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Jun 16, 2020 · Edward VIII in Germany with Dr. Robert Ley, leader of the German Labour Front (DAF), and Wallis Simpson in 1936. The couple visited Nazi Germany as Hitler’s guests. In October 1937,...
Nov 10, 2022 · CBC Docs · Posted: Nov 10, 2022 10:39 AM EST | Last Updated: November 10, 2022. Unearthed documents suggest that the former King Edward VIII collaborated with the Nazis during the Second...
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Hitler treated the Duchess with full royal deference. Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward had abdicated the British throne in December 1936, and his brother George VI had become king. Edward had been given the title Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson in June 1937 ...
Mar 1, 2015 · Andrew Morton. Published March 1, 2015, 7:00 a.m. ET. History has romanticized Edward VIII as the king of hearts, the man who gave up the throne for the love of an American divorcee, Wallis...
Mar 10, 2016 · King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. PA. The trip was arranged so Wallis Simpson (seen here in a picture not part of the auction) could experience a state visit. The only British...
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Jan 2, 2024 · Published January 2, 2024. Updated January 4, 2024. During World War II, Nazi officials offered to help reinstate Edward VIII to the British throne in exchange for peace with Germany in correspondence known as the Marburg Files.
By Eric Niderost. It was around noon, June 19, 1940, when a small caravan of cars set out from Antibes in southern France en route to the Spanish border. Edward, Duke of Windsor was in one of the cars accompanied by his wife, the former American socialite Wallis Simpson.
