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29 de jun. de 2002 · He told them that a prime suspect in the investigation - Joachim von Ribbentrop, then the Nazis' foreign minister - had been the duchess's lover when he was ambassador to Britain in 1936.
7 de jul. de 2022 · In Conversation. Inside Traitor King and the Case That Edward VIII Was a Nazi Sympathizer. In his new book, historian Andrew Lownie marshals evidence from German documents to argue that Wallis...
- Erin Vanderhoof
- Edward Expressed His Early Support For Hitler
- British Intelligence Had Edward and Wallis Under Surveillance
- The Couple Visited Nazi Germany as Hitler’s Guests
- Germany Hatched A Bizarre Plot to Reinstate Edward to The Throne
- Churchill Tried to Suppress The Windsor File
Up until it was changed to “Windsor” during World War I, the British royal family’s name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha made clear their strong German origins. The future King Edward VIII, known as David to his friends and family, was particularly close to his German cousins, and strongly embraced German culture. The horrors of World War I left a deep impres...
While Edward's strongly pro-German sentiments were shared by others, his outspokenness as heir to the throne made his words potentially dangerous. His support for Mosely and other fascist organizers (many of whom would be imprisoned after Britain went to war with Germany) increases suspicions on his political beliefs. Another liability was his play...
In October 1937, four months after their marriage — and despite the strenuous objections of the British government — the Duke and Duchess traveled to Germany. While the Duke claimed he was making the trip to inspect housing and working conditions (a long-time passion of his), he likely hoped the trip would burnish his reputation both at home and ab...
In the waning days of World War II, a large cache of files from the German Foreign Ministry were discovered at Marburg Castle. Among the 400 tons of paperwork were a smaller collection of some 60 or so documents and telegrams, which became known as the “Windsor File,” detailing German communication with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor before and du...
Initially, British, French and American officials agreed to declassify and release the Marburg papers and hired a team of esteemed historians to sort through the massive trove, a years-long process. But, as British government documents released in 2017 show, Churchill tried to block the Windsor files, including details of Operation Willi, from bein...
Duke Carl Alexander of Württemberg had told the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Wallis Simpson, Edward's lover and a suspected Nazi sympathizer, had slept with Ribbentrop in London in 1936; had remained in constant contact with him; and had continued to leak secrets.
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If these political problems were not enough, the Duke’s new lady friend, Wallis Simpson, was secretly in communication with many of the top leaders of Germany, including von Ribbentrop, with whom she was having an affair.
Edward, Duke of Windsor was in one of the cars accompanied by his wife, the former American socialite Wallis Simpson. Edward had once been King of England, but he abdicated the throne to marry this woman who sat behind him, declaring in a radio address that he could not go on without “the woman I love.” [text_ad]
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 [a] – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication . Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.
