Paris mansion of Edward VIII to open to the public: See inside!
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5 күн бұрынThe mansion in Paris occupied by Britain’s King Edward VIII, the uncle of Queen Elizabeth II, after he abdicated the throne is opening to the public for the first time. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Keir Simmons gets a first-hand look at the new tour.
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@RoarxBottomly 20 сағат бұрын
*No man is too rich til you leave the earth you leave with nothing*
@SpruiellWoodbridge 20 сағат бұрын
well at least the rich achieved something in life before that person dies. his kids will probably inherit the fortunes and pass on to the next generation. cycle of life.
@MartinesGuziczek 20 сағат бұрын
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@jimhall167 Күн бұрын
It's not the mansion of Edward VIII, it's the mansion of the Duke of Windsor.
@pdmacguire Күн бұрын
Edward VIII never visited or lived in that house. It was rented and occupied by the Duke of Windsor and his spouse.
@karmelicanke 3 күн бұрын
1972 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II made a state visit to France and she was received with Prince Phillip with great pomp and ceremony. I was living in Paris at the time and during a motorcade down the Avenue Champs-Élysées, the royal couple were greeted with wild, deafening cheers of welcome and admiration. I often wondered if the Queen organized this trip with the purpose or excuse to visit her Uncle David, Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, before he died as it was well known that he was in poor health.
@hinas_for_life 3 күн бұрын
Wonderful memories, I look forward to visiting the house when the restoration is finished.
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
State visits are organised through the respective Foreign Offices of the two nations involved for diplomatic reasons . They are never done for personal reasons. The Queen was free to make a quick private visit to Paris any time she wished. She often did so to Kentucky.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 күн бұрын
Didn't Edward visit with Hitler? I've never heard that this guy was a national hero in the UK. I'm confused.
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
You got it right. He had hoped something akin to giving Hitler what he wanted so to speak, as a way to end the bloodshed of the War. Bit of a grey area by different historians. Think how now, some believe Zelenskyy shouldn’t be keeping in this war by Ruzzia, cuz there’s been too much bloodshed already. You’re right. He wasn’t seen as any kind of hero of any of that, very much the opposite. David King Edward let down his nation, his people, his family, his king. He was greatly shunned but it was simply over not being allowed go marry whom he loved (sound familiar?) his dad was also rather a way too harsh crazy strict dare I say abusive dad. A large part of why David and Bertie ended up how they did is directly caused by how overly controlling and horrific both their parents were, including Mary of Teck (I think it was she that was Queen and their mother). @@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288
@ilovebeinagirl Күн бұрын
@@Roheryn100 Really? She's been to Kentucky?
@andyroo9381 3 күн бұрын
Are the original furnishings going to be a part of the tour? I thought Mohamed Al Fayed had restored it to its' original look from the days of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor?
@davidlelacheur3217 3 күн бұрын
@@andyroo9381 The Duchess left a lot of the original furniture to places like the Palace of Versailles. The quality was that good. I doubt it could be easily replicated.
@stevefoster4326 3 күн бұрын
Maybe some, but I was fortunate to buy their "W" engraved silver cigarette box at Chistie's auction in the 1990s.
@ChalNjurshEp 3 күн бұрын
@@stevefoster4326would love to see a video of you ever make one!
@hinas_for_life 3 күн бұрын
@@stevefoster4326 Lucky you, keep it in good hands for the next generation.
@corgiowner436 2 күн бұрын
I though the contents were auctioned off.
@yournanna866 2 күн бұрын
Why do they say the royal family opens the mansion? The home belongs to the French government.
@jacqueline6926 Күн бұрын
I was about to write exactly the same thing!!!
@reallydarlings-se2xf 2 күн бұрын
All commentary on this so tacky, during the tour and the talking heads afterwards. There's no decorum left in the world.
@MrStGeorgeIllawarra 21 сағат бұрын
You expect decorum from Americans? LOL.
@reallydarlings-se2xf 20 сағат бұрын
None whatsoever.
@muellkoerbchen 2 күн бұрын
Very interesting news, but very poorly adressed and presented. Couldn‘t stand those 2 men behaving like bad boys in Blazers who got unecpectedly permitted into a restriced area.
@giearomin2738 3 күн бұрын
It's practically empty😮
@cremebrulee4759 2 күн бұрын
No one lives there, so it would be empty.
@greg75002 3 күн бұрын
I feel a little bid saddend about the two guys making fun and laughing in the rooms. The story of this house had multiple sad endings. It was not a cheerful story.
@glenncheatham1320 3 күн бұрын
Agree. I didn’t like how this was handled.🤨
@ChalNjurshEp 3 күн бұрын
💔
@muellkoerbchen 2 күн бұрын
Precisely. These „guys“ have no class, even the hair wax doesn‘t help.
@edwardoneil3962 2 күн бұрын
It's horrendous.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 күн бұрын
Edward is not considered a national hero or even a romantic figure in UK, so why the fuss? Didn't this guy visit with Hitler? Why can't we spend these minutes of news air time on the Sudan or Haiti or even followup on Afghanistan. Use the building for affordable housing and let's move on.
@rbsmith3365 2 күн бұрын
Without any furnishings. It’s sad.
@Arid379 3 күн бұрын
Wow house
@capricemadrid5353 3 күн бұрын
Why are we celebrating these people?
@elmonte-xt2wd 3 күн бұрын
because we love history
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
Because they are still a part of history whether you like it or not.
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
You are free to scroll on.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 күн бұрын
Didn't this guy visit with Hitler? I've never heard that the UK considers him fondly as some sort of hero or romantic figure. I'm confused.
@davidpollard1139 Күн бұрын
@@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288yes so did lots of other people so what ?
@LMays-cu2hp 3 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@stephenwinter8892 Күн бұрын
Greetings from Canada thanks for sharing this video
@christina-yp6jy 2 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@mespb 2 күн бұрын
Wouldn’t he no longer be called King Edward after he abdicated?
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@mespb yes. But he did used to be a king before he gave his crown up, so it’s not as if he wasn’t a king before :P
@mespb Күн бұрын
@@ChalNjurshEp yeah, but the problem calling him King in this, especially with Queen Elizabeth being Queen is that the tittle King supersedes the title of Queen, which is partly why when we’ve had Queen Royals, their husbands have never been King consorts. So it’s inaccurate. You can see the guys in the video carefully calling him Duke, but the news wants to be more flashy, so they call him King with not even past tense.
@randywatts6969 Күн бұрын
A lovely, and grand house.
@PJZZZZ 2 күн бұрын
The Royal Family did not open this house again ! Nor did they own it they leased it from the city of Paris.
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
The Royal Family do not own it. Never have. It was leased from the city of Paris by the Duke of Windsor.
@Diamondmine212 23 сағат бұрын
The Royal did not and do not OWN the house.
@lornapalmer6426 Күн бұрын
They need to put the furniture back .
@j.r.8223 3 күн бұрын
Interesting.
@steveconn 10 сағат бұрын
Versailles pretty nice too.
@lindap.9163 2 күн бұрын
Will they original furnishings or replicas be put into the house?
@HaloFlemz86 3 күн бұрын
What a lovely little love nest for a former king who barely could pay the rent and had to beg the royal family to increase in his allowance but the story’s the walls could tell. I hope someone will buy it a restore it to its former glory. The duchess did have lovely taste. I’m sure they were happy in the house.
@ChalNjurshEp 3 күн бұрын
al Fayed did restore it. He recently passed.
@meyou3566 2 күн бұрын
@@ChalNjurshEp It has been restored again recently and he left it to become a house museum like many others in Paris.
@michaelcraigjesso6043 2 күн бұрын
Seriously lady, The Crown is not real life. Edward was more than taken care of, plus he sold King George Sandringham and Balmoral castle which was equivalent to hundreds of millions in todays money. While the Paris house was almost rent free, they still owned Le Moulin Auber. He also continued to receive salaries from different positions held in common wealth counties.
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
@@michaelcraigjesso6043 the crown has a basis in history. It may be loss with the truth but most of the facts are there
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
@@michaelcraigjesso6043Correct. It took years for King George to pay his brother for Sandringham and Balmoral. If the Duke of Windsor chose to spend grotesque amounts of money on jewelry for Wallis, that was his own problem.
@TheImperialChannel Күн бұрын
*More of a haunted mansion. The events and people who were there had grim endings.*
@keithss67 3 күн бұрын
They were horrible people
@philipbheller 3 күн бұрын
Yes it seems Today is soft on history
@karensback 3 күн бұрын
@@philipbhellerbull no-one sugar coats any White history
@davidpollard1139 Күн бұрын
You must have known them well.
@tobiojo6469 Күн бұрын
Interesting video
@5649902 2 күн бұрын
Will be there
@ChalNjurshEp 3 күн бұрын
The Duke of Windsor! The Abdicated King!😮
@1y167 2 күн бұрын
On a pas besoin d’un énième musée ! Vendez ca a un richard quelconque qui y habitera
@vigfhfc 2 күн бұрын
wow a house
@troycrawford1478 2 күн бұрын
Nice mansion. 😇
@clairevancleave1508 Күн бұрын
The Fayeds were so conniving and transparent. The Q saw to it that Dodi never got UK citizenship…such a laugh.
21 сағат бұрын
Not citizen subject
@clairevancleave1508 6 сағат бұрын
Tru’ dat!
@samanthab1923 2 күн бұрын
Where are all the furnishings? Does Dodi’s father still own it?
@paulmarkwilkinson8778 2 күн бұрын
No dodi's dad died last year
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@paulmarkwilkinson8778 may he rest and finally feel his peace
@sharonbennett3318 Күн бұрын
I don’t believe that Diana agree to marry Dodi
@Arid379 3 күн бұрын
Tea anyone?
@___beyondhorizon4664 3 күн бұрын
It's like a curse
@irawilliams343 2 күн бұрын
I wonder how much Edward VII spent to maintain this house and such a glamorous lifestyle
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@irawilliams343 they didn’t have much money tbh. Leaving behind your crown because your family won’t let you marry the person you love and chose, sending you into literal exile, does not pay. 💰
@irawilliams343 Күн бұрын
@@ChalNjurshEp so how were they able to make ends meet?
@dianeunderhill8506 13 сағат бұрын
They had an allowance from the Royal Family.
@debralittle1341 12 сағат бұрын
Why?
@clairevancleave1508 Күн бұрын
Who runs The Foundation, btw?
@jean-paulpotet1988 2 күн бұрын
The building is regal, but the furniture shown is quite disappointing.
@dianeunderhill8506 13 сағат бұрын
The furniture was auctioned off.
@qqsilvarerum Күн бұрын
Inside.....empty!🤣
@marcs9453 3 күн бұрын
who owns this house now????? anyone know??????
@piplebref4607 3 күн бұрын
The City of Paris. It was leased to the Windsors at a peppercorn rent. Fayed took over the lease based on his promise to restore the house.
@davidlelacheur3217 3 күн бұрын
The house belongs to the French government,as it did when the Duke and Duchess lived there.Alphyed only had a lease.
@piplebref4607 3 күн бұрын
@@davidlelacheur3217 I know he had his reasons, but Fayed selling off the contents was one of the most short-sighted things anyone could have done. This was history and it was intact.
@marcs9453 3 күн бұрын
@@piplebref4607 thankyou from winnipeg canada
@marcs9453 3 күн бұрын
@@davidlelacheur3217 thankyou from winnipeg canada
@ISouza-qs9yy Күн бұрын
Interesting the realtor looks a bit like the Duke of Windsor , the hair, the clothes etc
@JV-yd4qg 3 күн бұрын
Next will be the Harkles in Montecito. Another Edward in the making~👌
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
Do grow up
@maxklein1614 3 күн бұрын
"Little known"? Are you daft?
@alexisbelcher3967 6 сағат бұрын
Gilded prison, for outcast people from an era long gone 😢A mansion of misery looms here .😢
@calebkiddonline 2 күн бұрын
Didn’t the Egyptian guy buy this place?
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@calebkiddonline Al Fayed did buy it/lease it, yes.
@Beedee664 3 күн бұрын
Why are you shouting😂
@japanjack62 2 күн бұрын
Kinda sad he had to give up the throne. His brother might have lived longer and QE the second would of became queen in 1972, after her children for the most part had grown up...
@user-pk7hk3vb4s 3 күн бұрын
fascist’s , French and Italian citizens should know better about electing fascist politicians after WW2.
@AizonDeSoteraux-tv1xx Күн бұрын
AT LEAST EDWARD VIII HAD BALLS.. UNLIKE CHARLES...
@dianeunderhill8506 13 сағат бұрын
Edward VIII/Duke of Windsor was weak. Charles is quite different!
@_Ben4810 2 күн бұрын
I'd forgotten Al Fayed once owned it... His classic Arabic elite "buy your way into everything & every situation" ways thankfully cut no mustard in particular with the Duke of Edinburgh who saw straight through what he was all about...! 🙏
@hansulrichboning8551 17 сағат бұрын
Perhaps the french should rent it to Harry and Meghan.😂
@cheryldodd-marko9787 22 сағат бұрын
🕊🇺🇲💕
@edwardoneil3962 2 күн бұрын
It really should just be demolished. It's got a horrendous history.
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
Why blame the house ? No one was murdered there. It was a pretty little jewel box before the Duke of Windsor leased it; maybe it will be reborn again.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 күн бұрын
I hope it can be tastefully redone as affordable housing. Real people need real places to live, not luxurious nonsense that no one can afford. Put it to good use.
@davidpollard1139 Күн бұрын
Listed building so a fairly idiotic comment.
@teriscott685 2 күн бұрын
No one cares
@davidpollard1139 Күн бұрын
People who like history and beautiful houses care.
@berryrl9 2 күн бұрын
Edward Viii?? Pls, he’s only Duke of windsor
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
He was proclaimed King so yes he was King. Edward V was neither proclaimed nor crowed but he is remembered as King. How is that different
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@cherrytraveller5915 bingo!
@cwayzums 2 күн бұрын
Harry missed his chance to purchase the home that would have been his mother’s.
@benu_bird 2 күн бұрын
Do you mean Althorp? That was never Diana's. That went to her brother, Charles, as the male heir.
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
You do know where this place is??? It is in France and had nothing to do with Diana. This was the home of Edward and his wife Wallis. Edward was the Queen Elizabeth uncle which makes him great, great uncle to Harry. Edward and Wallis didn’t own the building so no one from the RF were left it as some sort of inheritance as it wasn’t Edward to give away. Does this clear things up.
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
@@cherrytraveller5915 Did you watch the video? Diana and Dody visited the house before the accident. Al Fayed says he planned to give it to them as a wedding present.
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 2 күн бұрын
He had a lease, not ownership.
@benu_bird 2 күн бұрын
@@Roheryn100 How could he give away a house that he didn’t own?
@jackiechristian-di6sy 3 күн бұрын
Not a lot of celebrities would be caught visiting the new Windsors in California....unless they wanted to end their careers really quick and I cant see William, Catherine or George visiting the dying Harry or Megs either.
@ChalNjurshEp 3 күн бұрын
Sussex. They are not Windsors. No more dukes nor duchesses will have that name.
@babyjane4ever 2 күн бұрын
And you toxic people always had to drag in Harry en Megan.. They are happy and living their own life.. accept it and leave them be!
@user-yi7mg5ig6l 2 күн бұрын
@@babyjane4everThey are still trying to be relevant. Perhaps, if they had truly looked about for Charities to support rather than make everything about M, they wouldn’t have such a bad rap. Oh, they were going to go to Africa, continue to support the work H had begun in Lesotho but nothing came of it. Instead we have seen her making fun of his Grandmother, HM Queen Elizabeth and the established standards required in her presence and he not saying a word. Now, she wants Titles for her “children” where previously she thought them unnecessary. This is what one has when one is self-absorbed.
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
Meghan and Harry live rent free in your head. This isn’t even about Meghan and Harry and yet here you are making it about them. Another keyboard warrior thinking they are an expert on Meghan and Harry. Too bad the video was about EDWARD and WALLIS. Luckily for you there are plenty of hate channels that are right up your alley. Jog on to one of those and find other people who suit your narrative.
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
@@user-yi7mg5ig6l she wasn’t making fun of the Queen. That is called self depicting humour where you make fun of yourself. Did you actually watch that documentary or did you just cherry pick the parts you wanted to see. The only ones who made out Meghan was insulting the Queen are those that didn’t watch the documentary and used the snapshot of her pretending to curtsy as proof she was insulting the Queen.
@LarcR 2 күн бұрын
Wonder who paid for David and Wallis to live there? I'm sure they didn't. They were two of the champion spongers of all time.
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@LarcR huh?? They paid the rent. But they did receive salaries or “salaries.” Don’t you already know that they paid the rent?
@davidpollard1139 Күн бұрын
I think the French government let them live there rent free.
@karensback 3 күн бұрын
Whites are wonderful
@kismit100 3 күн бұрын
At least she had class, unlike that other American so called Duchess
@cherrytraveller5915 2 күн бұрын
Oh honey you need to read a few books. Wallis and Edward when the war struck stubbornly refused to evacuate when told to do so. They had to be ordered out. Even then there was a special mission conducted titled “cleopatra wish” which involved people putting their lives at risk to retrieve a swim suit for Wallis from their home. She refused to evacuate further without it. History is not your friend on this one
@Roheryn100 2 күн бұрын
Wallis had zero class herself, and leeched off other men. The Duchess of Sussex at least made her own way and her own money for years before meeting Prince Harry.
@ChalNjurshEp Күн бұрын
@@kismit100 LOL, NO
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