Documentary on Edward V11 Channel 4

[AnastasiaRomanov]

Just watching this on catch up. I didn’t think I would learn anything new but this documentary is quite a sobering watch.

[Justkeeppedaling]

It was interesting wasn't it.

[AnastasiaRomanov]

Terrifying really. A man who was King urging the Nazis to bomb Britain into submission, so he could come back and rule wirh his wife. 😟

[Mumsnut]

Do you mean Edward VIII?

Edward VII was a jolly old cove who had affairs', mainly.

[Andouillette]

@Mumsnut

Do you mean Edward VIII?

Edward VII was a jolly old cove who had affairs', mainly.

Yes. Edward VII was indeed a serial womaniser, very jolly, a much better king than anybody thought he would be, and most importantly thoroughly dead long before there were any nazis!

[ChudraWouldaShouldya]

@AnastasiaRomanov

Terrifying really. A man who was King urging the Nazis to bomb Britain into submission, so he could come back and rule wirh his wife. 😟

Yeah, that wasn’t Edward VIII 🤷🏼‍♀️

[ChudraWouldaShouldya]

Wasn’t Edward VII I mean 🙄🙄

[eddiemairswife]

The Royal Family had many German relatives.

[AnastasiaRomanov]

Yes sorry I do mean Edward Vlll. Forgot the last l!

[AnastasiaRomanov]

I knew most of what was discussed already, just not some of the more extreme stuff. Like urging the Germans to bomb his own country.

[Puzzledandpissedoff]

The Royal Family had many German relatives

Hence why they did the shifty namechange in WW1 - except hilariously, someone suggested just the other day that they did it "for love of country" and even that the Nazi links "had been discredited"

On Edward VIII, it struck me that Wallis actually did us all a favour, in providing an opportunity to get rid of a complete liability

[eddiemairswife]

The Mountbattens were originally Battenburgs.