The traditional view of Edward VIII is that he chose love over his duty to the country—but that isn’t quite the whole story.
In April 1945, less than a month before the end of World War II in Europe, an American army captain found an abandoned vehicle with a trove of German government documents, one of which was signed by Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Nazi foreign minister who would later be executed at Nuremberg.
The traditional view of Edward is that he chose love over his duty to the country and sparked a crisis in the British government. But in investigating the connections between Edward VIII and Wallis, Lownie finds evidence that it isn’t the whole story. “The revisionist view is my view, which was that he was maneuvered off the throne because they were desperate to get rid of him,” Lownie said. The government may have been skeptical of Edward even before he became king.
If the Queen’s uncle has committed treachery and should be executed, that’s a big story. That would shake the monarchy, so that has to be covered up. I don’t think he approved of Edward’s behavior. He certainly didn’t—I mean, he threatened to court-martial him—but he knew that this is a story that couldn’t be allowed to get out. That’s why he tried to suppress it in his communications with Eisenhower and tried to destroy the material.
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