one word say that she loves Ernest. Feel free to quote from the letters and prove me wrong…

[@Bungle-UK]

90 years later we have a divorcee and adulterer on the throne. How times change.

[@graciarous265]

And only that pair of scoundrels could get married, because Princess Diana died.😔

[@claravinales8259]

Diana también fue adúltera , no olvidar que tuvo amantes estando aún casada ..

[@claravinales8259]

​@@graciarous265 , Eso no es verdad C /D ya estaban divorciados ó sea Carlos ya era libre y Camila también se divorció , ambos se fueron a vivir juntos y esperaban p/casarse : PORQUE NADA LO IMPEDÍA Ó SEA EL HECHO DE QUE DIANA SE MATARA NO HABRÍA HECHO CAMBIO ALGUNO , DE TODOS MODOS SE CASARÍAN , LO MISMO DIANA D NO HABER FALLECIDO ESE DERECHO LO TENÍAN AMBOS ...

[@JGJGAGSG]

Grow up

[@Bungle-UK]

@@JGJGAGSG you have an issue with the truth?

[@blackwidowspider9852]

Bertie was a great king Even though his reign was short he was a king for the people And his daughter was a great queen Because she learned from her father I don't know what would have happened The 1st son Had not Had not absented Had not abdicated Thank god he did It's the willow all mighty Because Bertie was Because Bertie was a great king

[@CALLMESIR-p8h]

What i always found amusing was that Queen Mary did not get to live in a palace until after her husbands death. George liked the privacy, serenity and the "hominess" of Sangdringham. Mary felt it was too small and too fussy.

[@roaoli02]

Just amazing ! ❤

[@stoneymorris5366]

I enjoyed you video very much. Thanks

[@kelliasherman4953]

Well done, thank you! 🇺🇲

[@EuropaFilmes.c9oy]

Excelente documental. Muchas gracias.

[@lynnhino2625]

I still think he pushed to marry Wallace because that was his way out of being King ... he never wanted to be King just free to do as he wished. In the end it was best he abdicated to his brother.

[@tonydanza6406]

King Edward VIII had to advocated his throne because the church of England would not allow him to marry the women that he loved a divorcee Wallis Simpson and yet the church of England did not make Prince Charles the Prince of Wales advocate his Title when he cheated on his wife Princess Diana with his mistress Camilla Parker Bowls is this not double standard ?

[@helenweatherby1694]

It’s abdicate, not advocate, and times have changed.

[@Bungle-UK]

And, of course, the Church of England was only created to facilitate the numerous dodgy love affairs of Henry VIII. Church, state…..it’s all corrupt.

[@chiccabay9911]

@@helenweatherby1694 Times certainly HAVE changd.All that seems to matter to some is that she "makes him happy".They don´t think that about Meghan though.It´s all so hypocritical,IMHO.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

Double standard yes. Times have changed and a lot of things that were considered sacred (being head of the Church of England, for instance) aren't seen in the same light.

[@caz3502]

No it's not. Times were different then. We've moved on and become more tolerant

[@Janika-xj2bv]

A monarch who puts his own feelings ahead of the interests of the realm and of the people isn't fit for the role. Though foolish and immature, abdication was the right to do.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

His being shoved out the door as king had much less to do with Wallis than it had to do with his stupidity and willingness to blab secrets to anyone who would listen, said secrets making their way to enemy nations. He was more German than anything else, quite proud of it, and willing to let Hitler devour Europe. I believe strongly that he was promised restoration to the throne by Hitler because he was willing to toe the Nazi line and obey orders. Even his longtime friend Winston Churchill finally came to realize what a calamity he was. I highly recommend reading Traitor King by Andrew Lownie to learn all about him and Wallis, especially during the war years.

[@jhb1493]

You don't have to "believe it strongly" - there is documentary proof from captured Nazi documents and communications that confirms that Edward had agreed to help the Nazis in exchange for being "restored" to the throne after the invasion of the UK. When that didn't work out, he was then party to a plot to make him king of Hanover when the war was over - something neither the British OR American Government would consider for even a minute, considering what they knew about his activities.

[@sharongelfand5065]

He absolutely was looking for Hitler to restore him to the throne if Germany were to conquer England. I'm pretty sure he was assured of this.

[@JoeLondon-te3hf]

1986 was 50 years, and Mrs Simpson died that year, and there was the big auction of her jewels. I was a boy, but I recall that coverage on the BBC crystal clear. Sadly, Harry seems hell bent on repeating this fiasco. Thank you so much for posting this in 2024. God save the King.

[@bessieknox]

There is nothing about repetition when you're running to get away from a firm in an institution it wasn't just his family! And I don't blame him if you don't like what you grew up in you get away from it! That firm and institution ultimately ended his mother! #FACT 😮😮 that's my honest opinion and a lot of other people's honest opinion that's why in 1997 that monarchy almost got abolished! #FACT

[@reneedaughter]

Harry is not next in line to the throne so who he marries is not relevant. But then on the other hand King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are adulturers and divorced...so😂😂😂

[@christinewells-leddon9287]

Thank you for an excellent, well-balanced documentary. Unfortunately, I think this was a case of "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it!"

[@christineyetman640]

This situation was such a tragedy all way around....I feel sorry for Edward...He really did try to make all involved happy...but it just was not enough...What a long time for a family to hold a grudge....even til the end....How very old fashion that sounds

[@JimMac23]

He let his brother George down. And he let the country down. He was a selfish little creep.

[@Mrrossj01]

Abdication. What difference did it make? A king is a show piece, nothing more. BTW, A close friend of Edward’s, who was an intimate observer of him, stated that the relationship between Wallis and Edward was not one of domination but of obsession. Him for her. No one ever discusses mental illness in this case, but the British Royal Family is cursed with it. When the full horror of spending one’s life with an obsessive neurotic like Edward dawned upon Wallis, she wrote that she was trapped. One cannot feel pity for her. Simpson’s business went down the drain during the Depression and Edward was very rich. She traded Spencer for jewels and money. Correction. She was not well educated. She attended a finishing school. Those girls are taught how to properly fold linen napkins, how to make an entrance into a room, and most importantly, how to marry for money. A friend noted the Windsors didn’t have a single book in their house.

[@Irene-ym7bx]

It's fascinating that there generations between them because Harry easily could have been his son, he is the spitting image

[@babellBell-qk9ys]

History repeats itself...no different except Wallis had respect for RF... Nutmeg has no respect or boundaries she is a self-fulfilling

[@gloriaevans6359]

Exactly.

[@reneedaughter]

Yes😂😂😂 Nazi sympathizer Wallis had respect for the RF😂😂😂.

[@JimMac23]

Harry and Meghan have a right to their own lives. And it's mostly Harry. He can't stand to be around Strumpet Cowmilla who cheated with his father. Meghan is a good person. Cowmilla is an old adulterer. And so is Cheater Charley.

[@hugoagogo9435]

At the end of the day the royal family are human. Take away the royal bit and they are like any other family. Some do well some not so well. Some make the family proud some are an embarrassment. Sometimes how they turn out is due to how they were brought up. Even when the parents of the family don’t always get it right they generally do what they think is right. I think most of us can relate to that in some way as to who we are and how we view some of our family members. Being a royal though puts you in public view and therefore judged by all. A privileged upbringing yes but certainly not a private one. It’s easy for us all to judge them back then or the royal family of today. But in the end they only have the same triumphs and embarrassments as the rest of us. Edward did it his way and was a product of his upbringing and genetics. Same as the rest of us. There’s a fine line between getting it right or wrong. But as a royal that fine line is there for the world to see. 90 years later and we’re still judging him and his parents yet none of really have a clue

[@aprilsky8474]

George VI so much more of a true King than his vain, unreliable brother Edward.

[@marinapetrie7234]

It was scandalous at the time..he fought for his love and for that he still deserves all my respect.

[@maryloumawson6006]

The one duty that Edward VIII should have been looking to was securing the succession. He had no business waiting until the age of 43 to marry and produce an heir. When he finally decides to marry, it's a twice divorced woman who had never conceived, and who was more than likely entering pre-menopause. And yet, their childless state, nor the likelihood of securing an heir is never mentioned! Nor is it mentioned in any documentary I've ever seen. But it is a topic so central to the monarchy, it seems an outrageous oversight to leave it undiscussed. Was he sterile and knew of the condition from an earlier illness? Did they know such things back then? Was she sterile? Or just past child-bearing? It would be enlightening to know the answers to these questions to determine his motives at the time, for abdicating.

[@gillhoward7975]

Shame some of the film footage was repeated. Otherwise a good documentary.

[@kimclarke5018]

Edward would have made a terrible king. Things worked out the way they were supposed to.

[@susanharris5926]

In that royal duties are ceremonial mostly and they do not rule in any real sense, how do you figure that? He was exceptionally good at meeting people and talking with them and was very popular. Just what you need in a monarch.

[@annmylles3524]

He was also a Hitler supporter.@@susanharris5926

[@JWRogersPS]

@@susanharris5926 He was a Nazi sympathizer, for one. As King, that would have been disastrous for Britain and Europe.

[@kimclarke5018]

@@JWRogersPS exactly and he was promised to be the usurper if Germany over ran GB. A puppet king.

[@bessieknox]

Prince Edward had to abdicate and run away with Wallis Simpson,.... Harry and Meghan just had to straight up run away!

[@JimMac23]

I like Harry and Meghan. And I like Will and Kate. But I despise Cheater Charlie and Strumpet Cowmilla.

[@JoeGrace-p4y]

Muy interesante, con dejo melancólico y una gran reflexión Los que nacen para Reyes no nacen para decidir por Ellos mismos Ser Rey es una labor única y muy especial ser Rey es más que ser padre,hermano,hijo o marido es ser Rey de un imperio obviamente es de tiempo completo y de mucha rectitud Eduardo tenía habilidades para gobernar pero no por el mismo sino por sus propios deseos de incluir a Wallis algo que no podía ser Lo mismo lo vimos con Harry La esperanza para estos prospectos de monarcas es Williams, contra la Iglesia anglicana creada por enrique VIII por la misma razón recuerdo sus varias esposas La historia aún se escribe.

[@slytlygufy]

Edward was a traitor. Her Majesty, the late Queen was very kind and forgiving of an unworthy man.

[@lynetteyayita5275]

demasiado interesante esto ,, me encantó , gracias 😊

[@justme-tj3jt]

I can't go on without my mommy figure and I'll kill myself if she leaves me. Poor Wallace, to be shackled to such a weakling. Thank God he abdicated. Thank God once again that Harry and his Wife left the Kingdom.

[@heidithaw1072]

Harry and Meghan are not relevant as Harry was not near being King. Many of these people have been desperately unhappy.

[@JimMac23]

Harry and Meghan don't want to be around Cheater Charley and Strumpet Cowmilla. I'm happy for them. England has no standards anymore since they let that adulterer become king. England went down the tubes when that happened.

[@Ducati368]

Compared to most of the greedy and cruel kings and queens, Edward was special and unique!

[@jhb1493]

For being unusually cruel and greedy? And also an actual traitor who fed classified information to the Nazis, prolonging the war and directly leading to the deaths of many of his former "subjects"? Special and Unique indeed.

[@JimMac23]

A special and unique playboy and adulterer.

[@jeanbrown8295]

@@Ducati368 Rubbish

[@scottponce]

His abdication speech was the first time he addressed the public?

[@Violeta-Rosa]

No, I believe his first speech is this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5bIfnmYadOqr5osi=hfT87o9_E6pLEnr9

[@vickybachert8298]

He was the man who would not be king.

[@babynaysc]

At least they stayed together, until his death

[@kevinlongman007]

Edward was a very popular Prince of Wales and his abdication as King was something a lot of 'ordinary' people were not happy about. However, with hindsight, it seems like we had a lucky escape with George the VI becoming King

[@alwaystruetoblue]

Britain and indeed the entire world dodged a huge bullet when Edward was removed from the scene.

[@audreykennedy90]

He would have been a bad king.

[@kevinlongman007]

@@audreykennedy90 I don't doubt it. But the fact is he was very popular when he was heir to the throne.

[@ananogales1646]

Esa decisión tenía q tomar Carlos III, pero como no estaba dispuesto a dejar la realeza y todo ese mundo, fue cobarde y lastimo a una persona inocente, Wallis me recuerda a Camila nada agraciadas...

[@blackwidowspider9852]

And Elizabeth had the same duty and dignity and responsibility in her queenship She was her father's daughter. I think The king said it best when he said Elizabeth Is my Is my strength And Margaret is my sweetie

[@joanbeal1510]

I don't think she was truly happy the whole time. On a documentary that his great nephew Edward made it was said there would be times when he would wait at the bottom of the stairs, and she never come down and he cry. How happy is that

[@kaylemoine1571]

They had a useless life.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

Stanley Baldwin was not a "snake". He was very astute and knew what a disaster Edward would be as king. One thing to mention is, Edward HATED the duties as PoW and as King. He loved the fun part. Doing his job? Not for ol' David. I believe his stubborn insistence on marrying Wallis was his "get out of jail free" card, and he saw it as precisely that after no one would bend to his will.

[@guidocevallos5410]

Porque no le obligaron a Carlos a renunciar y dejaron que Camila sea reina. Perdió todo por alguien que ni siquiera lo amaba fue lo mejor para Inglaterra que renuncie pues no hubiera sido un buen rey. Ganó Inglaterra pues su hermano fue el mejor rey que ha existido.

[@lelandunruh7896]

I think it was almost providential that a man so ill-suited to be king during WWII abdicated. The UK (and the world) are better for Geoge VI having been in Buckingham.

[@alievanarragon9944]

Picture of mrs Simpson a little bit too rosy maybe?

[@moisespereztamayo5716]

Ahora que he conocido la vida y la verdadera historia de la gran emperatriz Catalina la grande me entiendo a mí mismo comprendo como es que personas que no nacimos en Rusia podemos amarla tanto como cualquier ruso genuino . Yo desde la primera vez que escuché ése nombre Rusia no se explicar lo que sentí . yo tenía 3 años y algo más yo no sabía el nombre de mi país pero ya sabía que Rusia era un país muy bueno y muy grande que estaba lejos y que hacía mucho frío y que habían muchas manzanas de las que se producian las compotas deliciosas que yo tomaba y las preferia antes que las de mango y de guayaba . Y también sabía que hablan diferente a nosotros pero para mí era normal porque también escuchaba diariamente hablando creol a los haitianos e inglés a los jamaicanos que vivían en el pueblo donde yo nací

[@58christiansful]

Wallis looks spookily like Meghan Markle in some photos and clips.

[@MsVanorak]

they're scarily inbred. wallis licks her lower lip like the late queen, same mannerisms and kate has the same long waisted thinness. they've been popping out illegitimate children for generations, a lot we don't know about but they do. camilla's ancestor was mistress to the king! the european royal families all look alike too. it never worked long term for the egyptians, the romans or the habsbergs. reason why it's one of the ten commandments?

[@janetwilcock2120]

Meghan Markle went out of her way to make herself look like Wallis in that dreadful Oprah interview and again with the outfit for the Platinum Jubilee service at St Paul’s which was a near copy of an outfit worn by Wallis.

[@58christiansful]

@@janetwilcock2120 She did indeed. Sometimes she emphasizes the likeness more. Playing mind games with the royal family. NB Will end badly for her.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

I don't think so, actually. Meghan doesn't look masculine as Wallis did.

[@58christiansful]

@@alwaystruetoblue In SOME photos.

[@mrskenscott9643]

I feel bad for Wallace. She tried to leave several times but Edward wouldnt let her.

[@godblessyou7376]

Well, if she hadn’t had an affair while she was married she wouldn’t have found herself in this predicament to begin with.

[@Aidankiwi]

Wallis not Wallace.

[@mrskenscott9643]

I stand humbled and corrected. But I still feel bad for her.

[@bccrayfish]

You didn't mention the years in the Caribbean.

[@alwaystruetoblue]

He was useless and dangerous there too, getting mixed up in all kinds of dodgy schemes, including money laundering. He kept close touch there with many documented Nazi agents.

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

He didn't want the job to begin with; and he gets the last laugh because she thought she was going to be queen and that didn't happen. She went on to wish she'd never married him!😏

[@CristinaMabelQuiros-xc5vb]

Que mala mujer, sabiendo que no podía darle herederos,la ambición, se hubiera ido sin decir nada si tanto lo amaba .

[@angelacooper2661]

My mother was born that year- just five months earlier!

[@jms5752]

Exactly why it is often problematic to place any immortal being onto any royal throne. Only Jesus Christ, the son of God Almighty will always reign supreme on His golden throne.

[@JohnWasmer-qb8fu]

I love you all guys don't be mad it's a journey with destiny

[@jesmina7718]

Tengo la impresión que el rey Eduardo no fue feliz en su vida, seguro sinceramente se arrepintió de haber abdicado.

[@birdonet]

El pequeño príncipe George se parece mucho al Duque de Windsor.

[@sandragreed4098]

Nothing has changed.

[@simonf8902]

So fortunate for Britain and the Commonwealth that he went.

[@WyattRyeSway]

Boy, the people in the monarchy sure love their titles. Makes me think of the Harkles

[@Roz-y2d]

What an odd thing to say!

[@MegaMuussi]

When he married that Simpson woman, all spontaneity and self-will disappeared from Edward's life. He became Mrs Simpson's lap dog. Harry has exactly the same fate with Mrs Markle.

[@reneedaughter]

Did Harry confide in you?

[@michaeltowslee4111]

Could the government have deported Simpson?

[@J.Marrs76]

Winston Churchill allegedly wrote Edwards abdication speech. No idea if it is proved but a rumor. Churchill was great admirer and friend of Edward before WW2.

[@dilligaf4219]

before the death of George V his name was david, not edward, how could he have been prince edward?

[@nancyross5257]

Harry did the same thing but wasn't king.

[@Jamuna-Atma]

Except he doesn't love Meghan. Just thinks he does. He is starting to get a dose of reality with how bad his decisions are, if he can even be bright enough to see it

[@JimMac23]

Anne is divorced and remarried but she isn't queen.

[@sfkitty1]

Harry did not do the same thing. I’m astounded by how plainly ignorant Americans are truly

[@adebolaadejumo8576]

If an outsider or any archbishop and royal commentator should get involved with the royal family again you will see yourself

[@speedracer6294]

Where's the part about playing footsie with the Nazis?

[@JohnWasmer-qb8fu]

I love you mom ,

[@carlafa3]

Two more maligned people never existed. The cruelty of his family, of the Church of England and Parliament led by, as the documentary calls him the snake of Baldwin totally disgusts me. Is it a wonder why they, and many to follow decide to abandon all three?

[@PatrickTower-ln7oi]

If Edward remained on the throne Great Britain would’ve surrendered to Nassi Germany and the Wehrmacht would’ve probably conquered all of Europe that’s a scary thing to think about

[@anabelvargas6987]

Y como se percibia el asunto de los hijos? Ya ellos sabian y decidieron que no los tendrian?? De ser asi, la corona seria para su sobrina Isabel.

[@inesbracamonte1920]

Si Hitler ganaba la guerra, como Rey podría elegir a otro de su gusto, para heredar el trono.

[@deniseroe5891]

Here in 2024, it may seem strange that he couldn’t mary Wallis because of her two divorces. Considering that King Charles and Queen Camilla have both been divorced. I read a book about her and her first husband was abusive, don’t know what was the reason for the second, probably got in over her head. Edward (David) was the best looking in the physical sense, but George (Berti) was better suited to be the King of England, not only in personality but in duty. George and Elizabeth gave England wonderful Queen and now a King. If Edward had remained on the throne and married Wallis, the House of Windsor would have ended as Wallis couldn’t have children. That is unless it would have gone to Elizabeth II. Their story seems like a precursor to the debacle of Harry and Meagan. So very glad William stands between Harry and the throne. Edward and Wallis is a sad love story.

[@janetwilcock2120]

Elizabeth was second in line at the time of her uncles abdication and she would have succeeded him anyway had he remained on the throne until his death. Her grandfather predicted that Edward would ruin himself within a year and he was correct.

[@reneedaughter]

William and George and Charlotte and Louis are the line for the figure head throne. So Harry has nothing to do it and can do as he pleases. Just like Edward and Berties younger brother George was free to be a drug addict.

[@kbcoop3249]

LOSE THE MUSIC

[@rubenescobar5258]

Que culpa nacer en nuestra epoca pero que bello poder precenciar esto en videos 👏👏👏

[@ivanpb1983]

The Nazi and the Golddigger -a love story.

[@hugoagogo9435]

Maybe he was just driven to the Nazis due to the way his own country treated him. Hard to know what he was thinking at the time

[@Esthersancheztola]

COMO HA CAMBIADO EL CUENTO AGOSTO 2024...😊😊

[@garytuner1938]

Now we have Megan and useless harry it’s history comeing back to haunt us

[@fowleheidi482]

This is a very trite account of both Edward and Wallis. As an intro to the subject it's par for the courrse.

[@voices_vary]

Edward became a loose cannon seeking to be acclaimed by any group, including the Nazis. He nearly changed history by being dangled by Hitler. Luckily, Churchill was too smart to let that happen.

[@Angy6970]

I guess Charles and Harry followed in Edward’s shoes marrying divorced women. What a shame!

[@garydavidson5524]

what about his connections with the Nazi's?

[@reneedaughter]

Precisely

[@jweinstein4931]

No sound

[@manuelalejandroriososuna4369]

Pregunto ¿Eduardo octavo tuvo hijos?