& if they stay, it's called "dysfunctional"

He was all that. And he suffered from a SERIOUS case of Peter Pan syndrome. So, from a fun fling with a really really rich powerful man, she got stuck with a clinging, needy little boy for the rest of her life. And he had nothing to do. What a burden to amuse him, and he gave up the CROWN for her, so she felt guilty about that too.

@@mangot589 I think Camilla is the same way with Charles. She is stuck upholding a very fragile ego

@@MsPrecious61 difference is, Camilla is deeply in love with Charles. Wallis not so much.

@@pauline9580 hmm

agree - but i always say when they get it they find out it wasn't that they they wanted and move on in their feelings

Less prejudice, more facts please.

Yes. Thank all our lucky stars he wasn't ever crowned.

She was already a known Nazi enthusiast and she was being watched by our (US) government. I'm sorry she wasn't a prettier interloper.

I believe the word is "abdicated".....

he was managed into resigning.

Historians agree he would not have made a good king, particularly in the scenario of WW2

He gave up the throne for a twice American divorcee, and the British people never forgot it or forgave Edward VIII.

I don't think he ever knew what love really is.

An intelligent, witty, likeable woman. Not a bad choice.

@@Celisar1 conversely a duplicitous , unfaithful money grubbing little slut .

Yeah but he ended up beheading her later

@@ginabindari6499 hi gu

And Henry is with Rachel.

And now megan and her puppet...it's in the blood.

Aww

Exactly!

She did you guys a great favor...😁😁

@@chykim1 yes indeed 😊

she still would have been queen, but she wouldn't have taken the throne until 1972. David never had kids. I bet old Victoria started spinning in her grave the day Elizabeth passed her as longest reigning monarch. hee-hee.

Very true they say things happen for a reason and it was obvious The Queen mother despised Wallis for putting her family through this ! But we couldn’t of asked for a better monarch than Elizabeth the second x very much like the first Elizabeth ! Unfortunately things have happened since with our royal family !! Time will tell I find it all very sad ☹️

For 67 years, dragă Nicoletta cu doi t! Ei au regină, tu ai președinte! Dacă tot ne fandosim în engleză,invaț- o !

Seems so..

He did , however, want to be rich - he was very avaricious.

Jean Rhodes Did you watch the whole documentary?

Edward was *sexually*obsessed with Wallis, that’s all. She was Edward”s Lilith person, meaning the woman who had the ability to drive him mad with desire.

I think it was parliament who didn't want him to be king, they knew the situation with Germany and Hitler and they knew Bertie was the better choice for king. They gave Edward the "You can have Wallis or the throne" ultimatum because they knew which one he'd choose. They couldn't fire him but they could force him to quit.

Spiritual impoverishment.

we donT look like Miss W. S.

apparently on edward’s death bed, she left him for another man. edwards last words were calling for wallis.

Seems like he was always a shell of a man.

just like Harris is now

Yes he doesn’t even SIT UP in some of them

I don’t think she went out every night. But Edward lacked the leadership qualities needed to guide England thru WWII. Wallace did the world a favor by becoming Edward’s wife. It ironic how the monarchy has changed.

yes he did. There is all the Churchill drama there!

IKR, how does he really feel lol

@Teresa Areces Edward VIII’s (Duke of Windsor)great grandnephew followed in his footsteps. While Harry didn’t have a throne to abdicate from, he turned his on his family and threw them under the bus for a woman who doesn’t love him. Harry has the same sense of entitlement and expected to keep all of the financial benefits and perks, privileges and benefits that he enjoyed as a working royal even after he walked away from his royal duties and moved to another country, the same as his great granduncle did in 1936.

@@jacquelinebarber-dixon5316 i have a feeling that you did not watch the interview...

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, so true

@@gillespieibanez8426 "The Interview" with Opera, which factual evidence has disproven every slanderous claim made by reprehensible Meghan to be absolutely false. Meghan bullied and mistreated all of her royal staff, disrespected the Queen thinking she was the real Queen, and was an overall mean, toxic, and pathological liar. Meghan Markle is on the same level of depravity as Prince Andrew. Too bad they didnt marry, because Andrew and Meghan would be a match made in heaven, i mean hell

I didn't even bother to watch it.

it was managed.

He was forced. The Js wanted to control the UK and they couldn't do that with him on the throne.

In a way Ernest was the person to start this because he gave edward the opportunity and green light to have an affair with his wife. Yet tries to dump his blame to the situation. Ernest could have put his foot down and told edward to back off. Ernest enjoyed the stuff they got from the situation and then bailed. But he was right about 1 thing it was edwards fault there marriage failed

Really? Ernest didn't seem to mind Wallis seeing the prince when he needed introductions to members of society. Then, when he was embarrassed, he dropped her for someone else.

Well, with Henry VIII, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon, and marry now pregnant Anne Boleyn. With Wallis, it was a bit different, she had two living ex husbands. I believe, Parliament was truly concerned with Edward VIII as King, with his pro Nazi views, and they used their romance to force his abdication in favor of his younger brother.

Some historians are convinced he just didn't want to face the responsibility of being King. I think he wanted to abscond with as much of the Crown's money as he could and live the high life instead.

@@lizh1988 - agreed he didn’t want the responsibility. He was a bon vivant, “work” did not appeal to him. Apparently, all of his brains were in his penis.

He annulled the marriages, not divorced them though.

@@rachelamsterdam1106 Henry divorced two of his wives (Catherine of Aragon and Anne of Cleves), he had two of his wives executed (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and one of his wives (Jane Seymour) died shortly after childbirth. His last wife (Catherine Parr) outlived him. Anne Boleyn was annulled just before her execution. It’s semantics......some historians say divorced, others say annulled. It’s a technicality. Henry could not get a divorce through the Pope, so he broke from the Catholic Church and declared himself Head of the Church of England and had the marriages annulled. I’d say annulled would be more accurate. It gets ridiculous when he executes two wives. I suppose he felt annulment or divorce wasn’t enough for those two.

He wasn’t a nazi.

Wallis was a witch; a nightmare, who dragged Edward around like a dog on a leash! I'm sure the monarchy was embarrassed by his blind weakness. She was bullying and rude to his nurses in his later years at the Texas Medical Center. My Mother witnessed this as an LVN working in the hospital.

This romanticised fluff isn't it - there are better documentaries about the abdication to be found on KZfaq. 'A Very British Coup' is excellent and has depth.

It would be if you gave up being king of England to marry a woman who loved another and was a Nazi, yes?

Thank you.

One of the great love affairs of all time.

He always looked like a very very heavy smoker.

He always look soo old, he had an old mans face!

@@GGG-sd9ei not when he was in his 20s. He had a very boyish face.

@@anderander5662 how does someone look like a smoker?? 🤔🤔🤷‍♀️

@@trawlins396 really? Look up smokers face in twins.

I would have sent her letters back, "Return to Sender - Address Unknown"....

@@vivians9392 - apparently he still loved her. What a bunch of messed up people. SMH

Another narcissist.

What sort of crap are you writing?! Everybody has the right to state if they feel lonely.

@Red Stilletto through a documentary. I will research my source and provide it to you. when you've read watch listens etc to as many sources of the royal family as I have it's hard to remember.

@Red Stilletto I completely forgot about this. It should be that hard to find, it was probably the only time she went and visited the Duke of Windsor herself. Really except for State occasions involving relatives the Google Windsor returned to England. I will research this for you now.

@Red Stilletto this of course wasn't the source I learned this information from, but it will suffice just the same. www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29322853/queen-elizabeth-duke-of-windsor-paris-visit-true-story-the-crown-season-3/

@Colcannon Thank you! 😊

Exactly what I thought!!

That's because it IS her! Yes, she has a very distinctive voice. I hope she never plays Wallis onscreen though - the actress is a very beautiful woman and far too feminine and attractive to convince as the hatchet-faced Duchess!

IMHO, she's a horrible actress (McGovern). Love Downton, but I don't understand why she's tapped to play British roles (video or audio). If that lady can get a gig that huge with so little talent, there's hope for us all :)

@@texasgirl187 She's NOT playing "British". She's playing an American who marries a British Lord. So much for your opinion.

Read _The Last Days of The Duchess_. She ended horribly.

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lol don't bother. They were both nazi sympathizers

Who megan and harry ? I think it's very similar given the fact the British media and public have hounded her for no apparent reason, just like they did to Wallis..... Megan has been brutalised for one thing only....kate is deemed as an angle and so perfect its beyond me.

@@lporquai9048 MM is very similar to Wallis as she is also a divorcee and an American who appears to have bewitched a prince with her charms . She has also separated him from his family which I think is terribly sad

@@decorDD why is it the woman is always seen as the "temptress " Prince Harry is a a grown man ...Prince Edward was a grown man they have minds. Very old school opinion that a woman has such power,and seductive ways that a man is so weak to turn a blind eye!!! Its love that's it, love .... How could Harry maintain a sound relationship in the UK it was an absolute Bear Pit..Just my opinion

@@lporquai9048 a few reasons why most people ( I’m not one of them ) believe that Meghan is making the decisions...Harry is known to be easily influenced , by Harry’s own words ..Meghan gets what Meghan wants and thirdly , her track record is very much one of her being in control of the relationship . I think this is what most people perceive anyway .... as far as the UK being a “ bear pit “ ...Harry could have left years ago . He was never going to be in line to the throne once William had his son and he could easily have left then and made a life for himself . The UK is anything but a bear pit for the a royals ...Harry has access to unlimited wealth and luxury , good friends who constantly kept his exploits quiet and who were incredibly discreet . The Monarchy has great control over the press in the UK and can use damage control where necessary . The Royals have vast teams of security to watch over their every move . On the contrary, the UK is one of the safest places for Harry and his children . The UK however , was not what Meghan desired . Too restrictive , too stuffy and too old fashioned so she chose to leave ...by all accounts , it was decided before the wedding ( if the Scobie book is to be believed ) and this completes the theory that Meghan is in charge . I always though that Harry and Meghan were a lovely couple and I stand by my opinion which is that they’ve missed out on a wonderful opportunity to bring about change within the monarchy and also within the world , using their influence as Royals . They’ve sold out and have disappointed those if us who believed them during the engagement interview , when they said they were committed to their duties .

The way people deal with royals is so primitive.

there are many, many theories about Wallis' physical and sexual make up.

Wow, that’s deeply sexist. Women don’t need to be inter-sexed to have a dominating personality. Jesus Christ.

Henry VIII as a bigamist. He married Anne Bolyen before he was divorced from Catherine of Aragon.

Well look how it all ended

The difference being the number of people who would have to die for Harry to be king. It's really a moot point and why it was allowed

No, Meghan and Harry are nothing like Wallis and Edward. Harry wanted to leave England before he ever met Meghan. Also, Harry had no Kingdom to give up for Meghan.

The intention of these British narrators is to always make the outsider look bad as they did wallis, diana, Fergie and now meghan. They never quit. The Royal is perfect, everyone else is the bad one

Sure sounds like Meghan Markle

Short answer : different times... people would die if anybody gets in Henry's way. He literally made a whole new christian denomination just he could get a divorce. Edward on the other hand is a moron.

They used to call that a mid-atlantic accent.....affected by pretentious Americans of the time.

Not while watching a documentary on the 1930s, no.

All the people in this story are a long time dead. It's just fine to read their correspondence, it's historical now..

Does a feel a bit tawdry....🤦

Nope - they are long dead and cannot be affected. It is history and history should always be told.

Yeah, it's why I avoid Facebook entirely.

Credits at the end. Someone else said yes.

They were each mentally twisted.

Yes, you could have it auctioned or sell it if you like, it might interest someone. It is historical! I have his book!

He would've quickly changed. Before Churchill, there was a weak Prime Minister in power that didn't want to go to war.

if he never wanted to be king, why did he fight so hard to find a way to marry her and stay on the throne. He came up with all sorts of ideas.

You must be a man. I'm a woman and imo David was INCREDIBLY handsome. Especially as a young man. Wallis did indeed look like an old leather shoe on the other hand.

I think it’s the hair . She had a very angular face , a softer hairdo would have done wonders for her .

@@lindakight3597 stupid part right up the middle looked awful. She had expensive things but not the character. They were both attractive at least in their early twenties, but age was not kind, nor their lifestyles.

The Duke of Windsor is certainly handsome but Wallis is plain but very well dressed and well groomed

Oh boot......I thought he said " Poot ".....thank you for clearing that up...😁

There are many truly heart-breaking, tragic situations in this world. Two spoiled, self centred people living a life of pointless self indulgence in exile in Paris is not one of them!

Maybe she was getting back at him for the infidelity.