Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson - Interview with Kenneth Harris (video)

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  • Опубликовано: 8 май 2017
  • Full interview is here: goo.gl/GAhvyu
    Kenneth Harris interviews HRH Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII, and his spouse Wallis, Duchess of Windsor.
    Filmed in October 1969.
    First broadcast as a radio interview on 27 March 1970.

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  • @sallywags2696
    @sallywags2696 Год назад +3053

    Kenneth Harris was my father, he died in 2005. I think he would be astounded at the amount of views his interview has generated so long after it was broadcast. God knows what he would have made of the television interviewers/presenters of today. A different breed altogether.

    • @alyssalynn6402
      @alyssalynn6402 Год назад +111

      I’m glad the show The Crown included this interview.

    • @sallywags2696
      @sallywags2696 Год назад +91

      @@alyssalynn6402 Oh, I didn't know it had been included. Thank you for letting me know.

    • @nathanlloyd9421
      @nathanlloyd9421 Год назад +65

      An incredible author too. His Attlee biography is incredible.

    • @sallywags1089
      @sallywags1089 Год назад +81

      @@nathanlloyd9421 Well I never. He wrote that such a long time ago, it's lovely to know his books are still being read. Thank you.

    • @Vic35102
      @Vic35102 Год назад +49

      Your dad did an amazing job What did he think of them like what did he really think of them

  • @strawberryredz1997
    @strawberryredz1997 Год назад +180

    Wallis isn’t interrupting him. She answered her questions, he only answered his. Interesting interview. This is how interviews should be.

    • @Junjo11
      @Junjo11 Год назад +4

      William answered Katherine questions

    • @doreendaykin6693
      @doreendaykin6693 3 месяца назад +1

      Amen!

    • @watthaile2053
      @watthaile2053 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@Junjo11I dare say William and Catherine relationship dynamic are completely different than those of the Windsors

  • @deanaupchurch1593
    @deanaupchurch1593 Год назад +235

    It's nice to see an interviewer not digging for dirty laundry. He is simply asking appropriate questions and giving appropriate responses.

    • @CarolineLian
      @CarolineLian Год назад +3

      ❤🙏🌹🌺

    • @odysseusprodromou3260
      @odysseusprodromou3260 Год назад +14

      don't have to dig. his betrayal of those fighting nazis is there for all to see.

    • @deanaupchurch1593
      @deanaupchurch1593 Год назад +1

      @@odysseusprodromou3260 Sorry, I don't get it.

    • @bluerose19ll
      @bluerose19ll Год назад +7

      ​@deana upchurch he was an ally with Hitler, and thought if the Nazis win the war he could get the throne.

    • @meganowen8187
      @meganowen8187 Год назад +12

      @@deanaupchurch1593 He was a known Nazi sympathiser, but recently it has been revealed that he and Wallis were in constant contact with Nazi officials, including General von Ribbentrop, even after the commencement of the Battle of Britain. Wallis kept a signed picture of Ribbentrop on her dresser. Even before his abdication, it was known that he was pro-Nazi. His own father put him and Wallis under surveillance. In 1937, he did a tour of Germany and visited a concentration camp, so he can’t be excused for not seeing the Nazis for the monsters they were. He was a famously stupid man who abdicated, then regretted his choice and conspired with the Nazis to win the war so they would reinstate him as a puppet king. The reason there isn’t an entire chapter devoted to this in every WWII history book is that, if it had been revealed at the time that he was committing treason, the punishment was execution and that would have put the monarchy in jeopardy, to have a brother/uncle of the monarch executed for treason.

  • @Benjifan2000
    @Benjifan2000 10 месяцев назад +68

    Edward's abdication and relationship with Wallis Simpson have always been very interesting to me.

    • @22reg.
      @22reg. 29 дней назад

      Both vile self serving Nazi supporter's Wallis Simpson was a slut who made herself at home in the bed of various Nazis including Von Ribbentrop at the same time Edward was putting his middle finger up to our country and people!! She also passed on British secrets to the Nazis.

    • @levent.a.7280
      @levent.a.7280 19 дней назад

      Yasss , you go girl

  • @sarrhodes8277
    @sarrhodes8277 6 лет назад +3755

    It's a shock to hear such beautiful English being spoken. One forgets how articulate people used to be - no mumbling or slang; so clear and marvellous to listen to.

    • @ccc4102
      @ccc4102 6 лет назад +121

      Sar Rhodes I agree with you. Wonderful to hear.

    • @welshwitch2126
      @welshwitch2126 6 лет назад +326

      How refreshing that every other word isn’t sprinkled with “like” or “you know”.

    • @jessiejames7492
      @jessiejames7492 6 лет назад +137

      not all people! only the aristocrats and royalty...

    • @kehaulani1140
      @kehaulani1140 6 лет назад +122

      Sar Rhodes I love listening to the way old English was spoken. I wish it’s taught in school. Americans use too much slangs and short cuts. It’s a shame.

    • @janbrien9907
      @janbrien9907 6 лет назад +104

      Just yesterday we were virtually driven from a cafe because of the next table....if the young woman said like once, she said it fifty times!!! Most annoying.

  • @erinbroderick4272
    @erinbroderick4272 4 года назад +2393

    Perfect example of why “following your heart” is not always best for people. These two had a glamorous life on the surface but seemed to be very empty and aimless in life after the abdication.

    • @robert-pj3bc
      @robert-pj3bc 4 года назад +141

      He was frozen out of his family and country.

    • @alexainezm
      @alexainezm 4 года назад +154

      She didn’t follow her heart and he didn’t know true self

    • @dianewalsh5715
      @dianewalsh5715 4 года назад +3

      Cassie Miller ,,

    • @l.whansen9611
      @l.whansen9611 4 года назад +226

      This man looked totally defeated. His hands... the nervous, stammering answers to questions. It's just plain sad.

    • @rhondam7746
      @rhondam7746 4 года назад +101

      It was a shame he had to abdicate, I think he would have been a great king

  • @anya40
    @anya40 2 месяца назад +19

    Brilliant interview. Edward was a walking history book! Charles looks very much like him.

    • @EjaBe23
      @EjaBe23 Месяц назад +2

      I thought exactly the same-Charles and the Duke of Windsor look remarkably alike!

    • @maggiefriend2146
      @maggiefriend2146 12 дней назад +1

      Absolutely. Hadn’t realised until it was mentioned here.

    • @DeliaDevlin-eu6oj
      @DeliaDevlin-eu6oj 7 дней назад +1

      I've seen that too...😂. He and King Charles III, are almost identical.

  • @roseaa8336
    @roseaa8336 Год назад +58

    Kenneth Harris questions are very direct and smart. God rest his soul in peace

  • @user-jr4zq7xm5q
    @user-jr4zq7xm5q 2 года назад +118

    How amazing a man who passed in 1972 had the memories of a woman (Queen Victoria) who was born in 1819

    • @laurahoward5426
      @laurahoward5426 Год назад +14

      I knew my great grandmother, born in 1863, during the Civil War, she was 100 and I was 10...

    • @nickolazcarters
      @nickolazcarters 7 дней назад

      @laurahoward5426 ok

  • @timothyrday1390
    @timothyrday1390 3 года назад +1766

    A lot of people are reading too much into Edward not being "happy." That generation didn't show emotions the same way we do. They made their life choices and got on with it.

    • @lizeggar2421
      @lizeggar2421 3 года назад +159

      Yes, with dignity, too. Unlike Ginge and Whinge.

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 3 года назад +89

      I think he was very careful with his words to get his point across. Brilliant interview.

    • @timothyrday1390
      @timothyrday1390 3 года назад +33

      @@lizeggar2421 And consider when marriages break apart nowadays and the refrain is often "Oh, but they seemed so happy together."

    • @barbaracarter6726
      @barbaracarter6726 3 года назад +37

      @@timothyrday1390 of when the next door neighbour commits a murder - oh but they were such quiet people. I didn't know murderers were supposed to be noisy.

    • @timothyrday1390
      @timothyrday1390 3 года назад +13

      @@barbaracarter6726 Or that 🤣 😋

  • @bongosonlygirl
    @bongosonlygirl Год назад +136

    This interview stands the test of time because it's quality. Intelligent people discussing real issues of their day. So much more of this is needed.

    • @ThePetekA
      @ThePetekA Год назад +9

      intelligent?

    • @carolnahigian9518
      @carolnahigian9518 Год назад +7

      2 people who mooched & partied 37 years. Lazy like Prince Henry & Meghan Pushy!!

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@ThePetekA and very guarded

    • @jennykim9427
      @jennykim9427 7 месяцев назад

      Intelligent?? They were Nazi symphatisers!

    • @user-rg5we6ly2u
      @user-rg5we6ly2u 7 месяцев назад

      real issues like hats! hahaha! he met Hitler and supported germans at war

  • @HPD60
    @HPD60 11 месяцев назад +28

    Very interesting. Immaculate interviewer. I really enjoyed listening to both men. Beautifully spoken. Thankyou for sharing this video.

  • @irefi64
    @irefi64 5 лет назад +942

    He looked utterly miserable. I wonder if he felt it had all been worth it.

    • @A2D4
      @A2D4 4 года назад +79

      I N That’s a very intriguing question. He definitely looked miserable and uncomfortable and sadly, more than anything, totally resigned to such emotions.

    • @cor3944
      @cor3944 4 года назад +60

      How must one feel being pushed into abdication and being exiled, ostracized, ridiculized and called a traitor?
      The official narrative is hardly to believe.

    • @catzmeow5294
      @catzmeow5294 4 года назад +10

      @@cor3944 exactly. His ex family still run it.

    • @tiberfoaming4191
      @tiberfoaming4191 4 года назад +59

      There are suggestions that in later life he confided to one or two close friends that he regretted the abdication. He enjoyed the trappings and privilege of the Royal lifestyle, but didn't much care for the duties and responsibilities that went with it.

    • @nickr0785
      @nickr0785 4 года назад +38

      He was sick at this time with cancer

  • @kandisofiadahlan8157
    @kandisofiadahlan8157 4 года назад +208

    In spite of the beautiful room and decors, they both looked lost and sad. RIP

  • @relocatetoItaly
    @relocatetoItaly Год назад +115

    I love how they answered such direct questions with such candor. Note they considered themselves lucky and no whining about how people didn't treat them well,

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Год назад +18

      yes, a bit of a contrast with a certain "current" prince and his wife

    • @elenamastiukova2787
      @elenamastiukova2787 Год назад +6

      While their stories are a bit similar, the current prince is bullied like he abdicated, betrayed his country or went away with Hitler altogether 😂😂
      Edward was offered a substantial maintenance for the rest of his life when he left . Harry was criticized and ridiculed. What’s there not be grateful for?

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Год назад +5

      @@elenamastiukova2787 we must not forget that Edward was Prin ce of Wal es for 25 years and he saved a fortun e from the large in com e he had all those years from the Duchy of Corn wall... and Edward never pub licly b ad-m outhed the Royal Famil y.. . HARRY has

    • @elenamastiukova2787
      @elenamastiukova2787 Год назад +5

      @@essessessesq Harry’s problem is not so much with his relatives but with the institution controlling his family. He’s not the first one to speak out against the restrictions and stuffiness, his mother did too. But the level of hatred towards Harry and Megan is just unprecedented. It’s like they’ve done something so unspeakable. People wishing them to break up, saying Megan isn’t biological mother of their kids, etc. They sure don’t deserve such hostility.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Год назад

      @@elenamastiukova2787 good points. though it could be worse....in Thailand [Siam] anyone who criticizes the King is sent to jail!

  • @alanparks7919
    @alanparks7919 Год назад +384

    What a brilliant interview. Dignified, intelligent people - the interviewer as well. Still, there’s sadness there. Totally fascinating, fifty years after his death.

    • @HopelessCatTrainer
      @HopelessCatTrainer Год назад

      Dignified, intelligent and treacherous, a coward who fled to the South of France at the first sign of action, a Nazi sympathiser.

    • @calistafalcontail
      @calistafalcontail Год назад

      Intelligent? I dont know but arrogant and cruel for sure. He was willing to sell the country to Hitler. The things he and his wife said in letters and other exchanges, include some really dumb things too.

    • @chloehall4270
      @chloehall4270 Год назад

      The D&D were both traitors, liars and self-absorbed narcissists.

    • @compassrose.adventures
      @compassrose.adventures Год назад

      He was a traitor to his country! He knew hitlers plans before the holocaust and wanted a German Britain! Meaning he was willing to allow his family and citizens die at the hand of Hitler! Nothing dignified!

    • @VictoriaGirlBC
      @VictoriaGirlBC Год назад

      They were nazi sympathizers.

  • @rosemarie3784
    @rosemarie3784 4 года назад +559

    His eyes, he looks so sad. Deep in his soul, seems there's much internal pain. 💔

    • @karendalsadik7119
      @karendalsadik7119 3 года назад +42

      His eyes were always sad. They said it was from the abuse from his father King George.

    • @seanohara3631
      @seanohara3631 3 года назад +20

      @@karendalsadik7119 The whole family has very prominent sad eyes. It’s rumoured that my 3x great grandmother was an illegitimate daughter of Edward VII, and we all have the eyes that seemed to pass down. That and many lookalikes of Edward VII, George V and others in the family including myself.

    • @jmc8076
      @jmc8076 3 года назад +16

      Karendal Sadik
      Agree. More then just physical trait there’s a far deeper sadness. Not surprising given the truth about that institution, British aristocracy and royal families in the world going back centuries. Same deep sadness in Diana’s eyes.

    • @ScratchthechalkBoard
      @ScratchthechalkBoard 3 года назад +12

      @@seanohara3631 like n. Romanov , king george, and wilhem ,all grandsons of queen Victoria. Those press great war photos of all three together they look like triplets. Strong genes. Also makes WWI even more of a disaster, these guys were family, only 10 years after Victorias death they started the war and she arranged all those marriages to maintain peace and imperial power by them all being family, her children. But ,well...they clearly still felt they could treat real soldiers like toys and many countries ended up abolishing the Emperors as the result

    • @maticbukovac6966
      @maticbukovac6966 3 года назад +3

      @@seanohara3631 have you ever considered doing a dna test?

  • @RyzcenGavrielli2129
    @RyzcenGavrielli2129 3 года назад +1031

    Both seem regreted their decisions. Wallis never leave him coz he sacrifice everything for her. Edward, he had nothing left behind and theres no turning back so they stick together until the end. Very sad story indeed.

    • @PS_testing321...
      @PS_testing321... 3 года назад +51

      Truly. So sad. We would still have gotten the great Lillybet, though, eventually

    • @florrie8767
      @florrie8767 3 года назад +25

      Like many people in those days. These days no one sticks thru anything

    • @Phillips_284
      @Phillips_284 3 года назад +71

      She actually cheated on him and after everything he left for her i felt so sorry for him,but he stuck it out and she did always go back to him and he suffered it...
      Poor man .

    • @yeshonestly4268
      @yeshonestly4268 3 года назад +54

      I think they look happy. What a great man atleast he did not spoilt the life of a woman (like Diana) he was man enough to abdicate. A lot of respect for him

    • @denisescutt1865
      @denisescutt1865 3 года назад +68

      Sounds like Harry and Meghan

  • @clintcarter5984
    @clintcarter5984 Год назад +20

    People who knew him have said that he is a boring individual and it comes across that he is certainly is. She is not convincing that she is happy.

  • @a.p.5906
    @a.p.5906 Год назад +15

    He always looked a bit sad in photos. It's nice to see him laugh

  • @theresacotty8214
    @theresacotty8214 4 года назад +1065

    Soft spoken, but their body language is screeeaaming. He is so beaten and worn down in this..it's heartbreaking

    • @Barec76
      @Barec76 4 года назад +46

      Its called dying.

    • @theresacotty8214
      @theresacotty8214 4 года назад +37

      @@Barec76 😐😑😐... thanks for the info. I'd have never in a million years guessed that people that look like they're 100 are probably gonna die

    • @RoseSharon7777
      @RoseSharon7777 4 года назад +23

      I think he smoked incessantly, pipes and cigars.

    • @annabizaro-doo-dah
      @annabizaro-doo-dah 4 года назад +67

      Honestly? Most elderly people are like that. Even the successful ones. Life beats you down and by that age you've lost so many people to death they always have an air of sadness.😥

    • @fashionistalagerfeld1954
      @fashionistalagerfeld1954 4 года назад +4

      Theresa Cotty he needed his diaper changed

  • @jnsheety2913
    @jnsheety2913 3 года назад +1603

    The Duke is so very dignified and regal, despite his visible sadness. Also, the host is so respectful and well mannered. Very nice.

    • @nunyabiznez6381
      @nunyabiznez6381 3 года назад +38

      @Peter Peter I'm not sure that his actual actions could be construed as treason though I have no doubt that had he remained king he would have ended up arrested and eventually executed for treason or else been declared incompetent and appointed a regent who would govern in his place. He admired Hitler too much. But I don't think he quite crossed the line into treason. His brother knew how he felt about Hitler and so he ordered him to the Bahamas. Here in this interview he speaks of his position in the Bahamas stoically but in reality he considered being governor of the Bahamas as a humiliation. He viewed it as Trump would have viewed being appointed assistant to the ambassador to Mexico. Basically such a position amounted to being banished. It is well known that Hitler wanted to re install him as king after he won the war but of course he never won the war. It is not known if they had an actual deal in place for this to happen though it would not shock me if he had. He never spoke of such.

    • @richardjd8182
      @richardjd8182 3 года назад +61

      He got up off his death bed to bow to his queen his niece when she visited him

    • @katbar6066
      @katbar6066 3 года назад +88

      Even The Duchess is very well spoken and dignified. I thought she had been portrayed as a Brash Out There American. She is certainly much more Duchess material than Me Again Markle.

    • @AngelaMay66
      @AngelaMay66 3 года назад +40

      He looked sad about not being accepted to work.

    • @shivapejman8155
      @shivapejman8155 3 года назад +1

      @@katbar6066 lol!

  • @pamporter5752
    @pamporter5752 Год назад +256

    I’ve only ever seen the Wallis and Edward portion of this interview. It’s fascinating to hear the man speak on various topics. He’s more interesting than I ever believed before.

    • @vanessalouise8988
      @vanessalouise8988 Год назад +39

      Unlike the Duke and Duchess of Sussex the Duke of Windsor didn't slag off the Royal family in that interview.

    • @pamporter5752
      @pamporter5752 Год назад

      @@vanessalouise8988 I’d say that perhaps their concerns were justified. There was no protection given to the couple. Especially Meghan. The tabloid press was weaponized against them. They are still at it and as Tom Bower openly remarked “it’s Meghan I’m after”. We call that saying the quiet part out loud. That family deserves whatever they’ve got coming. Their supporters on this side of the pond are right-wing, white supremacists. Personally I hope it helps speed the end of a ridiculous anachronism in the 21st century.

    • @evalon9129
      @evalon9129 Год назад

      He collaborated with Hitler therefore the Queen could not stand him.He was 2:58 treacherous towards his own country!!

    • @vanessalouise8988
      @vanessalouise8988 Год назад

      @@evalon9129 Yes the Duke and Duchess of Windsor met Adolf Hitler their pictures of them shaking hands ✋ with him which at the time was traitorous unlike Meghan who got a HRH style title wallis never did she was just the Duchess of Windsor at least when she died she was allowed to be buried with her husband at the cemetery at Windsor.

    • @ellygorris8232
      @ellygorris8232 Год назад +1

      @@vanessalouise8988 0
      0

  • @anilhettiarachchi3090
    @anilhettiarachchi3090 Год назад +34

    Thanks who ever upload this magnificent interview.

  • @LyricalWax
    @LyricalWax 2 года назад +169

    He was alive and also actually remembers Queen Victoria, how crazy is that!

    • @levent.a.7280
      @levent.a.7280 Год назад +16

      Exactly he was 7 years old when queen Victoria died

    • @shadetreader
      @shadetreader Год назад

      He was a Nazi sympathiser, how crazy is that!

    • @robbieogle8622
      @robbieogle8622 Год назад +11

      He also met Hitler

    • @levent.a.7280
      @levent.a.7280 Год назад +1

      @@robbieogle8622 in the 30s and 40s everyone met Hitler, he was the most famous man on planet earth

    • @NicotineRosberg
      @NicotineRosberg 5 месяцев назад

      @@robbieogle8622deep down I can tell u would've loved to meet Hitler yourself!

  • @Nikabrown2020
    @Nikabrown2020 2 года назад +701

    What a terrific, unexpected find this interview is. This is the internet at its finest. Thanks.

    • @grandmalovesmebest
      @grandmalovesmebest Год назад +9

      Yes i complain its worse thsn TV wh i havent watched for decades, then all of a sudden you see a living, breathing, talking, film of someone you only know of by books. Awesome.

    • @user-kw7ds3hu9l
      @user-kw7ds3hu9l Год назад +2

      Фашисты среди нас .

    • @jochauRN
      @jochauRN Год назад +3

      Very true.
      I am very surprised to have been able to watch this.

    • @jochauRN
      @jochauRN Год назад +3

      @@DerekThompson-tb2up Tell it to your current King

    • @krmyna1
      @krmyna1 Год назад

      Veronica. Opino lo mismo. ¡Fantástico el Duque!, ¿Cómo habría sido como Rey si hubiera continuado, aún casado con el amor de su vida?. Carlos III lo logró por su carácter y el de su amante: ¡Nada, ni nadie, les iba a impedir lograr EL TRONO, unos Ambiciosos sin escrúpulos. Y, así enseña a William. Este Duque fue un hombre afortunado en su vivir y en el Amor.

  • @Ann-ez8ml
    @Ann-ez8ml 10 месяцев назад +11

    I can really see the late Queen Elisabeths face here in her
    uncle.

  • @annamariagorski1092
    @annamariagorski1092 Год назад +92

    A brilliant Interview. Very well done. Listen to the late Duke of Windsors voice for the first time. It's amazing. A peace of history .

    • @annamariagorski1092
      @annamariagorski1092 Год назад +14

      There's something, sort of calming in the way he speaks. He really was, a man way ahead of his time.

    • @zoeemiko8149
      @zoeemiko8149 Год назад

      @@annamariagorski1092 If you're talking about Edward - he was a Hitler supporter who turned on his country in exchange for re-taking the crown if Hitler occupied England. Hitler was bombing the hell out of England - his countrymen being murdered while he was giving this interview. He wasn't a man ahead of his time. He was a power hungry turncoat.

    • @jupitermoongauge4055
      @jupitermoongauge4055 Год назад

      What's amazing about the voice of a hideous couple of idiots who supported Hitler and the Nazis ?

    • @Martin-tn5lm
      @Martin-tn5lm 4 месяца назад +1

      Perhaps he was hoping for a history of peace.

  • @djnoneofyourbusiness525
    @djnoneofyourbusiness525 2 года назад +119

    The actress who plays Wallis in The Crown was so spot on.. they nailed her hair, body language, and accent 100%.

    • @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1
      @WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1 2 года назад +11

      DJ - The casting in general was excellent

    • @lucindaarmour4685
      @lucindaarmour4685 Год назад +13

      In the final episodes it was Geraldine Chaplin, who was amazing. In the first two seasons it was Lia Williams. They were both perfect.

    • @cropero77
      @cropero77 Год назад

      I think Geraldine Chaplin was too old for the role

  • @priscilafm8090
    @priscilafm8090 4 года назад +400

    Anyone here after watching them in The Crown.

  • @adventureswithcrystal
    @adventureswithcrystal Год назад +22

    He was a very handsome man… very intelligent and distinguished!

  • @andreabaker544
    @andreabaker544 Год назад +22

    I enjoy listening to the both of them...beautiful enunciation.

  • @bernadetteoneill7014
    @bernadetteoneill7014 2 года назад +88

    Thid is priceless. To hear the Duke & Duchess being interviewed & spoke candidly. Kudos to the interviewer. 👍👏🤴🇬🇧

    • @franklinstephen3268
      @franklinstephen3268 Год назад

      Hey there! I came across your comment and I just had to reach out and say hi. Your perspective really caught my attention and I would love to get to know you better. Would you be interested in chatting sometime? Looking forward to hearing back from you!😊

  • @chandracox6814
    @chandracox6814 3 года назад +94

    Their accents are incredible.

  • @kerrybaker723
    @kerrybaker723 Год назад +10

    WOW! He really cared about the poor.! Something I never knew and didn't think the current royal family cared about 😊

  • @andreemariaboyd3947
    @andreemariaboyd3947 Год назад +46

    I feel so sorry for him. When he talks about not being able to work because the royals wouldn’t allow it. So sad.

    • @odysseusprodromou3260
      @odysseusprodromou3260 Год назад

      they had enough nazis

    • @jennifermcgrath8524
      @jennifermcgrath8524 4 месяца назад

      He had colluded with the nazi’s!! He was a traitor! It’s proven!

    • @samd1571
      @samd1571 3 месяца назад +7

      Nah no pity he like harry today didn't want to do the job but still thought he could have all the benefits.

    • @violetab3750
      @violetab3750 17 дней назад

      Not feeling sorry for him at all, his wife and him were nazi supporters.

  • @lukasoitzl133
    @lukasoitzl133 4 года назад +375

    Funny thing my great grandfather picked them up from the train station in my village in Austria and drove them to the castle in a carriage where they spend their honeymoon in 1937. He was always so proud of it.

    • @lisas2538
      @lisas2538 4 года назад +15

      Lukas Oitzl Aww I love that. Thanks for sharing.

    • @juliaanne2057
      @juliaanne2057 4 года назад +20

      Lukas Oitzl My grandfather was a chauffeur for him at one time, my mother inherited a photo of the Duke that grandad was given, she displayed it proudly in her hallway for years and years!😀 I think it might even have been signed...

    • @thebiscuitrose
      @thebiscuitrose 4 года назад +12

      Wonderful life moment. How precious.

    • @sistagalsistagal8136
      @sistagalsistagal8136 4 года назад +4

      Wow Lukas, intetesting, although if it were me, I would have refused to have the Nazi lovers in my car.

    • @joycemumford7515
      @joycemumford7515 4 года назад

      Of your great grandfather?
      Of the castle ?
      Of the honeymoon ?
      Or was it your great grandfather that was proud ? Why ?

  • @alexbaseball4684
    @alexbaseball4684 4 года назад +188

    King Edwards voice is honestly so soothing

    • @andrewbrendan1579
      @andrewbrendan1579 4 года назад +7

      There may be something that runs in the family. I heard a recording of Prince Charles reading poetry (I can't remember now whose poetry, maybe Dylan Thomas?) and I was very impressed at how well he spoke. The Prince has an excellent voice for reading poetry.

    • @nicole.stanhope
      @nicole.stanhope 4 года назад +1

      Andrew Brendan It may run in the family somewhat, but King George VI had a horrible stammer. I suffer from one as well, it sucks

    • @truthseeking6611
      @truthseeking6611 4 года назад +1

      @@nicole.stanhopeWell,he won an Oscar for that.

    • @lilise3965
      @lilise3965 4 года назад

      @@nicole.stanhope I had too, you will outgrow it eventually. Yes, I noticed that he tends to stammer too. In the sense that he repeats some words. But King George VI had the horrible type I used to have as a child, when you tense up, block the diagram hence the breath flow, while desperately trying to speak.

    • @brandirei8060
      @brandirei8060 Год назад

      His brother was a stutter

  • @reptilehuntress
    @reptilehuntress 26 дней назад +3

    As you enter the winter of your life you tend to remember every little thing you did, right or wrong, you seek forgiveness, rationalization, realization, so many things as you age...the "what if's" and "if onlies" are immense, the tears, the laughter, the joy, the pain, the unspoken, the knowing its too late because others have gone on before you...your life doesn't flash before your eyes but it does do a s-l-o-w exposure as you try and make peace with all you've done and finally make peace with God.

  • @normanmunns4743
    @normanmunns4743 Год назад +15

    What a lovely man
    Seems very kind and gentle

    • @aramrayzian7570
      @aramrayzian7570 2 месяца назад

      Nazi sympathizers, keep that in mind.

  • @diamonddog4708
    @diamonddog4708 Год назад +27

    His voice has a nice timbre and resonance to it

  • @haydenbruder8716
    @haydenbruder8716 5 лет назад +1913

    They both look very troubled. They claim to be happy but body language and expression tell a different story.

    • @onthemarketblog6444
      @onthemarketblog6444 5 лет назад +88

      traitor and nazi sympathizers why the made up names for the saxe coburg and gotha dynasty aka England's royal family, Edward VIII sent to Nassau Bahamas because the plot to replace him as England's NAzi king was foiled , most of the uk state had Nazi sympathizers right to the top .. , AND most of these people had gone underground .... founder of Englands state media the BBc was knighted by the royals later writing in his memoirs , how he admired ,how the Nazi s were cleansing... Europe in the 1930's. Reith also directly over saw Edward VIII abdication speech . He was much later given a life peerage of Lord .

    • @mrsemilybartrum
      @mrsemilybartrum 5 лет назад +30

      @@onthemarketblog6444 let's not forget the suspicions surrounded his younger brother's death when the plane crashed... can't remember the name of the documentary but it covered this and the suggestion Wallis was a much needed excuse to force abdication since Edward was a Nazi sympathizer. Great points.

    • @user-ld7uj9pv8e
      @user-ld7uj9pv8e 5 лет назад +62

      Utterly miserable and resentful. Petulant, privileged pratts

    • @keldonmcfarland2969
      @keldonmcfarland2969 4 года назад +131

      Wallis left him on his death bed as he lay dying-shopping, dining at fine restaurants. His nurse said he was like a lamb crying for its mother "Wallis, Wallis." His nurse said it was shockingly sad and pathetic.

    • @nora4981
      @nora4981 4 года назад +173

      The original Harry and Meghan

  • @noway4875
    @noway4875 Год назад +63

    This is a wonderful interview it was so nice to hear his thoughts and his own voice

    • @jupitermoongauge4055
      @jupitermoongauge4055 Год назад

      What's wonderful about a disgusting traitor who supported Hitler and the Nazis ?

  • @marymmansour
    @marymmansour Год назад +41

    This is a wonderful interview. It brings out what a charming man he was.

    • @shadetreader
      @shadetreader Год назад

      He was a Nazi sympathiser.

    • @franklinstephen3268
      @franklinstephen3268 Год назад

      Hi how are you doing?

    • @m0ulart
      @m0ulart Год назад +3

      He was a fascist sympathiser, playboy, and indiscreet.
      Don't forget that he has had time to reflect since his abdication. He's an old man.

  •  6 лет назад +94

    I wished everyone had the Duke's impeccable manners!

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 5 лет назад +3

      @@TheAmandahc Great answer! And Hitler and Goering aren't remembered for their 'impeccable manners' either, but rather darker qualities!

    • @dewianjani8021
      @dewianjani8021 5 лет назад +7

      ‘Impeccable manners!’ Does that include betraying her own nation to help Hitler, advising to bomb London continuously, and spilling all the beans to the Nazi as well?

  • @josephdemello291
    @josephdemello291 5 лет назад +164

    Fascinating how honest he seems reflecting on his life.

  • @ramonapatrick8751
    @ramonapatrick8751 Год назад +9

    To me in my opinion is that they didn't know what to do with themselves after he removed himself as King. They traveled, gave parties went to parties that were very lavished and did nothing if notable to serve those who did not live such a privileged life.

  • @shiva2731
    @shiva2731 Год назад +64

    The Rolls Royce story really touched me. He had some serious depth. While, like so many humans, he made some tough choices, and had to live with the repercussions of those choices. Thank you for sharing.

    • @user-rg5we6ly2u
      @user-rg5we6ly2u 7 месяцев назад +3

      blabla bla would you cry when he met Hitler and played golf while others were at war???? hahaha

  • @funnydiecast664
    @funnydiecast664 4 года назад +750

    I’m here because of Season 3 of The Crown!

    • @shhhaua9426
      @shhhaua9426 4 года назад +7

      Funny Diecast me as well can u believe this man was banished from his family for finding his true love ?

    • @ljones436
      @ljones436 4 года назад +36

      @@shhhaua9426 He was a selfish man who placed his own interests above those of the nation. Duty meant nothing to him. And let's not forget that he and his "wife" were Nazi sympathizers. Thank God he wasn't King during the war.

    • @johnoakes4143
      @johnoakes4143 4 года назад +5

      L Jones there is only speculation he was a Nazi sympathiser. I would have thought that rumour would be dead by now. He was not at all selfish the govnt at the time deserted him and forced their view on him. History has shown that when he died the nation mourned him with great sympathy for how he was treated.

    • @ljones436
      @ljones436 4 года назад +25

      @@johnoakes4143 No, it's not mere speculation, it's historical fact. Edward VIII voiced support for Hitler and the Nazis when they came to power. He also overlooked their persecution of Jewish people saying, it was "“no business of ours to interfere in Germany’s internal affairs either regarding Jews or regarding anything else.” He was also a supporter of Oswald Mosley the leader of the British Union of Fascists. Edward and Wallis were Hitler's guests during their visit to Germany in 1937. I believe, as do many others, that it was an act of Divine intervention that this terrible man had such a short reign. He would have been a disastrous king The stress brought on by his selfishness led to the untimely death of his brother, King George VI -- who, unlike his older brother Edward, was a marvelous and heroic King.

    • @tanyasmith2173
      @tanyasmith2173 4 года назад

      So am I 😛

  • @ronijoseph7245
    @ronijoseph7245 3 года назад +1079

    Edward VIII speaks like a man who hasn’t enjoyed one happy day in his life.
    His body language is that of someone who has led a very lonely life.

    • @ChristIsLord247
      @ChristIsLord247 3 года назад +90

      I was just thinking how horribly sad he seemed.

    • @annaalicea5552
      @annaalicea5552 3 года назад +113

      Maybe because he found out the Walis lady did not really love him. Check out her biography on how she still loved the man she had to divorced because the ex king had said if he leave him he’ll kill himself, she felt scared an knew the scandal it would put her in. She was wicked. That’s why he looks miserable. It said be careful what you wish for.

    • @barbaracarter6726
      @barbaracarter6726 3 года назад +22

      @@ChristIsLord247 sad and bitter

    • @barbaracarter6726
      @barbaracarter6726 3 года назад +40

      @@annaalicea5552 at one point she did try to leave him before abdication - I don't like her but I have to be fair about that.

    • @Saiputera
      @Saiputera 3 года назад +19

      Probably the Abdicate effect his life a lot as you can tell

  • @janetswalley7708
    @janetswalley7708 Год назад +54

    I love to hear people who are well spoken and are articulate. None of the slang people use today .people today don’t know past tenses when speaking . This was an eloquent delivery . 😊

    • @lemilemi5385
      @lemilemi5385 Год назад +3

      I “fink vey” dont speak the King’s English in England anymore

    • @beatricewoods8377
      @beatricewoods8377 11 месяцев назад

      They were cool

    • @Buttlands
      @Buttlands 9 месяцев назад

      @@lemilemi5385 Noh, ve not to speek king's eenglish now, yez bleeze.

    • @rashidahr4043
      @rashidahr4043 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@lemilemi5385dats right dey dont
      Sadly and so many double negatives i.

  • @donnablosser7982
    @donnablosser7982 11 месяцев назад +6

    This was really interesting and it's nice to hear part of their story from them.
    He was very well spoken but I am noticing he has a slight stutter as well.

  • @Ahmad-Legend1
    @Ahmad-Legend1 3 года назад +752

    Who's watching now after harry and meghan interview 😂 like..

    • @W1728now
      @W1728now 3 года назад +66

      Why can’t Megan and Harry have the class of Edward and Mrs Simpson ! If anyone had much to say, is these people after all they took the brunt of it all as divorce is natural in today’s royal family and marriage to a common person and Megan is as common as they come!

    • @petersellmer9492
      @petersellmer9492 3 года назад +17

      Yes i am and i think they were pretty hard on Wallis and she had tried to escape!

    • @TheDevilsAdvocate1984
      @TheDevilsAdvocate1984 3 года назад +51

      Meghan is the new modern and even more destructive Wallis.

    • @TheDevilsAdvocate1984
      @TheDevilsAdvocate1984 3 года назад +38

      @Otto Günsche Total scumbag...shame I used to love her character in suits...but shes so sinister now.

    • @janice8514
      @janice8514 3 года назад +5

      Me!

  • @gavinmillar7519
    @gavinmillar7519 4 года назад +49

    He seems very down to earth and easy to talk to. Fascinating.

    • @vp5633
      @vp5633 Год назад

      He was a racist & Nazi sympathiser

  • @isbellm.lucero1004
    @isbellm.lucero1004 Год назад +29

    King Charles looks a lot like him and has his same ideas of bringing modernization to the Crown.

  • @turloughkennedy6579
    @turloughkennedy6579 Год назад +5

    Most people miss the point that King Edward Viii was sick of the establishment. He says this at the end of the interview. It wasn't just love, he detested everything his family represented and was.

  • @sunflowerkidvlogs
    @sunflowerkidvlogs 3 года назад +858

    Wow this interview actually made me really sad. Edward looks so ashamed and hurt in this interview. He just emanates abandonment. You can see the little boy in his eyes.

    • @geni2906
      @geni2906 3 года назад +94

      He's a grown man who made choices, not a naive child.

    • @AlexxEnglishh
      @AlexxEnglishh 3 года назад +147

      He was a Nazi sympathizer who attempted to plot with the Germans to overthrow the monarchy and rule as a puppet king under the third reich. Don’t feel sorry for him.

    • @Cheesecakefactory2007
      @Cheesecakefactory2007 3 года назад +66

      He abdicated his duty to marry an unsuitable wife who was bad influence.I shudder imagining her as queen.If only she was not a Nazi Sympathizer.

    • @granny58
      @granny58 3 года назад +50

      He was totally dependent on wallace.

    • @bonniemagpie5166
      @bonniemagpie5166 3 года назад +37

      @@AlexxEnglishh, The Queen Mother was also a Nazi sympathiser, see that video where she is vigorously teaching Elizabeth The Nazi salute! Long after King George V changed their German name to Windsor. It is a little shocking that Elizabeth's father King George Vl approved of that.

  • @marjanaahmed7171
    @marjanaahmed7171 3 года назад +413

    The person that plays him in the crown looks so much like him it’s scary lol

    • @fehintop
      @fehintop 3 года назад +10

      Exactly! It’s uncanny!

    • @rosycandyhaven
      @rosycandyhaven 3 года назад +7

      He is a wonderful actor. He is also in the TV series Victoria.

    • @sanjvi1319
      @sanjvi1319 3 года назад

      @@rosycandyhaven his name ?

    • @juliedurden1320
      @juliedurden1320 3 года назад +2

      @@rosycandyhaven he also plays Prince Charles in the movie The Queen, starring Helen Mirren.

    • @laurenbacall3847
      @laurenbacall3847 3 года назад +4

      He is the extremely talented "Derek Jacobi." Amongst a lifetime of work, he is most famous for his portrayal of "Claudius" in the PBS series "I Claudius."

  • @perysima
    @perysima Год назад +11

    He was truly a great man .

    • @chloehall4270
      @chloehall4270 Год назад +1

      He was The Traitor King.

    • @Wilt8v92
      @Wilt8v92 Год назад +2

      His wife loved those SS men in uniform, dueling scars and deaths heads,and the best party's..!

  • @aimay374
    @aimay374 Год назад +6

    I am sad watching this
    Sad for both of them

  • @PatriceMarieDobson
    @PatriceMarieDobson 2 года назад +28

    What a very intelligent and articulate King👑. Because, he always had the manners of a King 👑

  • @ritemolawbks8012
    @ritemolawbks8012 2 года назад +275

    Although he abdicated, he's the only present or former British monarch to ever be interviewed. It's good that he was still respectful and didn't mention anything to harm the reputation of his brother or the Queen.

    • @annehathaway2107
      @annehathaway2107 Год назад +36

      That I will give him total credit for.Unlike others he did not publicly bite the hand that fed him.

    • @nickyjones2709
      @nickyjones2709 Год назад +10

      I wonder why? They probably would of stopped their allowance!

    • @barbaracarter6726
      @barbaracarter6726 Год назад +6

      @@nickyjones2709 they had much more than the allowance to live on. All assets that Edward did not disclose to his brother - and not completely legally obtained.

    • @LisaG442
      @LisaG442 Год назад +9

      Because they paid his stipend lol, he wouldn’t want to jeopardize that and have to work to support himself

    • @ritemolawbks8012
      @ritemolawbks8012 Год назад

      @@LisaG442 That's true, but there's probably nothing interesting about the private lives of his brother or niece (the current Queen).
      He was the one considered the "playboy" and "rebel" with an active social life.
      The young royals and politicians might have a lot of secret scandals, but the Queen and her father have been public figures for over a century.
      Their biggest scandal was probably being related to a former king who abdicated.

  • @emmamarson2105
    @emmamarson2105 9 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for putting this video up. Very interesting interview. A cultured interviewer and an ex king who certainly gave a different impression to how I have been led to regard him. 9/23

  • @leestanyer7300
    @leestanyer7300 11 месяцев назад +4

    So pleased to find this gem Havent heard him speak before

  • @susanharris5926
    @susanharris5926 3 года назад +213

    I have never seen so many nervous gestures and movements as these two have. Speaks volumes.

    • @ritahorvath8207
      @ritahorvath8207 3 года назад +14

      They still speak more clearly than most of todays people.

    • @alcostello6114
      @alcostello6114 2 года назад +7

      You’re not a body language reader.

    • @susanharris5926
      @susanharris5926 2 года назад +2

      @@alcostello6114 Are you?

    • @alcostello6114
      @alcostello6114 2 года назад +6

      @@susanharris5926 nope. And I’m not pretending to be like you

    • @StrawberryNinjaNibbles
      @StrawberryNinjaNibbles 2 года назад +5

      @@alcostello6114 if you’re a human then you’re a body language reader lol

  • @brihmendiola4347
    @brihmendiola4347 6 лет назад +581

    I think one morning he woke up and realized that he made a major mistake for giving up his throne.

    • @stacylashana
      @stacylashana 5 лет назад +34

      He did she was abusive

    • @flanneryoconnor705
      @flanneryoconnor705 5 лет назад +5

      brih Mendiola TOTALLY

    • @roshpinna6708
      @roshpinna6708 5 лет назад +30

      not a schred of truth. how do you manage to come out with this nonsense. he truly loved her beyond imagination. never looked back after he kick that throne like a garbage

    • @kathleencampbell4752
      @kathleencampbell4752 5 лет назад

      @@roshpinna6708 n.j in

    • @caligulalonghbottom2629
      @caligulalonghbottom2629 5 лет назад +64

      Not at all...he was OBSESSED with her in an unhealthy way. She had regrets though, she never wanted to marry him, she basically had no choice after he abdicated.

  • @babylonisfallen5142
    @babylonisfallen5142 5 месяцев назад +6

    He was the Princess Diana of his time; immensely popular with the people, photogenic too. Unheard of contact and concern for the poor and it was said his manners and graciousness were impeccable.

    • @morrigansraven
      @morrigansraven 4 месяца назад

      He was also a Nazi sympathiser.

    • @kathleenw
      @kathleenw 3 месяца назад

      With respect, no truly he wasn't, he was a nazi sympathiser, a man child, a spoilt arrogant dimwit, I like them here but it's a facade, a glamorous pretence, we must never forget that, do watch the documentary about his time in the Bahamas, Diana loved the RF but she wasn't perfect either but who is?

    • @JGJGAGSG
      @JGJGAGSG Месяц назад

      And you’re ignorant enough to overlook the fact that he was a Nazi sympathizer

  • @Auntmargaret88
    @Auntmargaret88 4 месяца назад +1

    Very much enjoyed this interview. Thank you!

  • @bethanyangel1721
    @bethanyangel1721 3 года назад +110

    Body language is so much louder than their words.

  • @patriciaheawood6267
    @patriciaheawood6267 3 года назад +60

    He comes over as rather likeable.

    • @CaseyTappy
      @CaseyTappy 3 года назад

      @@devensessarego800 Some Nazi sympathies ? He plotted with Hitler to attack England and overthrow the Queen , he dined on the Berghof and was friends with Goebbels and Goring . He was a piece of jew hating nazi shit .

    • @devensessarego800
      @devensessarego800 3 года назад +1

      @@CaseyTappy yo i didn't know bro sorry it was 3 months ago when i wrote the comment i am sorry it was ignorant

    • @danchambers3852
      @danchambers3852 3 года назад +2

      Leon Trotsky a lot of people don’t know how weird he really was. He was gravely abused by his father which left him emotionally stunted that’s why he was so weird and sensitive. He really did like sexual and emotional abuse. Wallace was a sadistic dominatrix and treated him really poorly as well as openly cheat on him and he just ate it up. He sympathized with the nazi’s and conspired to harm and overthrow his family just to grant Wallace and him the HRH title. In the end they were both spoiled brats who deserve no sympathy.

  • @rosesmith8478
    @rosesmith8478 Год назад +3

    I’m glad I found this interview existed.

  • @camillazapolsky8940
    @camillazapolsky8940 Год назад +4

    Wow, thank you for this interview. I had never seen/heard these two in this setting before. Very interesting.

  • @peachesjackofski8363
    @peachesjackofski8363 4 года назад +158

    He looks and sounds like he was a lovely man.x
    This is such a little diamond of an interview, just a glimpse into how well spoken people were back then and just so articulate and their manners, I guess sadly, that time has past.

    • @catzmeow5294
      @catzmeow5294 4 года назад +9

      The comments here reflect the trash of the current times.

    • @jackielittle1729
      @jackielittle1729 4 года назад +4

      Not to mention education. Did you mean passed?

    • @mal_3157
      @mal_3157 4 года назад

      He really wasn’t

    • @maryfoulk4435
      @maryfoulk4435 4 года назад

      Jackie Little was FC FC in

    • @peachesjackofski8363
      @peachesjackofski8363 4 года назад

      Jackie Little no, I meant past.

  • @lindaclark8146
    @lindaclark8146 4 года назад +100

    He is handsome and a good head of hair

    • @ringwe
      @ringwe 3 года назад +2

      Baldness must have been inherited from the queen mum's side, it's crazy how future generations of Windsors go bald from a young age.

  • @birisitakuruvoli3708
    @birisitakuruvoli3708 11 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this video

  • @phoenixarmijo7553
    @phoenixarmijo7553 9 месяцев назад +3

    🌠Thank you for sharing this. ✨

  • @benicio1967
    @benicio1967 4 года назад +424

    He breaks your heart. He seems utterly vulnerable, really.....he presented as such a sad and anxious figure. He never was able to feel settled anywhere. Never found his way. Loving someone so desperately may mean that you follow your heart but that can sometimes take you to all the places you should never go. A wasted life, even when when it’s lived out with someone you love can sometimes still lead to profound emptiness.

    • @maggiep4225
      @maggiep4225 3 года назад +19

      So well said. 😔

    • @muddywitch9016
      @muddywitch9016 3 года назад +43

      Could apply equally to Prince Harry. Both men had (and have) no purpose, no meaning in their lives. Which happens when you give up your responsibilities for a life without purpose. The Duke of Windsor may have had the woman he loved but he gave up his life in return. And I am sure Harry will end up learning the same lesson

    • @christosyal5883
      @christosyal5883 3 года назад +25

      He could have still made something of his life. He could have become a professional or something other productive. He was still in control of how his life unfolded.

    • @muddywitch9016
      @muddywitch9016 3 года назад +25

      @@christosyal5883 Yes he had tremendous advantages, but unlike the current David and Wallace (Harry and Meghan) at least respected the Royal Family.

    • @mattsalvage8339
      @mattsalvage8339 3 года назад +5

      You find profound emptiness when you are a Nazi

  • @niallmorris9151
    @niallmorris9151 6 лет назад +920

    He seems broken - and she's certainly wearing the trousers

    • @MTknitter22
      @MTknitter22 5 лет назад +59

      Niall Morris The books about him say England got blessed when he abdicated in favor of his good-hearted brother. Edward was totally self-absorbed and aides said he could have cared less about the English people. He wasn’t exactly the most masculine guy, she probably did boss him.

    • @redlady935
      @redlady935 5 лет назад +18

      He gave up everything for her. Probably still happier though than if he'd stayed.

    • @joanmarshall4251
      @joanmarshall4251 5 лет назад +28

      Jane Eyre You are quite right that England was blessed when Edward abdicated. A very weak and selfish man and he got his desserts when he married Wallis Simpson. She wore the pants and weak men are usually attracted to women who can boss them around. Possibly it makes the man feel more secure.

    • @joanmarshall4251
      @joanmarshall4251 5 лет назад +9

      Fibbertigibbet The Queen Mother did dislike Wallis Simpson because she was the catalyst for her husband being thrust in to being king when he was ill prepared however, he did go on to make a good King. Have you seen the movie "The Kings Speech" Jeffrey Rush when he met the Queen asked her if the movie was true to form and she agreed. If you have not seen the movie I urge you to see it.

    • @casrifay
      @casrifay 5 лет назад

      Typical countryside gossip

  • @esliet
    @esliet Год назад +12

    What a fabulous interview. This man was intelligent, sophisticated, eloquent and had a heart

  • @msenimyer1445
    @msenimyer1445 Год назад +3

    This is a treasure for sure, thank you for sharing!

    • @levent.a.7280
      @levent.a.7280 11 месяцев назад

      These people are all dead

  • @huub1989
    @huub1989 3 года назад +526

    The way they are sitting is so strange and uncomfortable looking. It adds to the feeling of awkwardness and unease that permeates this interview.

    • @TermiteVideo
      @TermiteVideo 3 года назад +21

      That’s because they lived in a pre public age. The most gauche teenager is media savvy now.

    • @huub1989
      @huub1989 3 года назад +12

      TermiteVideo you have a point. I would have thought that for them presentation would be everything. They lived such a shallow existence, the facade was all they had.

    • @sugarpuff2978
      @sugarpuff2978 3 года назад +23

      For a royal he's not sitting very proper with his legs splayed out.

    • @cwynn1547
      @cwynn1547 3 года назад +6

      He just looks hung over, like he needs a drink.

    • @rishaanguptaofficial7674
      @rishaanguptaofficial7674 3 года назад +9

      I read somewhere the got paid for this interview... The money they needed desperately.. Sad state of affairs!

  • @thegreenbaron6439
    @thegreenbaron6439 Год назад +33

    I've seen so many actors play these two on screen, its great watching the real people for once

  • @robertjoyal2495
    @robertjoyal2495 7 месяцев назад +18

    The last time Queen Elizabeth spoke to Wallace was at Edwards Funeral, She asked her what side of Edward she wanted to buried when she passed away .

    • @user-tp9hm2iq6p
      @user-tp9hm2iq6p Месяц назад

      Old Lilibet was a frigid idiot.

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo 19 дней назад +1

      How on earth can you know that? And the spelling is "Wallis".

  • @krmyna1
    @krmyna1 Год назад +5

    Gracias. Primera vez que "lo conozco personalmente". ¡Me encantó su Encanto y Elegancia de Rey!. Gracias al entrevistador, muy documentado y muy cercano y respetuoso. ¡Qué tiempos que no viví. ✌️🧠🤔🕊🌹😪

  • @saiedahussain2873
    @saiedahussain2873 3 года назад +72

    As the interview unfolds I love his views more and more.

    • @antoniafaheerty6980
      @antoniafaheerty6980 3 года назад +3

      Too progressive to be king.

    • @lizbbb7326
      @lizbbb7326 3 года назад +6

      @@antoniafaheerty6980 he was a nazi...

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq 3 года назад +7

      @@lizbbb7326 Don't believe everything you find online.....those are unproved assertions made by his political enemies. One of his closest friends and advisors was CHURCHILL....would Sir Winston have been his pal if the Duke was a Not-zee?

    • @uyoebyik
      @uyoebyik 3 года назад +1

      @@lizbbb7326 stupid thing to say

  • @hayleys1260
    @hayleys1260 3 года назад +1105

    I'd love to see a body language expert have a go at this.

    • @mbmochinski
      @mbmochinski 3 года назад +172

      It looks like both are sitting very uncomfortably, strangely.

    • @lynnebenedetto6146
      @lynnebenedetto6146 3 года назад +134

      A lot of hand-wringing.

    • @inproper3952
      @inproper3952 3 года назад +62

      I thought the exact same thing! "The Behavior Panel" four men on you tube that do a fab job with body language.

    • @pneron2032
      @pneron2032 3 года назад +165

      2:33 "Naturally we've had some hard times but who hasn't?" Somebody please cut that and send it to millionaire Meghan.

    • @lulubelljingles9701
      @lulubelljingles9701 3 года назад +88

      @@pneron2032 it wouldn’t fit her victim narrative

  • @joanamiranda9418
    @joanamiranda9418 Год назад +2

    I really enjoyed this interview learnt a lot today

  • @antzpantzz8490
    @antzpantzz8490 11 месяцев назад +15

    I just love the way Edward is sitting. Totally non-protocol and I applaud him on pursuing a happy life for himself.

    • @honeybunch5765
      @honeybunch5765 11 месяцев назад +4

      He was truly punished for doing it, though.😢

    • @ZenaidaRoxas-yk8pp
      @ZenaidaRoxas-yk8pp 8 месяцев назад +2

      He doesn't look happy to me. I think he was for a time but not for long. He looked like he missed his royal life. With purpose than when he left his birthright.

    • @sandirichard5461
      @sandirichard5461 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@ZenaidaRoxas-yk8ppI think you're right. His demeanor seems sad. Maybe because he's being nostalgic in this moment but, it reads as sad and regretful.

  • @gburahbondo2948
    @gburahbondo2948 5 лет назад +214

    This man lived a sad sad life on this planet. I hope he found heaven. RIP

    • @vickiewyatt4837
      @vickiewyatt4837 4 года назад +4

      Amen!!

    • @ladytamaya4737
      @ladytamaya4737 4 года назад +6

      Agree and hope that Prince Harry is not heading the same way even if he would never be king.

    • @tania8257
      @tania8257 4 года назад +4

      Sad? He has lived nothing but royality

    • @Jamsnaxx
      @Jamsnaxx 4 года назад +13

      He colluded with the Nazi’s and caused more deaths of innocent Londoners during the blitz..

    • @JC_inc
      @JC_inc 4 года назад

      gburah bondo
      There’s no heaven, or hell.
      If you don’t enjoy it here. It’s on you.

  • @Carpenterdane
    @Carpenterdane 4 года назад +423

    She got so much of the blame for his abdication. Hellfire! It was his choice!

    • @karendalsadik7119
      @karendalsadik7119 3 года назад +47

      The woman always get’s the blame.

    • @praisemavasa2414
      @praisemavasa2414 3 года назад +4

      Always

    • @cfgeyer
      @cfgeyer 3 года назад +30

      Both were Nazis so who cares!

    • @RZ-bq5kf
      @RZ-bq5kf 3 года назад +10

      Well I mean she got married to him when apparently she had another lover. And the monarchy's legitimacy nearly went due to her.

    • @verborgenewahrheit1594
      @verborgenewahrheit1594 3 года назад +1

      c.f. geyer
      You’ll need to validate that claim. Sounds hysterical

  • @jonnarobinson7541
    @jonnarobinson7541 Год назад +36

    Thank you! What an interesting video. I recently finished reading "Dancing with the Devil" by Christopher Wilson. The book details the relationship between Jimmy Donahue (the son of a Woolworth heir) and the Windsors. The book was published in 2000. It is fascinating.

    • @mycatsnameiskaren8253
      @mycatsnameiskaren8253 9 месяцев назад +1

      Ooohhhh, that sounds fascinating!!! May be my next read after I finish Traitor King.

  • @charshill2978
    @charshill2978 Год назад +72

    He really was aware of the poverty, the 'damnable situation' , that the population lived in. It would be amazing if the RF now were as aware and felt they could be as proactive in that regard as Edward.

    • @jazmeena6639
      @jazmeena6639 Год назад

      Would that be the same awareness he used to cozy up to Hitler?
      Since he promised them the throne, the crown, and everything else that goes with it, as soon as he would take out the royal family and fly a nazi flag over Buckingham Palace.

    • @btricksey
      @btricksey Год назад +4

      At 7:25 Edward himself answers your comment.
      It is also stunning that so many of the deprived areas he mentions are still (after how many years!) pretty much in the same situation😮: deprived, left behind, forgotten.
      Who and when will really care for those people?!

    • @cheshirecat2641
      @cheshirecat2641 Год назад

      Oh of course he was so invested in life of poor and unfortunate people that he and her colluded with Hitler 🤯🙄
      Jesus, the amount of brainwashed idiots buying into his and RF bs is astonishing

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 Год назад +7

      Have you heard of the Prince's Trust and its achievements over the decades? Edward was never that charitable. He talks a great deal about morality but this is a man who admired Hitler and was willing to let Britain fall in exchange for the crown he said to have given up for love. Also; the deprived places of those times are gentrified and very exclusive exclusive.

    • @odysseusprodromou3260
      @odysseusprodromou3260 Год назад

      people wouldn't have been so poor if these parasites didn't exist

  • @danpower-JP
    @danpower-JP 4 года назад +644

    Who’s here after Prince Harry said he will step down from being a senior royal?

    • @angel-fz8qg
      @angel-fz8qg 4 года назад +54

      Isn't that meg? She didn't love him at all. Did you see the documentary of Wallace. How they found love letters of Wallace to ernest being married for 2 yrs I think of Edward. Well harry is trying so hard to be someone bigger than William so meg can stick around longer. Or else she is out!

    • @scorptarget
      @scorptarget 4 года назад +14

      “Begun, The Prince Andrew effect has!” -Yoda 😂😎

    • @shropshirelad1162
      @shropshirelad1162 4 года назад +11

      @@scorptarget and a America was involved in that as well ...

    • @emiendafu645
      @emiendafu645 4 года назад +6

      Me

    • @ASIIIULKA91
      @ASIIIULKA91 4 года назад +7

      I bet she had no say it was his decision..

  • @jeh500
    @jeh500 2 года назад +85

    He's intelligent, charismatic and warm. He also seems to be honest and unafraid of his opinions.
    The interviewer is informed, discreet and polite. Strong resemblance to Prince Charles.

    • @Junjo11
      @Junjo11 Год назад +3

      Yes he speaks and resemble Charles

    • @Moluccan56
      @Moluccan56 Год назад

      Or, Charles resembles him because he had his looks before Charles did.

    • @Britt-Britt
      @Britt-Britt Год назад

      Charles resembles him

  • @Davilla888
    @Davilla888 Год назад +20

    The guy who plays him in The Crown is a dead ringer - perfect!

    • @lorildiamond4987
      @lorildiamond4987 Год назад

      Totally agree

    • @ZoeNordek
      @ZoeNordek Год назад +1

      Same actor played Charles in The queen movie how apt seeing comments they resemble eachother

    • @JenniferBarroll
      @JenniferBarroll Год назад

      I've heard terrible things about those two.

  • @newcastlerabbit
    @newcastlerabbit Год назад +3

    Fantastic interview

  • @pablobanados6552
    @pablobanados6552 4 года назад +228

    He seems so sad and wounded...
    It seems that Wallis being a stronger person emotionally, didn't help at all to easy his pains.

    • @lilise3965
      @lilise3965 4 года назад +15

      She was emotionally distant from him. Theirs was just an affair to her. He was totally won over by her strong personality.

    • @tamaliaalisjahbana9354
      @tamaliaalisjahbana9354 3 года назад +5

      One person cannot make another person strong or healed. Each person must learn to be strong and to heal themselves.

    • @Hannah-zm9vc
      @Hannah-zm9vc 3 года назад +7

      She just wanted to be Queen careless about him. Heard she cheated on him, he was all alone.

    • @jamiemcfadden2074
      @jamiemcfadden2074 3 года назад +6

      She definitely wasn't as fond of him as he was of her. But he had learned he was dying of throat cancer shortly before giving this interview, and that's why he chose to do it. He knew it would be his last chance to tell his side of the story.

    • @120niharikamedi4
      @120niharikamedi4 3 года назад +4

      I don't think she ever acknowledged the fact that he left everything for her .maybe , he realised she wasn't for him too late that the damage was already done .

  • @light-yi2me
    @light-yi2me 4 года назад +271

    He was a broken man:(

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo 4 года назад +25

      No, he wasn't at all! These are just his mannerisms. He got exactly what he wanted in life - Wallis Simpson and no crown.

    • @bobbyweirddick6556
      @bobbyweirddick6556 3 года назад +6

      Renee Bloggs disagree with you. I think once he got the lady he felt empty because she didn’t love him like he did. So he was filled regret all his life.

    • @zzzbbbooo
      @zzzbbbooo 3 года назад +3

      @@bobbyweirddick6556 True, Wallis never loved David like he loved her but she did love him and always felt obligated to be the best she could for him because of all he'd sacrificed for her - she said that. I don't believe he ever regretted marrying her or abdicating to do so for a second - and I believe he said that.

    • @shukhada6664
      @shukhada6664 3 года назад +4

      Yeah. He practically didn't receive/achieve anything he wanted in his life.He was raised to become the king but was abducted. He wanted to give the woman he loved the title of HRH but he was denied that too. Wallis on the other hand did everything she wanted yet she was sour about the HRH title. Had she not demanded that and just loved him they would've led a happy life

    • @lina-zz9kk
      @lina-zz9kk 3 года назад +1

      You think? He was a immoral man like his grandfather Edward the 7. The problem was that THE PEOPLE thought his grand father, who was very degenerate man , was a real character and liked him. This acorn fell close to the tree but was not as charismatic he was a weak and spoiled brat who thought the world owed him a living and like the nazi he aspired to be he was just a twisted soul and he had his reward in this life and decided his 70 odd years here were preferable to an eternity with God

  • @ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah
    @ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah Год назад +125

    Such a lovely documentary.
    You can see how attached he was still to the royal family, still loyal to the royal family, but he sometimes got things wrong while in exile.
    I heard in another documentary that he insisted on getting up out of his sick/deathbed to stand at the end of his bed to salute to his Queen, his niece Queen Elizabeth II, when she came to visit him as she knew he was ill.
    He stood to attention, saluted and paid the correct due respect to her as she entered the room.
    She insisted he should not have done this as it drained him.
    He passed away within days of her visit.

    • @judithlee842
      @judithlee842 Год назад +10

      It's a shame HMTQ errant treacherous Grandson shared the values of his Great Uncle Favid who NOT once trashed the RF.

    • @xx_crystal_xx9110
      @xx_crystal_xx9110 Год назад

      @@judithlee842 because you know, protecting your family is treacherous now days 🤦🏼‍♀️ fucking idiot, back under your rock you go.

    • @jsstar76
      @jsstar76 Год назад

      He was never loyal to the Royal family. He told Hitler he’ll try to get his brother to surrender to him (Hitler) and suggested Hitler keep bombing England, which included Buckingham Palace. He wanted his brother, the King dead.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Год назад +11

      the Duke was actually sitting on a couch wearing a suit when he stood for her entrance

    • @addiewijangco1442
      @addiewijangco1442 Год назад +9

      ​@@judithlee842 shame her son didnt have the courage like her uncle, to abdicate for the supposed "love of his life"

  • @elizabethannegrey6285
    @elizabethannegrey6285 29 дней назад +1

    What a fascinating interview. Beautiful enunciation and command of language.
    The Duke “came alive” when speaking of parliament and Ministers he had known. A gem of an interview.