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I really enjoyed Edward VIII’s The crown scenes. The actor who played him did a great job.

"After I'm gone, that boy will destroy himself within a year" George V on Edward.

“There is no possibility of my forgiving you, the question is: How on Earth can you forgive yourself?”

I really like how they ended the episode about his past with Hitler with just photos of him, his wife and the nazis. A way to say "look at that, we don't need to comment, the image is enough". Probably the biggest insult and he deserved it.

"But when the truth finally came out, the TRUTH, it makes a mockery even to central tenets of Christianity. There is no possibility of mine forgiving you, the question is HOW ON EARTH can you forgive yourself?" Gosh!! That's clear and harsh in the same time! I really love it

I still get chills down my spine when they discuss Edward's plans to overthrow George and giving Hitler free reign through Europe.

He was strangely pathetic, Wallis Simpson’s personal letters revealed that her ex-husband was akin to the love of her life. She never loved Edward as she had her ex-husband. When Wallis wanted to leave her relationship with Edward, the royal threatened to kill himself. Later on, it was also revealed Wallis Simpson never wanted Edward to abdicate the throne for her, she wanted him to move on. Edward had reportedly reminded Wallis Simpson what he had given up on her behalf everyday until his death. Toxic asf relationship.

This guy was literally going to hand Europe to Adolf Hitler. Just even the thought of that is absolutely terrifying.

Edward VIII was a horrible king...the worst. The abdication wasn’t the problem. Wallis wasn’t the problem. It was him. His brother, George VI, was the best of kings.

I respect the team behind The Crown for at least making Edward a regular, if flawed, person at first. We are following along with the point of view of Elizabeth, after all. But I will always feel so much for George (Bertie), who clearly suffered from social anxiety as a result of abuse and neglect. And to inherit the throne at the most difficult time in Europe... I can’t imagine Edward didn’t at least know SOMETHING of the stirrings of WWII. So to leave that all to his brother, and worse, to sympathize with the nazis, is in my opinion, unforgivable.

The actor who played him in the first two seasons was incredible. The way he delivered his lines, acting especially his letters to his wife was👌🏾

Alex Jennings done so well his part that until the Marburg files are revealed, it's difficult to decide whether to love him or hate him.

I'm a young American, so I didn't know anything about the abdication or Edward VIII until l saw this show, and actually thought they were being unfair to a guy who'd just lost his dear brother in the beginning... and then THAT episode of season 2 came out, complete with black-and-white pictures at the end that I can only assume are from the real events, and it all made sense.

Either way, Elizabeth was going to be Queen sooner or later. Her uncle was not going to have children.

Seen the Crown, it is diffcult not to see Edward VIII as a sore loser. He was never able to be a king, he was just a leech and wanted to have the same treatment as a king, but never was coronated.... thas chapter was so clear....He was a bastard but thank GOD he abdicated for the sake of the entire world.

The show actually tried to shine a sympathetic light on Edward, but the dude was a monster. It wasn't until his correspondence with the Nazis leaked until the public admitted it

He had such potential, and he threw it all away for a woman who didn't even love him. He wanted none of the responsiblities that came with the office, but all of the privileges...

For anyone who hasn’t seen the Crown, what a tempter this is. The Acting of Foy and Jennings is as empowered thus in EVERY scene. It’s as close to reality as we’ll ever know, highly accurate on timeline, context and content and a real treat to watch “the whole wretched circus” close up. ENJOY.

I feel bad for the guy who has to play duke of windsor... He seems such a pure guy

During the Abbey coronation in 1937, after King George VI had been crowned, his wife, Queen Elizabeth, was also crowned, in a much simpler ceremony. During the Queen's crowning, Winston Churchill, who had been a supporter of Edward VIII, turned to his wife, Clementine, and said, "You were quite right.....the other one would never have done." Referring, of course, to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as opposed to Mrs Wallis Simpson.

From the viewpoint of historical hindsight....we were very very lucky to get rid of Edward. King George may have not been well suited to be King, but people genuinely liked him. And ultimately we got a magnificent Queen. Yes, she still would have become Queen if Edward had remained as monarch....but much later...about 1972. History is interesting. "The past telescopes into the present" as Jesus James Angleton once said.....

reminds me how Harry talks about his family now

The Windsors were greeted by the British national anthem and Nazi salutes. They dined with high-ranking Nazis such as Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Albert Speer, as well as having tea with Hitler in Berchtesgaden. The Duke had a long private conversation with Hitler, but it is uncertain what they discussed as the minutes of their meeting were lost in the war. The Duchess took afternoon tea with Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess. Hitler was sympathetic to the Windsors and treated the Duchess like royalty.

Foy is an exemplary actress. This series helped get me through covid and the lockdowns.

Considering what he did , I think the queen was extremely merciful

By far the best acting Performance, this actor is so fantastic in this role, he deserves an Oscar!

What made me the most sick about these two was they took tours of the camps before they were in production. They were a disgrace to both Britain and America.

Her late majesty could never forgive a man for handing over the burden of the crown to her father which gradually killed him. Not to mention endangering her kingdom in his blind ambition and putting his selfish desires above the duties of the monarchy.

What is particularly stunning about this chapter in the history of the Royal Family is the fact that it is repeating itself at this very moment in Buckingham Palace. It appears Harry learned nothing the first time around.

I laughed once when I heard someone say Wallis Simpson should have a statue in every town in Britain for giving us George VI and Elizabeth II

I actually have a photograph of Edward VIII on my bedside table. I don't admire him, it is there to remind me that stupidity costs.

One important factoid that the Crown left out regarding Edward VIII: his wife, Wallis, didn’t truly love him as much as the series would lead you to believe. Multiple letters written by her have surfaced over the years expressing profound anxiety and misery with being the Duke of Windsor’s wife. In fact, one letter heavily implies that the only reason that Wallis went along with Edward VIII to begin with was because he threatened to commit suicide if she refused. Not wanting to be responsible for the death of a royal family member, she very reluctantly agreed to marry the mentally unstable former King. So if the Crown were to be more historically accurate, they should’ve replaced many of the romantic moments between Edward and Wallis with tons of emotionally-charged fighting, physical separation between the couple when no one else is around, and then showing that all of the happiness and love they seemed to share in photos and interviews was staged for appearances.

What a traitor. I'm glad he abdicated.

All of George VI family members, Queen Mother, Elizabeth and Margaret all blamed and despised Edward 8th for abdicating and ruining their lives and future, especially George VI in the first two episodes of the first season, when George VI talked with a politician during a shoot and he said the Albert the politician implies had died when his older brother abdicated and the Albert has been replaced by a completely new person, George VI. So yeah Edward VIII basically ruined George VI, his wife and his children lives with the abdication, but with George VI we saw a great and strong king that stood strong during the hard years of WWII in Europe, sometimes those who resent having a tough duty like a monarch usually became a great person.

I can’t help but wonder how WW2 would have gone if he had remained King. Would he have been the new Tzar Nicholas II? Would he have been the last King?

Probably one of the greatest achievements of this series: managing to keep Edward VIII as a "grey" character throughout the different seasons ! Mainly thanks to Alex Jenning's subtle performance🙂🙂.... The only flaw would be the pretty inaccurate depiction of his relationship with Wallis: it is commonly known that he loved her way more than she loved him !

George V never wanted Edward to be King. He knew he was a malecontent who wasn't up to being King.

Amazing as always! Your Crown edits are always a pleasure to watch!

When you read David's letters to wallis bro you know,Wallis was not expecting him to give up his throne for her love😂 But I really see Edward just like Charles.Both really were scarred from childhood,even more so for Edward. I see Wallis as a manifestation of the freedom that Edward yearned for.He was known for having affairs with already married women even before wallis and while his brother Albert was happily married with children he was still indulged in these affairs. Wallis is that freedom and breakaway from tradition and norms that Edward wanted. Same for Charles,he could never love Diana cause Diana was everything he hated especially Diana portrayed what his family and the nation Wanted.Not what he wanted Carmella was his symbol of freedom and defiance. The only difference is Edward was the king and thus made the decision to act on his feelings while Charles was and still is only the crown prince and he couldn't take these decisions for himself. Edward sure made a stupid decision and really exposed his lack of interest or concern for the monarchy when he left this mantle in the advent of ww2 to his brother who had all the qualities to be a even worse monarch but George eventually turn out good. My main point is Edward was not really a "mad in love" guy.IMO,he was just like his brother.The only difference is his brother had his wife as his support while He had a woman who didn't even care for him much. He really is a very complex character just like Charles. I'm sorry if its Long😅 Just wanted to write it down since I really wanted to tell my thoughts and opinions on Edward 8 cause I really think he is so much more than the guy we remember him for

“One can never be too thin or too rich.” - Wallis Simpson. From what was written about her, she really was an unpleasant woman.

This TV series is a drama, not a documentary and, for dramatic purposes, they go out of their way to besmirch Edward's reputation. Edward was an anti-Semite and did admire Hitler, even continuing to say so after the war. The Germans did have the intention of restoring him to the throne after defeating Britain. Edward, however, was never privy to those plans until 1940 when he was informed of them in Portugal, where he had fled, from his exile in France, in order to avoid the German invasion. He made it very clear to them that that was out of the question and spent the war as Governor General of the Bahamas.

The issue I found most offensive - was not really mentioned in The Crown - it was the way he hid his personal wealth and the greed he displayed in requiring his brother King George VI to pay him 300,000 UK pounds for Sandringham and Balmoral which he had inherited from his father (KG V) as first born son. Bertie as I understand it borrowed the money from his mother (Queen Mary) who was also wealthy in her own right. The money was apparently paid to Edward as a annual allowance.

"Is she really worth it, your family. Even your own brother" I wonder if Will has said something like that to Harry

Crown 👑 best series on Netflix true masterpiece in every way possible

This edit is immaculate 🔥

As much as I like Derek Jacobi I wish Alex Jennings had been kept on as Edward in his final appearance but I guess every character was recast for season 3 to keep things even. John Lithgow is the only exception that comes to mind.

This actor did a great job of a pampered Edward

I believe she saved the Uk from a weak King

As Seinfeld put it, "the most dashing and romantic Nazi sympathizers of the entire British Royal family."

I’ll always remember hearing when I was a kid in the 1980s a very elderly lady saying (when the Duchess of Windsor died) “I’ll never forgive him….or HER!”. And that was before the Nazi business was public knowledge. The abdication is one thing. But selling out your family and your country? May he burn in hell.

The actor who played him did an incredible job. His vocabulary and delivery of his lines was exceptional, as was the script he was given.

I guess I should thank God for Wallis. Despite trying to be for the other side, she was an Allied asset of sorts by being the catalyst for his removal. I can't imagine the effect the loss of British allegiance would've had for America in the war except to say it would've been catastrophic. PM Baldwin and Archbishop Lang were prescient and heroic, imo. We came so close to the end of democracy, it makes me cringe.

At the end of his life Elizabeth did (to a degree) forgive him. She allowed that he and Wallis could both be buried at Frogmore (the Royal Mausoleum) within the grounds of Windsor Castle.

The actor (Alex Jennings) was so good. His apology to the Queen sounded sincere. Like he actually had wronged Claire Foy.

The Prince harry of the 20th century

Davidd took his Prince of Wales coronet with him when he went to France. Technically there were two Prineces of Wales,David and Charles ,alive at the same time. Thats why Charles had to have a new coronet made in 1967. David dod nilit die until 1986 ?

They said George V wasn't exactly smart he was right about David

A big thank you for this! I love this series so much and I love to watch edits on all the characters. 💖🌟

Edward viii is the best character of The series

When she said “when the truth appeared….the truth “ i just thought of myself burning for what have been done ……where the old deeds come to haunt me after decades

Queen Mum must be Irish cuz she will never forget the grudges!

"this was always going to coming back" The Queen Mum's statement clearly shows that the royal family's secrecy about many things was pointless in the long run, because everything will come out at some point anyway. If it had any purpose at all, it was that George could steer the monarchy in a better direction and that Elizabeth was firmly in the saddle as queen. Yes, the crown always has to win.

Victoria Hamilton is terrific as the Queen Mother.

He was a traitor and Wallis a manipulator who played him like a fiddle

The Ninth Circle, the deepest level of Hell, is a frozen lake and, like Dante's vision of Hell in general, the Ninth Circle itself is divided into rings of increasingly bad sections with the worst in the center. The people who are sent to the Ninth Circle are people who have betrayed the trust of someone or something close and special.

“That Jezebel divorcee” hahaha nothing has changed since

Well, in fairness, he WAS right about the Windsors being monsters. But then, he would know. He WAS a Windsor.

I think he thought even in exile that he would still have reach and power. Unfortunately he was proven incorrect.

He's easily my favorite character on the whole show.

Men should never forget the words of Don Corrado in “Prizzi’s Honor”: “She is your wife….WE are your LIFE….”

3:15 "is she really worth it...?" giving up so much. "Yes..." Yet I wonder if he still thought the same when began having an affair, was there regret, after having given up so much for her, as George IV lamented. If you would reclaim the throne, this time through Hitler, a throne you already had but gave up, then any attempt to say you had no regrets about your abdication when you were being betrayed by your wife is a lie.

The Ninth level of Hell in The Devine Comedy.

Queen Elizabeth, despite her status, was truly a woman of the people. She even had a racist uncle!

Duke of Windsor and Tommy Lascelles were my favourite early Crown characters. ( I will watch anything with Alex Jennings and Pip Torrens in it as a result. ). The Nazi connections of the Duke & Duchess is truly horrifying. Thank God he quit the top gig

Like someone said, people in the UK should erect a statue to Wallis Simpson. Imagine Edward VIII ruling the UK during WWII

What an absolute traitor Edward VIII was.

All time FAVORITE EPISODE of The Crown

When he said loveless I was like flip that uno reverse card

When a German plane carrying Hitler's French invasion plans was shot down and communicated to the Allies, he immediately informed the Nazis. A month later, France fell. The man was a monster! My own father was captured in the Dunkirk pocket and fought so hard with the English against Nazi tyranny! So many French people died! So many allied troops! All betrayed. Years of occupation which France never fully recovered.

I love how people try to make Edward and wallace's relationship a romantic love story, they are both such horrible people. It's as if people were idealizing Eva Braun's and Hitler's relationship. *edit for clarity

Everyone hated Edward VIII because of his proposal to an American? Not only that but also siding with Nazi Germany thus overthrowing George VI and reinstating him to the throne. After hearing that I learned why a lot of people in Britain including the Royal Family hated Edward VIII. But in the end history is history. No one can be angry forever.

I think he did all for love, he never forgive the royal family for not accepting is love, a side of that what a performance, I think he deserve a globe award for this great performance

I read somewhere that the duke of Windsor thought he might be brought back as Regent to replace/help Elizabeth when her dad died?' The mountbattans wanted a coup

Edward VIII didn’t cause his death, George VI was a chain smoker since young! Anyways since Edward didn’t have any children, eventually he would be king too, or his daughter queen

It’s always a fool in the family and that was him. He didn’t even have an heir of children w this woman

I can't believe that Edward viii not only gave up the crown, but turned his back on his family and country for a divorced American woman, if I was his mother I would have given him two bloody slaps and asked to come to his senses, hell I would have forced him to marry a noble British woman.

I wonder what would have been in store for King George and his family had Hitler succeeded in restoring Edward to the throne. "Planned" with Edward's approval vs. hidden intentions.

I recommend the two videos produced by Mark Felton on this subject.

Every time he was on screen that “I’m a sthneaky sthnake” vine comes to my head.

Loved watching this episode of the crown..Peter Pan. The man was joke.

Does anyone really think they would’ve stopped at dethroning King George?! He and his bloodline would’ve been wiped out, as well!!!

Lol 😂😂😂😂 THIS MANS LETTERS to WALLIS have me screaming 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

He was right about one thing. They joyless and loveless Still to this day

A great actor!!!

Cuando Eduardo Octavo, abdicó, al trono de Inglaterra, Isabel ya sabía que su destino y futuro, ya estaba decidido, que solo era cuestión de tiempo, para que la Corona llegará a su Cabeza

Edward VIII was a villain for sure but, a complex person, but, someone you cannot simply blame or criticized

"... a bunch of isolated monsters... joyless and loveless... " the Duke's description of the British Royal Family. Their behavior over the years, cold and distant, seems to corroborate that statement.

Tommy from the Crown make a video please. Wonderful work

My only criticism of the depiction of the Windsors is that they don't show what a nasty piece of work the Duchess was...nagging him constantly to get a job (probably because she was bored to tears with him at home all day).