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  • This film examines recently discovered letters written by socialite Wallis Simpson that reveal her secret love, and chart her fear as she found herself becoming trapped into marrying King Edward VIII.
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  • @manda.watching.YouTube
    @manda.watching.YouTube Před 3 lety +2562

    What a love story. Edward’s love for Wallis, Ernest’s love for Wallis... Wallis’s love for Wallis.

    • @rjjacob101
      @rjjacob101 Před 3 lety +115

      LMAO!

    • @PolskiKabaret
      @PolskiKabaret Před 3 lety +108

      Sounds like a love story of nearly every man - they always love themselves, first and foremost.

    • @christinamitchell6796
      @christinamitchell6796 Před 3 lety +100

      Lol 😂😂😂 omg hilarious, way too funny!!! Girl couldn't make up her mind, bet she didn't think things would turn out the way they did.

    • @caribbeanqueen9894
      @caribbeanqueen9894 Před 3 lety +23

      😆😄😂🤣😁

    • @eunicestone838
      @eunicestone838 Před 3 lety +130

      Especially Wallis's love for Wallis.

  • @gwenb4531
    @gwenb4531 Před rokem +128

    Thank you Edward! If not for you, the world would not have had Queen Elizabeth II.

    • @elizabethroberts6215
      @elizabethroberts6215 Před 8 měsíci +6

      ……yes, she would’ve been Queen when KEVIII died, as he & Wallis had no children, she was next in line………

    • @griffinmathers929
      @griffinmathers929 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Are you attempting to use ellipses? Or is your comment infested with ants?

    • @kathleenwyatt2433
      @kathleenwyatt2433 Před 3 měsíci +1

      That really isn’t true. Edward never had children so she was always second in line.

    • @DVPerry220
      @DVPerry220 Před měsícem +1

      @@kathleenwyatt2433 I don’t think so. A British monarch must be a member of the Royal Family by birth and not by marriage. 💡

  • @Mel-jy4kc
    @Mel-jy4kc Před rokem +332

    This was not a beautiful love story between Ernest and Walllis. This was a story of two social climbers who got in way over their heads, and one managed to get out while the other didn’t. David was just as selfish and manipulative as Wallis and Ernest. In the end, Wallis married a weaker version of herself, someone who was completely self-centered.

    • @meghanelaraby277
      @meghanelaraby277 Před rokem +40

      Meghan & Harry !

    • @dr.calebrobbins.3177
      @dr.calebrobbins.3177 Před rokem +4

      " Oh Clarice, you really need to go out more ... have some fun, yeah!"

    • @Bruno-tm3xo
      @Bruno-tm3xo Před rokem

      Excuse me …..social climbers ??? true for Wallis…..but David was King and chose to fall off the ladder. The man looked pitiful next to this vixen who spend her life humiliating him while he obviously was relishing it.
      This is what awaits Harry……..Megan holds him by his nuts and their produce…..his children.
      She will dump him and he will go back to the UK like a sorry sod.

    • @lizet3more
      @lizet3more Před rokem +11

      @@meghanelaraby277 you really are full of it aren't you? Just because the media and the royal insiders have span a false narrative about Meghan you have fallen for it, smh

    • @lightwarrior1
      @lightwarrior1 Před rokem +26

      @@meghanelaraby277 Not at all, if you want a fair comparison doit with Camilla and Charles.
      I believe is also why the Queen worked at the end of her days.
      And de boys who had a father more interested in his Mistress than in their little boys or his adorable wife.
      Camilla is the real climber here!!

  • @Laffingrl
    @Laffingrl Před 2 lety +254

    I nearly died laughing when he said Wallis " Had a face like an old boot!"

    • @querellenono2683
      @querellenono2683 Před rokem +11

      hehe I wonder how he really feels

    • @michelles2299
      @michelles2299 Před rokem +21

      She did she wasn't good looking my grandma said at the time the British public thought she was ugly

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 Před rokem +25

      Often, I have seen women enter a room with a presence! Looks don't matter! She had it all. No matter what people say, she was a most fascinating woman.

    • @elizabethsheffield6609
      @elizabethsheffield6609 Před rokem

      @@michelles2299 ........she has NO soft womanly features.......just hard ones.........probably what the P.O.W. wanted!!

    • @terry4137
      @terry4137 Před rokem +12

      @@michelles2299 I personally thought she was handsome!

  • @ralphstephan353
    @ralphstephan353 Před 3 lety +86

    Simpson’s letters to her husband seeking his sympathy and understanding for divorcing him, while claiming to still love him show what a master manipulator she was. If she didn’t love Edward why did she stay? She craved the drama, make no mistake!

  • @iwanegerstrom4564
    @iwanegerstrom4564 Před 3 lety +977

    How ironic that Edward VIII claimed that this affair was a love story when really his brother George VI was the one who truly was blessed with a loving and productive marriage.

    • @christinamitchell6796
      @christinamitchell6796 Před 3 lety +77

      Yeah it's pretty scary edwards version of love shows how sick he was.

    • @kimmccabe1422
      @kimmccabe1422 Před 3 lety +24

      Actually he had a mistress, the same mistress for a long time until he became King and changed many things.

    • @janicesnyder9305
      @janicesnyder9305 Před 3 lety +20

      I am not sure that many, including her soon to be son-in-law, PrincePhilip, would agree with those of Elizabeth's friends who put Elizabeth II's mother on a pederstal.

    • @janicesnyder9305
      @janicesnyder9305 Před 3 lety +23

      @@kimmccabe1422 Are you talking about Thelma Furness, daughter of the diplomat? If so, Thelma was Gloria's twin sister (Vanderbilt jeans and other household accessories and her son, news anchor Anderson Cooper), and it was Thelma's idea for Wallis to keep the "little man busy" while Thelma joined her sister in New York during a custody suit brought by Gloria's husband, was a job that Wallis did well. In fact by the time Thelma returns she has taken her place in Edward's arms.

    • @kimmccabe1422
      @kimmccabe1422 Před 3 lety +2

      @@janicesnyder9305 thx FYI

  • @ceilconstante640
    @ceilconstante640 Před rokem +102

    The black & white photo of Wallis looking out the window with a black pigeon on the sill is eeriely haunting. As if she's not looking outside but inside at the folly and mistakes of her youth and what she lost.

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 Před rokem +3

      😱💯WOW! You have a way with words, Ceil.

    • @brookegoslin
      @brookegoslin Před rokem +6

      Yes I noticed that picture too it’s very very eery your right . But was it a black pigeon or a black crow I thought it was a crow !?

    • @brookegoslin
      @brookegoslin Před rokem +3

      No i checked the photo again . Your right it’s a pigeon . 😳😏😂🤣

    • @mfinn6589
      @mfinn6589 Před 3 měsíci +5

      It's ironic. The bird is free and she is caged. That's how I see it. She definitely looked melancholy.

    • @DVPerry220
      @DVPerry220 Před měsícem

      @@mfinn6589 mfinn……, I have a personal quote I’ve been saying for years now: Be careful what you wish for ~ you just may get it.
      😱

  • @sheilalopez3983
    @sheilalopez3983 Před 2 lety +66

    She seemed to be the type of person who was always looking for something else, even when she got what she wanted. After she got what she wanted, she wanted what was just out of reach. That makes for a very lonely, unhappy life. I've seen too many of these people who think this way. That is why there are so many unhappy people in this world. If I could just have . . . . And the beat goes on

  • @lucyb7929
    @lucyb7929 Před 3 lety +419

    I don't know what the attraction was in Wallis Simpson, but Edward the eighth would NOT have been the leader through WWII that his brother proved to be.

    • @heathermillard6841
      @heathermillard6841 Před 3 lety +23

      Exactly! He was actually a sympathizer of the Nazis!!

    • @soapiesoap5649
      @soapiesoap5649 Před 3 lety +8

      His wife really. She was the epitome of the saying “behind every great man is an even greater woman”.

    • @shoshiwas
      @shoshiwas Před 3 lety +17

      @@soapiesoap5649 I agree! Elizabeth (the Queen Mother to be) was devoted to him and steadfast in her support. A very brave woman.

    • @dailybls
      @dailybls Před 2 lety +6

      I think she looks very intelligent and charismatic. The kind of woman a man who could have any beauty would find interesting.

    • @lucyb7929
      @lucyb7929 Před 2 lety +7

      @@dailybls The woman was a narcissist and used Edward and embarrassed him. Read the accounts and the PBS special on the subject made it clear that she was not a kind person.

  • @twingytwango6971
    @twingytwango6971 Před 2 lety +474

    In the years while he was growing and his father was still king, his parents remarked that they thought he wasn’t fit to be king. His character was weak and the intelligence was not there. But he was the first born. His parents had incredibly good insight, he proved them right.

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 Před rokem +25

      I think he was similar to Charles in his thinking regarding housing, and how the monarchy should be, but he was still a playboy who didn't have a care in the world till he was king.

    • @rosemarykriegel3226
      @rosemarykriegel3226 Před rokem +41

      Edward's abdication saved Europe from Hitler's devastating evil as Edward favored Hitler's point of view.

    • @mosescarolina9733
      @mosescarolina9733 Před rokem

      Just wanted to add that it's not always the case that the parents are right. Queen Victoria & Prince Albert felt the very same of Bertie but Bertie was a much beloved king & though still a ho jo, he was a very good king.👊

    • @twingytwango6971
      @twingytwango6971 Před rokem

      @@rosemarykriegel3226 Not Edward so much as his wife! She was photographed with Hitler so who knows what the friendship was like. I’m guessing she gave the impression she was going to be Queen. The British prime minister then was against the marriage. So Edward took the hint.
      What I fail to understand is why was he paid millions to live his do nothing lifestyle while Britain to this day refuses to pay reparations!!!! Plantation owners were paid over generations. People are still waiting.
      Phillip hung around the Nazis too, all his sisters married SS men.

    • @rosemarykriegel3226
      @rosemarykriegel3226 Před rokem +24

      @@twingytwango6971 prince Philip joined the Royal Navy in 1939 when he was only 18 years old and before he met Princess Eluzabeth. I'm pretty sure that disqualifies him as a Nazi sympathizer. King Edward VIII, however was very much a Nazi sympathizer in all of the articles I could find. He believed Hitler was the right leader for Germany and remained friends with him, even giving him the full Nazi salute when Hitler visited England.

  • @susanc4622
    @susanc4622 Před rokem +37

    She made "this monumental error" from greed. She and Ernest were a pair of grifters that had worked hard to put her into the Prince's life - and she got what she got.

  • @kaliwindx7287
    @kaliwindx7287 Před 2 lety +631

    Wallis got herself into the situation through greed and arrogance. As his mistress she was enjoying all the gifts and jewels she received and exerting power over others and enjoying that immensely. She was awful to Elizabeth who became the queen consort and then queen mother. She messed with the wrong woman and later paid the price. Basically she was playing a game that backfired on her.

    • @marquitaarmstrong399
      @marquitaarmstrong399 Před 2 lety +23

      I can understand this too but still..quite a story

    • @marquitaarmstrong399
      @marquitaarmstrong399 Před 2 lety +6

      Hmm...

    • @mariaevans5793
      @mariaevans5793 Před 2 lety +50

      Correct,when he was dieing,he called out for Wallis and she Never came,this was the account of the nurse!!!😳🇬🇧

    • @georgianagheorghe8848
      @georgianagheorghe8848 Před rokem +28

      Well said. Who knows what interlopers and bad people are in the Royal Family that are hidden from the public.

    • @elisabethpitt6103
      @elisabethpitt6103 Před rokem +78

      Does this not remind you of anyone. The difference being is that cringe couldn't get ginge to the alter fast enough. Like a little puppy, he followed, and still follows, where cringe leads. I don't think Wallace wanted to get away from Edward, I think she wanted what he could offer except marriage. She wanted him to be King, and she would remain his mistress, but could still be with her husband.

  • @dessertspring4559
    @dessertspring4559 Před 3 lety +839

    Edward was more keen to run away from his duties, this woman gives him a great excuse.

  • @nativevirginian8344
    @nativevirginian8344 Před 3 lety +782

    I feel sorry for people who get married and become a parent instead of a partner. It’s lonesome.

    • @dawnklug6986
      @dawnklug6986 Před 3 lety +100

      I was one of them but never realized it until I was paralyzed in a car accident...he was driving. As soon as I was no longer taking care of all the duties of the household and not holding the better job....he found someone older with money and walked out on me and our 4 year yr old son.He was a Peter Pan and left 2 when she withheld the money and found an even older wife who he stayed with for 27 years til he died of a heart attack 3 yrs ago. I learned my lesson and stayed happily single since 1985.

    • @TheMightyBlackPearl
      @TheMightyBlackPearl Před 3 lety +35

      I'm going through this currently. It's very lonesome.

    • @thatjayne
      @thatjayne Před 2 lety +37

      @@TheMightyBlackPearl so sorry to hear. Get into marriage counseling immediately. Remember the only person you can change is you. Don’t sell yourself short. You deserve an equal partner.

    • @TheMightyBlackPearl
      @TheMightyBlackPearl Před 2 lety +30

      @@thatjayne thank you! We're in counseling, but I'm the only one seeming to put the work in. I don't want to throw 7 years of marriage down the drain, especially when our daughter is only one. I don't want her to come from a broken home, but I also don't want an unhappy marriage to break her either. It's just a very dark time right now in my life. I want my family to be happy, but most importantly my daughter deserves to live a happy life. No child should pay for their parents mistakes or pain.

    • @amyexner
      @amyexner Před 2 lety +8

      One has to be ready to be 1/2. A parent to your love one because that’s the reality of marriage; like it or not.

  • @mscatmentiu7257
    @mscatmentiu7257 Před 2 lety +159

    Wallis in Filipino/Tagalog word “Walis” means broom. She certainly swept the Prince off his feet and swept everything under the rug making an appearance of a happy union. Her name lived up to its meaning. What a sad story for these people.

    • @hjander
      @hjander Před rokem +6

      Salamat - Thank you

    • @raycurry4168
      @raycurry4168 Před rokem +7

      I am going to rewrite your last sentence.....What a sad life for these SICK people.

    • @aftersexhighfives
      @aftersexhighfives Před 5 měsíci +1

      I adore learning silly wonderful linguistic things like this. Language is so fun. Thank you for sharing the pun!🎉❤

    • @ladawell3470
      @ladawell3470 Před 4 měsíci

      Wallis sure knew few sex tricks from China how to deal with men...that why Edward get exited about her ,,goodness,, and rood behaviour toward him that make him feeling different, easy with woman he was thinking that how love looks like... he never experience previous because hall nation had admire him.

  • @doonewatts7155
    @doonewatts7155 Před rokem +240

    My grandparents bought the house where Wallis stayed so we were brought up to feel invested in this story. And I am ridiculously pleased that your film of the beach huts is in exactly the right place. As our old home has been demolished you had to use next door as your position showing a very thorough research on your part. Wallis found the house very cramped I did not depends on whether you think 6 bedrooms is big or small lol

    • @cathynewyork7918
      @cathynewyork7918 Před rokem +43

      Most reasonable, non-snobby people would consider a 6-bedroom house very very nice!

    • @mandahjordan4307
      @mandahjordan4307 Před rokem +7

      There is a museum of her here in Baltimore. I would love to go and check it out

    • @Rachel71
      @Rachel71 Před rokem +1

      @@mandahjordan4307 Isn't Wallis Simpson buried at GreenMount Cemetery on North Avenue, Baltimore, MD with her family or is she buried next to Edward VIII?

    • @doonewatts7155
      @doonewatts7155 Před rokem +17

      @@Rachel71 I am fairly sure that she was buried next to her husband within the Windsor estate

    • @mandahjordan4307
      @mandahjordan4307 Před rokem +14

      @@Rachel71 She's buried at Frogmore at Windsor with Her Husband. The Queen even attended her funeral in 86. That was the year I was born oddly

  • @justinejustice_league1857
    @justinejustice_league1857 Před 3 lety +471

    The fantasy is always better than reality, it's all fun and games until stuff gets serious.

    • @chykim1
      @chykim1 Před 3 lety +10

      That's so true...

    • @miriamalonso3959
      @miriamalonso3959 Před 3 lety +5

      There are many ways to be productive

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 Před 3 lety +27

      Ask Harry's wife! Her imagination of being a Disney princess crashed quickly with reality of duty and service with rules.

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 Před 3 lety +2

      @@teresaamanfu7408 sorry, I'll disagree. Listen to her early words.

    • @embenida410
      @embenida410 Před 2 lety

  • @robertobarrera5964
    @robertobarrera5964 Před 4 lety +2675

    The English people should be thankful to Wallis , because Edward the 8th would have given England to the Nazi's

    • @susanharris5926
      @susanharris5926 Před 4 lety +215

      You don't seem to understand a constitutional monarchy. He could do nothing without parliamentary approval and Churchill, for one, would never have handed England to the Nazis. The very fact he had to abdicate in order to do what he wanted indicates the figurehead they are and not a monarch with any real political power.

    • @brett6905
      @brett6905 Před 3 lety +82

      @@susanharris5926 I mean just the fact that the media were silent on the whole Edward & Wallis affair kind of shows how much power they had. Many credit the King and Queen as an effective cheerleader and morale booster for the war efforts... They were also sent to visit Roosevelt to convince him to join the war. I think its a strong possibility that they at least influenced the outcome of the war. It would also make sense that just because of who they were that many individuals who wield power would be influenced by the monarchs opinions, either to further their own careers or out of reverence for the monarchy as an institution. If Edward was king at the time he could have always pulled the "nuclear option" and used his reserve powers which would have effectively deadlocked the government until they could overthrow him. I think the monarchy has more influence than they would ever advertise. Even Edward and Wallis interviews were censored during the war out of fear it would influence people, even tho he wasn't still the king.

    • @susanharris5926
      @susanharris5926 Před 3 lety +45

      @@brett6905 The media were far from silent. It was all over the newspapers and the news. The biggest influence to the outcome of the second world war was the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and America joined the fray. The monarchs are not supposed to have opinions that they state publicly. Nor do I think they influence that many people. The banks and in particular the City of London are calling the shots in Europe and in many other parts of the world for that matter. Their interviews were censored after the spectacle of them visiting Hitler in order to make sure they said nothing in favor of Germany. You have to remember it wasn't so much the government that was against them - it was the Church of England and he unfortunately as King was the nominal head of that outfit which meant he and the government of the day had to take seriously their dictates with respect to divorced. As you know, things have changed a lot since then.

    • @brett6905
      @brett6905 Před 3 lety +57

      @@susanharris5926 Not in Britain, the media never reported bad things about the royal family in those days. The British People were not aware of Wallace until long after it had been reported all over the world. They had considerable influence where the media was concerned.
      If the Royal family held no power and didn't influence the media, why wouldn't the pictures of Ed and Wallace standing beside Hitler be published? They would certainly be profitable. "Spectacles" sell papers.... The couple also did interviews with magazines, and President Roosevelt made sure they were never published.
      There is a strong case to be made, that Roosevelt wanted to enter the war but couldn't until Japan struck first. We definitely declared economic war on Japan first when we were supposedly neutral. I don't think we will ever have the full story of what went down, but its a strong possibility. Roosevelt strongly disliked the Japanese, and I doubt the UK government would have spent the money (and it was a costly trip) to send the king and queen to America if they didn't think it would pay off. Roosevelt loved the royal family.
      You say the banks held considerable power. I would agree. I was watching a video of Queen Elizabeth having her portrait painted in 1992, and she was talking to the painter and casually mentioned having dinner with the Rothschilds, one of the most powerful banking families in Europe. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the Rothschilds and the royal family have been friends and business associates since the days of Queen Victoria. A Rothschild was Queen Victorias personal banker, her kids attended school with them. It is well documented. Part of being the monarch is you make friends in those circles. And being in with the monarch is definitely considered a feather in your cap in high society. Networking is a huge part of that family's power base.
      I think it was absolutely the government and not the church of England that helped oust Edward the 8th. He really was an unsuitable man in personality and intellect for the job. He was offensive to the establishment and a known nazi sympathizer. Wallace was the excuse to oust him but not the reason. The Church of England was certainly complicit but there is allot more to that story than him giving up the throne to marry the woman he loved. Why do you think many of the documents are still sealed to this day?
      I still stand by my opinion that George and Elizabeth quite possibly affected the outcome of the war. Technically the nuclear explosion ended the war, but for all intensive purposes the war was already won by the allies. If Britain folded early in the game, who knows what the outcome would have been
      You also didn't reply to my hypothetical.. If Edward the 8th had been king and used his reserve powers to shut down the government... It would have been chaos and absolutely weakened if not deadlocked the war effort. It wouldn't be a smart move on his part but it could have happened.

    • @susanharris5926
      @susanharris5926 Před 3 lety +13

      The banks held power then and now. The City of London is outside of laws that govern the rest of the country. Edward 8 was an immensely popular king and was far more amenable than any of his successors. He would have done a no worse job than the following 2. He had terrible judgment thinking that Germany and England had commonality and going there, but brains and political savvy have not been a requirement for the monarchy since Elizabeth I. As to reserve powers to shut down the government, I frankly know of no such thing. Monarchy in England is constitutional and is largely ceremonial and formal with actual political power in the hands of the government and has been since Charles I. Banks operate globally outside of all of this.

  • @roderickfernandez5382
    @roderickfernandez5382 Před 2 lety +48

    I worked with someone who knew the Duke and Duchess very well and he told me that she treated him terribly and would humiliate him in front of people and at parties she was a terrible woman and he was a very unhappy man.

    • @marycarver1542
      @marycarver1542 Před rokem +17

      The more I read the story and the comments the more I am amazed at the carbon copy of Wallis and HER dimwit, the more it is mirrored in the current goings on of that
      other American fame and money hunting women, who leads her husband around
      on a dog leash and embarrasses him and denigrates him while using him.
      Get out Harry, I just hope you read this.

    • @newas233
      @newas233 Před rokem +2

      @@marycarver1542 same thoughts. The RF men through the years have shown struggles to choose their partners

    • @realcanadiangirl64
      @realcanadiangirl64 Před rokem +8

      @@marycarver1542 I give that marriage another 5-7 years at most until the spell runs out on Harry

    • @claritadeluna6609
      @claritadeluna6609 Před 7 měsíci +4

      I read something something similar and that he would cry like a little boy when she used to mistreat him in from of people at parties the gave in their chateau, or other places they were invited to. I think he was looking for a mother type of person when he married her.

    • @jdstep97
      @jdstep97 Před 4 měsíci +3

      ​@@newas233Thank God William chose well. He took his time and chose well.

  • @some_metalhead
    @some_metalhead Před 2 lety +209

    So Edward was deeply infatuated with Wallis, who didn’t love him, and Wallis genuinely loved Ernest, who didn’t love her nearly as much she did.

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 Před rokem +9

      Sure, many marriages were of convenience. This one was a big one. Fascinating couple still to this day.

    • @diannshoemaker6419
      @diannshoemaker6419 Před rokem +11

      Love Ernest? Really? Wallace amassed AQUAINTANCES, not real friendships, especially not with other women, who a girl would normally turn to. Wallace was always about...Wallace. Ernest was, literally, the only ear she could bend...and she already knew how to play him...LOVE HIM??? SERIOUSLY??? This declaration could not have been ...safer. ensuring continual emotional support...Woe, poor me...

    • @dsoule4902
      @dsoule4902 Před rokem +1

      As kinky Friedman and Willy Nelson say::: we have careers in country music because most people aren't with their first choice.

    • @susannabonke8552
      @susannabonke8552 Před rokem +11

      Edward lacked a tender mother, a guide and a woman embodying this. Just as Charles needs Camilla instead of a young girl.

    • @aumelb
      @aumelb Před rokem +6

      @@susannabonke8552 I don't think Charles necessarily needed a mother figure in his wife, rather someone on his level he can share with the things he enjoys like gardening, hunting etc, and also able to provide an emotional support and be his sounding board. An extroverted girl with abandonment issues who was extremely emotionally needy herself and couldn't stand life in country was simply a terrible match.
      And with all his issues (and they are many), Charles has nothing on Edward. The more I read about this couple (Edward and Wallis) the more I am horrified by everything about their personalities. I really can't find any redeeming qualitiy in either of them at all other than he made the right decision to abdicate.

  • @judyevancic4926
    @judyevancic4926 Před 3 lety +253

    Her being a social climber got her trapped in her marriage to a King. She can’t get out of this situation.

    • @latinaalma1947
      @latinaalma1947 Před 3 lety +13

      Megain

    • @veronicajean3612
      @veronicajean3612 Před 2 lety +12

      No she was set to
      Inherit 2 million from uncle and she did not due to her choice. She would have been one of the wealthiest woman in the world. And she never spoke bad on the RF. No Megan for sure

    • @twingytwango6971
      @twingytwango6971 Před 2 lety +5

      @@veronicajean3612 Wallis was kissing buddy with HITLER. what do you all think would have happened if Edward was on the throne and married to Wallis? of course, some of these royals were bossom buddies to the Nazi's, Phillip for example. All his sisters were married to Nazis. Thankfully the British Parliament was having none of this. They knew where it was heading. Edward was chased out of England.

    • @sandradee1579
      @sandradee1579 Před 2 lety +5

      @@latinaalma1947 No comparison. Wallis was mistress to heir to the throne. PH is 7th in line, his status it is really insignificant.

    • @samshah7628
      @samshah7628 Před rokem +1

      Former King. A Duke.
      When she married he was no longer King.

  • @Chuck0856
    @Chuck0856 Před 3 lety +144

    Correction - -she was not Edward VIII's wife, she was the wife of the Duke of Windsor.

  • @djvan1695
    @djvan1695 Před 2 lety +30

    And ... this is exactly why I don't keep a "secret" diary 😇

  • @tammydreamwriter2877
    @tammydreamwriter2877 Před 2 lety +187

    This is a case of: “You made your bed, now lay in it.” Wallis brought this all upon herself.

    • @mariaevans5793
      @mariaevans5793 Před 2 lety +3

      Correct!!!

    • @LKre-vi5oq
      @LKre-vi5oq Před rokem +5

      Horse crap. Edward set this whole train in motion.

    • @griffinmathers929
      @griffinmathers929 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Lie, not lay, but otherwise, Abso-freaking-lutely.
      My wife was an English teacher while I was teaching history. 😁

    • @seame3795
      @seame3795 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Did she tho?
      It’s possible this is just the royal family trying to besmirch her name. This is all alleged.

  • @melissaallison8463
    @melissaallison8463 Před 3 lety +543

    Things happen in ways that make no sense to us but Elizabeth has been a phenomenal queen.. never would’ve happened had this not happens

    • @carolineobrien6301
      @carolineobrien6301 Před 3 lety +39

      Elizabeth would still have been Queen. Her uncle couldn’t have children. Mumps . Yes, she is an amazing queen.

    • @irislai7821
      @irislai7821 Před 3 lety +19

      IT'S CALLED FATE ---ELIZABETH TURNED OUT TO BE QUEEN

    • @darrelljordan5347
      @darrelljordan5347 Před 2 lety +20

      @@irislai7821 Divine appointment..... God has his eye on Queen Elizabeth II.... She is the apple of His eye.....

    • @CrustyUgg
      @CrustyUgg Před 2 lety +14

      How is she phenomenal? She can’t have an opinion about anything really and the “gray men” always told her what to say, how to say it, etc. nothing was ever from her own thoughts and mouth. So tell me.. what has she done?

    • @melissaallison8463
      @melissaallison8463 Před 2 lety +3

      @@CrustyUgguhhhhh.. where do you get your information? Might want to check it

  • @adeladevere2013
    @adeladevere2013 Před 3 lety +626

    I imagine that being married to and living with a man-baby grew tiresome.

    • @Hola-fz7jq
      @Hola-fz7jq Před 3 lety +14

      How truly said... 👍 👌😊

    • @Mrs.TJTaylor
      @Mrs.TJTaylor Před 3 lety +12

      As it does. . .

    • @gammahinAz
      @gammahinAz Před 3 lety +53

      Ahh but history always repeats itself. Megs is destined to repeat it all with the man-baby she married.

    • @Hola-fz7jq
      @Hola-fz7jq Před 3 lety +38

      @@gammahinAz If PH is a man-baby who is still growing up... then MM is a woman-monster chasing for MM - Mega Money for her own use... Perfect Match... 😊

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Před 3 lety +10

      The world is their stage. They can have their freek show

  • @josedealbuquerquejr.941
    @josedealbuquerquejr.941 Před rokem +9

    He left the crown for her and she didn't even loves him

  • @imapatching09
    @imapatching09 Před 2 lety +42

    My father always said "if you play with fire you're bound to get burned" Wallace roasted everyone around herself.

  • @valkyriesardo278
    @valkyriesardo278 Před 3 lety +408

    Wallis and Earnest both enjoyed the perks and privileges that came from David. Ernest accepted that David's attraction to Wallis was not innocent. They all played the game too long. Earnest spent so much time alone that he found someone else and was happier for it. Fawning adoration is fun at first but the novelty burns up fast. Wallis not literally trapped into marriage with David. Its just that women of her set saw no prospect other than marriage. Her affair with Edward so destroyed her reputation that she had no hope of finding anyone else. She did not have the courage to go it alone. She did hold up her end of the marriage for many long years. Ultimately she grew bored and irritated with her clinging husband. She romanticized her memories of Earnest for that had been a more balanced relationship. I do not pity either of them for their marriage was an endless round of useless extravagance.

    • @tdkyyyy
      @tdkyyyy Před 2 lety +38

      Rather accurate portrait of the affair

    • @tarawalsh-arpaia3928
      @tarawalsh-arpaia3928 Před 2 lety +35

      Wow, you need to write a lot of books. This was beautifully written and sharply observed. You've very keen perception and the ability to articulate it without verbosity.

    • @noodles.dumplings.kimchi2878
      @noodles.dumplings.kimchi2878 Před 2 lety +24

      You need to include that she found him dull and boring.

    • @blazefairchild465
      @blazefairchild465 Před 2 lety +13

      When did her mother die ? You never see Wallis have her widowed mother to come stay with her in England or anywhere.

    • @tarawalsh-arpaia3928
      @tarawalsh-arpaia3928 Před 2 lety +16

      @barbara couffer Oh I always read the comments. Often I read them first. In many cases I just love the good old intelligent discourse and well written critique is a gift. It energises me.

  • @sanguinelife1059
    @sanguinelife1059 Před 3 lety +243

    She cheated on her husband. Humiliated him. And then wants sympathy because things did not turn out the way she wanted. She wanted the glam without the responsibility.

    • @irislai7821
      @irislai7821 Před 3 lety +41

      She cheated on her Husband (Ernest) , then got jealous when her good friend hooked up
      with him---she's a control freak -just like you-know-who !!!

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 Před 3 lety +10

      Initially a lark to benefit her and Ernest, social climbing....but not smart enough to get out soon enough.

    • @dawne5139
      @dawne5139 Před 2 lety +27

      He was likely in on it. Not unusual in that group. If your wife is mistress to a king or prince, you move up the social ladder. Normally the king or prince will end it at some point when someone new comes along.
      I do not think either counted on the obsessive behaviour.

    • @veronicajean3612
      @veronicajean3612 Před 2 lety +17

      Oh no he was cheating on her and was divorcing her. Now back in the day men allowed their wives to cheat up the ladder. Odd but true. It brought both of you up If you did not you stayed in your rank. Never can you apply today’s reasoning to yesteryear. Very common tho

    • @LostintheTwilightZone
      @LostintheTwilightZone Před rokem

      @@irislai7821 She cheated on her first husband, then cheated on her second husband (with his consent as it brought him into contact with other royals and wealthy people who helped him become MORE wealthy). They used each other. She ended up paying the higher price being saddled with an obsessive, childish, boring, POS that she could not stand. Earnest at least had loving relationships with his last two wives!

  • @falcngnzx2
    @falcngnzx2 Před 2 lety +69

    The old boy who stated that "she had a face like an old boot" was most correct

  • @dawn409
    @dawn409 Před rokem +40

    Love the voice portrayal of Wallis

  • @susieq2806
    @susieq2806 Před 3 lety +181

    It doesn't matter how beautiful a place you live in, if you don't love whom you live in it with. So Tragic !!! 😔

    • @irislai7821
      @irislai7821 Před 3 lety +11

      Not even if one has 15 bathrooms ?? !🤣🤣🤣🤣😃😃😍

    • @gammahinAz
      @gammahinAz Před 3 lety +7

      Or love yourself and not money/status. She thought she was going to get the title, all of the jewels, and all of the money. Because she never loved herself, she got absolutely nothing in the end.

    • @sandrastreifel6452
      @sandrastreifel6452 Před 3 lety +10

      That makes your home a very fancy prison!

    • @latinaalma1947
      @latinaalma1947 Před 3 lety +6

      True, but it seems justice when someone not nice reaps what they sow in life.

    • @creativewriter3887
      @creativewriter3887 Před 2 lety +6

      @@gammahinAz Oh please.. to be greedy and entitled is the most perverted love of self. All three initiated a game and they got caught up in it and destroyed by it. Earnest could have done a few things to turn it around (the press could work both ways) but he was getting Gold Card access to high society too. So he chucked her once they both got established; knowing she'd never truly want for anything. Unlike the millions of people W.E.'s "friends" (the Nazis) "took care of". No I don't feel sorry for any of them. You sow the wind, you end up being hurled by the whirlwind.---meaning you sow discord and deceit to get what you want, you will be found out and destroyed. Boo hoo.

  • @gelaben26
    @gelaben26 Před 4 lety +513

    Wallace was the reason why Elizabeth id Queen today

    • @hisnewlife3543
      @hisnewlife3543 Před 4 lety +89

      But she would have been Queen anyway because Edward didn't have children.

    • @300biggirl
      @300biggirl Před 4 lety +42

      @@hisnewlife3543 yes. If Edward VIII had remained unmarried and childless, the crown would have passed to his next younger brother, Prince Albert, Duke of York. when he died. Since Prince Albert (King George VI) died in 1952, the the crown would have passed to his oldest child- Princess Elizabeth.

    • @thedevilsadvocate858
      @thedevilsadvocate858 Před 4 lety +43

      @His New Life absolutely. I personally believe Wallis couldn't have children, she was married thrice and had no children from any of her husbands. Plus She was 41 when she married Edward

    • @300biggirl
      @300biggirl Před 4 lety +21

      It's Wallis, not Wallace.

    • @thecreatoristhetruth5623
      @thecreatoristhetruth5623 Před 4 lety +12

      @@300biggirl It's Wallace, Wallis was a transgender a man and Edward was a female. The same as all the so call royals who are all blood relatives and that's including the spouses.
      THE CREATOR BLESS

  • @dixiecupprincess9050
    @dixiecupprincess9050 Před 2 lety +211

    She was a master manipulator. She probably loved neither of them, really. But I think she wrote those letters to Earnest, not because she missed or loved him so much, but because she was hoping to keep her knight in shining armor if anything went wrong with Edward. Likely, she lived in perpetual fear of being replaced by a younger, prettier model and Earnest would be her rebound. If she kept communicating with him, she could rekindle that flame without missing a beat.

    • @karendalsadik7119
      @karendalsadik7119 Před 2 lety +12

      The only problem was Ernest remarried so I think it was emotional needs she was trying to work out not because she wanted a plan B

    • @TheQueen-yl7dr
      @TheQueen-yl7dr Před 2 lety +9

      She needed someone to talk to. Obviously someone whom she can trust. You obviously have no idea what it is like to be an orphan

    • @brt5273
      @brt5273 Před 2 lety +11

      Oh I think it was just Wallis being Wallis, playing her game to see if she could keep Ernest on the string for the fun of it, especially since he had moved on and was apparently finding happiness with someone else.

    • @hjander
      @hjander Před rokem +2

      @@karendalsadik7119 Ernest's replies certainly would have been comforting to her.

    • @sdearing6375
      @sdearing6375 Před rokem +6

      I think it's sad so many women hate other women.

  • @Freespeech141
    @Freespeech141 Před rokem +22

    They were all playing with danger and emotions, bringing in girlfriends to amuse the men. What a way to live.
    I’ve read a lot of books on the royals and read that one of the reasons Elizabeth didn’t like Wallis was that when they were the Duke and Duchess of York, living In a royal house, David and Wallis visited and commented about the large trees in the garden. Wallis told Elizabeth that she and David would have them removed when he was king.
    She did have her eyes on the throne.

  • @patd6370
    @patd6370 Před 4 lety +155

    This is the problem with affairs. It's too difficult to be with one without thinking about the other. The great thing about not having affairs, you live in the present with the one you're with.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Před 4 lety +10

      Exactly! Well said!

    • @sachinmali74
      @sachinmali74 Před 3 lety +7

      Haha !! Too good.

    • @rufina2543
      @rufina2543 Před 2 lety +2

      If u are not content with the little that u hve , u'll never be content with much

    • @blazefairchild465
      @blazefairchild465 Před 2 lety +5

      She had a 2 year affair with him ,then all of a sudden she loved her husband more than the prince she has been sleeping with for two years ?

  • @sharonlefebvre7292
    @sharonlefebvre7292 Před 3 lety +576

    Wallace Simpson got what she asked for, a title, lots of jewelry and the high life. It's hard to feel sorry for her.

    • @melissaallison8463
      @melissaallison8463 Před 3 lety +72

      She was playing with a mans heart for her own gain.. who could feel sorry her?

    • @cindyburton6698
      @cindyburton6698 Před 3 lety +85

      repeat with Harry and Megaego

    • @lorenataft6157
      @lorenataft6157 Před 3 lety +86

      Very much like Megan Markle

    • @annnee6818
      @annnee6818 Před 3 lety +30

      She bit off more than she could chew and paid for it. I feel sorry for both of them really. He was a very troubled man, having been abused as a child by his awful parents and a terrible nanny it seems. Smacks of codependency but one hopes they were at least slightly happy together.

    • @jadequeen6714
      @jadequeen6714 Před 3 lety +46

      @@lorenataft6157 Nonsense! I am not defending Wallace, but comparing Meg with Wallace is a huge mistake! You are giving Meg too much credit! Firstly, Harry is not a future King, he is just the spare, hence he never gave up the throne for Meg! King Edward VIII was the heir to the throne, he was crowned King and gave up the Throne for Wallace Simpson. That is already the first major difference! Don't compare the heir with the spare! Harry might be high profile but he is just the spare and he gave up nothing for Meg! Second, while not everyone would agree with Wallace actions, she did come from a wealthy, well to do, renowned Baltimore family and was given a good education, in stark contrast with M's dubious background. Compared to M, Wallace Simpson was a Lady!

  • @bellebelle7868
    @bellebelle7868 Před rokem +108

    Just finished reading an autobiography on Wallis and although I think that her personality was very flirty and manipulative and that she did love the money and jewels that Edward showered upon her I feel like she didn’t want a divorce from Ernest. It is also forgotten a lot that Ernest was having an affair with a Mary Kirk and put forth first about the idea of a divorce. Also every time Wallis threatened to run away or leave Edward he threatened to do bad things to himself. Also if you reflect upon Edwards ‘playboy’ behaviour and that the fact that he was married to Wallis until he was 40 and never took interest in being king and always fought against the traditions of the establishment I feel like Wallis was just an escape goat for him not wanting to be king in the first place.

    • @edwinastrickland4121
      @edwinastrickland4121 Před rokem +16

      I agree with you. Edward knew his weakness and used Wallis as a scapegoat. Realistically, he didn't want to be king as he knew its hardwork.

    • @izziebon
      @izziebon Před rokem +4

      Yes, a fascinating book; "Love has its Reasons"... I have a copy here.

    • @r5u26d3
      @r5u26d3 Před rokem +3

      Did she write an autobiography? Or did you read a biography on her

    • @izziebon
      @izziebon Před rokem +6

      @@r5u26d3 Wallis wrote “Love has its Reasons”.

    • @kirkc4696
      @kirkc4696 Před rokem +5

      Unfortunately, life is not 'sweet and lovely ' all the time. Both these people chased the glamour, and life at the top, without wanting any of the responsibilities for anything or anyone except themselves! They got what they deserved, and fortunately for the rest of the world, Britain gained a true King and Queen.

  • @matthutchings1988
    @matthutchings1988 Před 2 lety +109

    “She hated him but she loved Hitler.” That says everything about ‘that woman’ and the little man.

    • @nanmorris8188
      @nanmorris8188 Před 2 lety +8

      I don't believe she would have "loved" Hitler. He was a squat uneducated man. Edward had class and actually, I read, that what he admired about what Hitler was doing was the building of public housing That isn't loving Hitler. He met him as did a lot of people. No excuses, but seriously, David and Wallis were not stupid!

    • @matthutchings1988
      @matthutchings1988 Před 2 lety +11

      @@nanmorris8188 Edward was weak minded. Had to have validation from her. He was a emotional mess with our her. He was a simp basically. I can’t really be convinced otherwise.

    • @matthutchings1988
      @matthutchings1988 Před 2 lety +8

      Edward or “David” was a hundred percent simp!

    • @marsche9571
      @marsche9571 Před 2 lety +3

      What’s simp?

    • @Tali5899
      @Tali5899 Před rokem +7

      @@matthutchings1988 well Wallis was a Simpson so yeah...

  • @mianta55
    @mianta55 Před 3 lety +381

    Two very lost, spoiled, selfish people. Edward was screwed over by Arch Bishop Lang, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, his family and most of all, Wallis herself. Wallis was a horribly abusive and manipulative woman who kept marrying up, who was "taken care of" by her men friends/husbands. They drove each other into insanity. It is difficult to feel sorry for either of them.

    • @janetmansky3834
      @janetmansky3834 Před 2 lety +3

      J Mimi

    • @notnek202
      @notnek202 Před 2 lety +23

      Edward VIII was an adult not a child but he was a fool and he allowed Wallis to do what she wanted. He like being abused. His father should of told him marry by forty or else.

    • @pupikatz8442
      @pupikatz8442 Před 2 lety +16

      I absolutely understand that the attention of a future king can be flattering.....it all began with a flirt and she got trapped !He was an obsessed spoiled not mature guy that even manipulated her to cut off his throat up if she leaves him!! This woman had to leave the wonderful social life she had to live with a sad boring man forever....WHY is nobody being human and emphatic ? We all make mistakes...she payed loosing her real love

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  • @kenatl9435
    @kenatl9435 Před 3 lety +40

    The title is incorrect. She was never Edward VIII's wife. He had abdicated and was simply the Duke of Windsor when they married.

    • @marsche9571
      @marsche9571 Před 2 lety

      What

    • @kenatl9435
      @kenatl9435 Před 2 lety +3

      @@marsche9571: The Duke of Windsor ceased to be Edward VIII when he abdicated. He married after he abdicated. So, the Duchess of Windsor was never "the wife of Edward VIII."

  • @izziebon
    @izziebon Před rokem +238

    The abdication was one of those defining moments of history which changed the world for many decades to come, from what it would likely have been.
    My mum was one of the handful of girls that worked at Eva Lutyens as a court dressmaker in 1937, making Wallis’s famous Mainbocher dress; Wallis would bring sandwiches when visiting for fittings, and only carried paper money which was ironed flat!

    • @claudiaschneider5744
      @claudiaschneider5744 Před rokem +6

      It was a whole different time when Edward met Wallis - different rules and the british people were not amused about Wallis at all, right. British Empire were more than shocked about Edwards choice - for Wallis -

    • @izziebon
      @izziebon Před rokem +7

      @@claudiaschneider5744 Yes: she was even banned from being in Britain for a while.

    • @sookie4195
      @sookie4195 Před rokem +7

      Newly pressed money?

    • @creature57
      @creature57 Před rokem +5

      What a great story. Do you have more to tell?

    • @izziebon
      @izziebon Před rokem +32

      @@creature57 Wallis was fastidious, and took ages with fittings… hence the sandwiches. Eva Lutyens place was at Buckingham Gate, next to the palace; she was very well connected with top people. The fabric for the dress was crêpe I think, with some suede and feathers in the outfit somewhere… and all in the special colour Wallis Blue, although it faded years later (to beige) and was featured as a centrepiece in the Fashion Institute at the Met Art Museum in New York where I believe it still resides. My mum made a replica of the top part for her own wedding dress a couple of years later, but it mysteriously disappeared at the cleaners when she went to collect it.

  • @ennediend2865
    @ennediend2865 Před 2 lety +37

    If she had really wanted to escape , she could have done it .
    She could have avoided marrying him if she didn't want to.
    Nobody forced her to become his wife after all... It was her choice but they soon became such an embarrassment for everyone !

    • @michelles2299
      @michelles2299 Před rokem +3

      I agree she was a, manipulator

    • @Chocotreacle
      @Chocotreacle Před rokem +3

      I think you forget the period in history. If she left him she would never be accepted in society, he trapped her with that speech.

    • @lynnerieh
      @lynnerieh Před rokem +6

      He threatened to kill himself. Who wants blood on their hands.

  • @theresashea413
    @theresashea413 Před 2 lety +48

    Ernest doesn’t seem upset that his wife was a mistress for two years. Edward would later be treated, by Wallis, in away that others saw as humiliating. There are men that are attracted to women that treat them harshly. These men crave it. Things did not go AT ALL the way that Wallis hoped. She played with others’ emotions and she too got burned. She was a social butterfly that died a long lonely death.

    • @diewiese7545
      @diewiese7545 Před rokem +1

      It does not even come as a surprise him being a well adored man being the future king. I guess he hardly knew one woman not serving to all his needs saying yes to every of his whims.

  • @oseasviewer7108
    @oseasviewer7108 Před 4 lety +142

    Those were the days of letter writing - they show in vivid colour a complicated woman, a multifaceted character lamenting the ultimate loss of her freedom and realisation of the true love of her life - shackled to a dull boring childlike man who never acquired the gift of charm, humility or generosity of spirit.

    • @usagi18
      @usagi18 Před 4 lety +17

      She got what she aimed for

    • @ek7593
      @ek7593 Před 3 lety +6

      O´Seas Viewer: You are right, but who tells us that the letters are not fake to change the story a little bit?

    • @jhb1493
      @jhb1493 Před 3 lety +21

      What her letters and behaviour show is a woman focused on herself, her own pride, her drive for attention and wealth. It does NOW shock me to find people interpreting this woman has the victim - "lamenting the loss of her freedom" and "shcackled to a dull, boring childlike man".
      Seeing her as a victim is ludicrous. I have to really wonder, what is it with so many people thinking women are innocent victims, never responsible for their own choices and actions?

    • @kimbrundige6320
      @kimbrundige6320 Před 3 lety +1

      Can't comprehend this story know about Wallis and Edward. Will be reading upon it.

    • @andreaelizeth
      @andreaelizeth Před 2 lety +7

      @@jhb1493 Never did they say she wasn't a victim, but if a man sucks then he sucks. Admitting it doesn't make Wallis a victim.

  • @ekaterinabalderdash1274
    @ekaterinabalderdash1274 Před 2 lety +54

    So grateful for these vain fools! They gave us our dearly loved Elizabeth! God save the Queen! 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

  • @terintiaflavius3349
    @terintiaflavius3349 Před rokem +268

    I hear this story and I don't see anyone who is malicious and evil. I see a group of people lacking common sense and allowing feelings and emotions to rule them. What a mess. I hope they all found peace at some point in their lives

    • @onemercilessming1342
      @onemercilessming1342 Před rokem

      Hardly. Wallis lived as if she were queen belittling her ex-king spouse, "David" was a shadow of his former self, whining about not having a job and needing more money, the Queen Mother couldn't accept her lesser status as widowed former queen consort--and didn't. ER II kept them all in play and placated. After all, America is a good enough place to ship off England's disgraced ex-kings and worthless princelings, both with ambitious American wives and their delusions of grandeur.

    • @suem308
      @suem308 Před rokem +14

      Men. Even kings. Can be so stupid. Taken in by desire

    • @loditx7706
      @loditx7706 Před rokem +17

      @@suem308 They say love is blind; it can also be stupid and sick.

    • @Weeeewriter
      @Weeeewriter Před rokem +14

      I wrote a comment at the beginning of the video, where I said "What a mess". Then by the time the video ended, I felt sad for them all.

    • @raynarks
      @raynarks Před rokem +4

      @@suem308 You mean people. Wallis wasn't exactly level-headed.

  • @Eyewonder3210
    @Eyewonder3210 Před 3 lety +52

    I read in a book that was written before he became King, as a child he became upset when other children said anything about his future role as King. This struck me as another reason for his actions concerning Wallis.

    • @cardinalgin
      @cardinalgin Před 2 lety +10

      Maybe he unconsciously used the opportunity of his infatuation with her as his ticket to get out of the obligation to reign ? The feeling of being trapped in the wrong context/situation can trigger complex and powerful emotions and exacerbate the perception of being in love, more so if he person suffers from a feeling of incompetence.

  • @shanejavellana9604
    @shanejavellana9604 Před 4 lety +49

    Edward VIII was a scaredy cat. Yes he loved Wallis but the primary reason why he abdicated was not because of Wallis, but because he wanted to run away, he never wanted to be king, he was too afraid for such burdens.

    • @lorenataft6157
      @lorenataft6157 Před 3 lety +7

      Well is that not a lot like Prince Harry? He didn't want to fulfill his role within the family.?
      He could have held enormous power as Williams closest friend and counselor had he and his wife been willing to work for Great Britain instead of themselves.
      The person a king or queen leans on the most often hold great power .

    • @camimons470
      @camimons470 Před 3 lety +5

      Just like Harry. He never wanted to be a prince or a working royal. Nutmeg is his ticket out and his opportunity to hurt and harm his family.

  • @magdas5267
    @magdas5267 Před 2 lety +180

    The guy who said: "It didn't take a lot to turn me on at 23 and she didn't"...made my day LOL

    • @hjander
      @hjander Před rokem +2

      Face like an old boot!

    • @terry4137
      @terry4137 Před rokem +10

      He was not handsome creature himself! I thought Wallis was lovely. She’d never look at that freak.

    • @LKre-vi5oq
      @LKre-vi5oq Před rokem

      Exactly. Wallis was gorgeous. That guy was an ugly nobody.

    • @lasurenia7
      @lasurenia7 Před rokem +1

      She whas no beauty!maybe her it whas her behave that he love!Him so handsome but poor neurona easy to buy!jaja

    • @bellanitocortez-rodriguez9235
  • @belindagarza3958
    @belindagarza3958 Před 2 lety +35

    Honestly, who thought theirs was a romantic love story?

  • @tracyrichards5035
    @tracyrichards5035 Před 3 lety +50

    Well at last, a biography that appears to be authentic; not sugar-coated. Thanks.

  • @sheilamacpherson4948
    @sheilamacpherson4948 Před 3 lety +331

    Always want what we can't have. If she was with her husband, the letters would have been to the king.

    • @ania5038
      @ania5038 Před 3 lety +6

      @Israelite American Like someone we know lol

    • @osirisgem
      @osirisgem Před 3 lety +4

      I think that could be the case, but I think bigger issue is being forced to choose. That's the real tragedy.

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Před 3 lety +7

      The husband thought it was an honor! This is no love story

    • @prettybabyrae608
      @prettybabyrae608 Před 3 lety +7

      I thought that too. Always wants what she can’t have. Always wants to be the martyr. Always wants the security of a husband and the extra of a lover.
      Pathological liar, manipulator, general narcissist.

    • @christienelson1437
      @christienelson1437 Před 2 lety +3

      Karma, for always stealing someone else’s husband. Well at least she stayed with him!

  • @colleenporcina2303
    @colleenporcina2303 Před 2 lety +16

    Wondering how those letters came to be in Wallis’ possession. She wrote and posted them. How were they returned? One of the letters is one that Ernest wrote to his mother. One or two were written to her aunt. Doesn’t make sense.

  • @victoriajarvis2260
    @victoriajarvis2260 Před 2 lety +28

    I recommend everyone read Winston Churchill's accounts of Wallis' life.

    • @user-tq9pv1zw6x
      @user-tq9pv1zw6x Před 16 dny +1

      I see parallels in the Wallis situation with the Megan markle situation.

  • @jucadvgv3449
    @jucadvgv3449 Před 3 lety +37

    the main thing for the british monarchy is that, because of this, thank god the british people and monarchy dodged the bullet of having edward as king!

  • @karenokeane6461
    @karenokeane6461 Před 4 lety +195

    Ernest and Wallis Simpson were on exactly the same page---both were unabashed social climbers---Ernest was not only aware of her affair with Edward from the 'get go' but was FINE with the relationship, since it opened as many doors for him as it did for Wallis. It was a win-win for them both, UNTIL Edward went off the deep end for her, which the Simpsons had not considered. They never would've divorced otherwise. Ernest had to 'save face' since the King's besotted pursuit of Wallis escalated and would never relent. And Wallis felt she had no other choice but to marry.

    • @soulatheodore9517
      @soulatheodore9517 Před 3 lety +13

      That is a very normal thing for the English monarksCharlie had the same thing with Camilla and husband knew about the affair so maybe they threaten them maybe it’s just a swingers party but the death of Diana tells you somethingThey bleed the every day man to death and they live in luxury and that’s what they doRolling in mud generation after generation

    • @justinejustice_league1857
      @justinejustice_league1857 Před 3 lety +6

      @@soulatheodore9517 this almost happened with Prince William and Rose Hanbury, her husband knew about thier relationship..but I don't think Kate agreed with the arrangement, plus they were friends for a longtime after the press got wind of it that relationship it was quickly put on ice and she was asked to leave court but only until things died down.

    • @davidbryan6049
      @davidbryan6049 Před 3 lety +8

      @@justinejustice_league1857 D's wife here: there was no affair, that was Harry's wife causing havoc!

    • @amandadassonville4043
      @amandadassonville4043 Před 3 lety +7

      @@justinejustice_league1857 that was a rumor the the witch put out. I don't think that was true and has Not been proven as far as I know. 🐝

    • @eunicedekock9357
      @eunicedekock9357 Před 2 lety

      @@justinejustice_league1857 h

  • @clarisaantiagingdermatology

    This woman could have walked away, Eduard was not holding her in chains..
    She supposedly cried during Eduard's speech of renouncing the crown because she realized that she won't be a queen, she stayed with him because of the tremendous ambition of the riches of the royals and she knew she was going to be benefited.
    She was enjoying the wealth, the glamour, jewelry etc..that she couldn't never afford it. For this woman to say that she didn't want married Eduard was an act, she wanted the riches of the royal life. She wanted the rich financial security.
    She definitely was GOLD DIGGER 😭

  • @kimberlylambert3826
    @kimberlylambert3826 Před 2 lety +98

    Sad that Edward couldn’t see he was being played. She was conniving and knew exactly what she was doing.

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 Před rokem +1

      Do you think it was really like that? I have read quite a bit, and basically it seemed that Edward had a large entourage of people to keep him entertained and when she and Ernest appeared, he was totally smitten. That's how I see it.
      No matter what, my god that woman had fabulous jewelry which was designed by the two of them.

    • @nevadagrace3514
      @nevadagrace3514 Před rokem +3

      Sort of reminds me in a weird way of Prince Harry and MM…

    • @marycarver1542
      @marycarver1542 Před rokem

      Who does she remind you of !!!

    • @meghanelaraby277
      @meghanelaraby277 Před rokem

      Meghan Markle

    • @newas233
      @newas233 Před rokem

      Same thinking. Poor Harry

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 Před 3 lety +27

    In the long run the right person was on the throne when WWII started. It makes you start to question the mental stability of Edward VIII. Thank you for the update.

  • @hussainanoordeen5754
    @hussainanoordeen5754 Před 3 lety +63

    The implacable hand of destiny..no one can fight it. The dignity of Queen Elizabeth's parents is so refreshing compared to these messed up adults. Oh what a tangled Web we weave when we first practice to deceive.

  • @nancysculeratimd7835
    @nancysculeratimd7835 Před 2 lety +42

    Many people who knew her at the time claimed that her interest in the Prince of Wales centered on becoming Queen. She never imagined that the Court of St James would go so far as to accept the King's abdication rather than see her next to him on a throne. It wasn't the man she wanted, it was his position, or put more accurately, the position she assumed she would have as his wife.

    • @nan7503
      @nan7503 Před rokem +5

      Oh I don't think she thought that far. But having an affair with a king is pretty big deal. I think she played the hard game and didn't think too far ahead.

    • @spinozareader
      @spinozareader Před rokem

      Precisely. She was a calculating, grasping social climber. She simply misread the room on this caper.

  • @charlottepatterson2864
    @charlottepatterson2864 Před 2 lety +90

    How did Wallis make such a monumental error? Easy, blinded by greed and the perverse satisfaction of knowing that she had de-throned the King of England! A tremendous example to the rest of us that she had to live out her sentence before the world.

    • @someone3187
      @someone3187 Před rokem +2

      Wrong, she didn't want him to abdicate...
      She was flattered to be in the King's circles for sure, but she certainly didn't want him to be be dethroned. It wouldn't be of any use to her.

  • @dlminor
    @dlminor Před 4 lety +153

    “He’s kind.” I feel as tho I’ve heard that before. 🤔

  • @margaretmcgill526
    @margaretmcgill526 Před 3 lety +77

    2 points -1. Infidelity factored in when Wallis and Ernest first got together. He was married and she ignored that, it seems. And infidelity at the end.Marriages that begin that way almost always fail (80% plus). Point 2 - Apparently, The Duke of Windsor never asked her to marry him. He just declared he must marry her. He' always got his own way, so he assumed what he wanted he would get. (not to mention the suicide threat) Still, she could have said "I don't" at the altar.

    • @sjjewel1206
      @sjjewel1206 Před rokem +4

      As. The king he had the. Power to make her queen or queen consort. Maybe he did not was because he simply did not want to be king with all that entailed. I think being a playboy was more to his liking...he made the right call just look at our wonderful queen Elizabeth.

    • @angelaalbury986
      @angelaalbury986 Před rokem +3

      Charles and Camila won't divorce.

    • @margaretmcgill526
      @margaretmcgill526 Před rokem +3

      @@angelaalbury986 Angela, I agree. A very contented couple and their relationship began before the marriage to Diana, so they had history when they were both single. Changes things a bit, I think.

    • @auraterry3548
      @auraterry3548 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@margaretmcgill526Camila was married when he married Diana..and still both of them were cheating on their partners ..that's awful

  • @corinnehernandez4549
    @corinnehernandez4549 Před 2 lety +18

    Amazing documentary. Thank you for posting. Amazing this is the first time I've seen this or heard the truth of this twisted relationship.

  • @thebreezelife
    @thebreezelife Před rokem +11

    Oh please. She wasn't forced to marry him, she didn't really try to get out of it. Instead of just telling him to his face she didn't love him or want to marry him she took all these back roads. Why? Because this is exactly what she wanted

  • @CadyVirina
    @CadyVirina Před 3 lety +83

    This is eye opening. I thought it was just the typical love story thing. But daaaaang this is crazy!

  • @normahuesmann3794
    @normahuesmann3794 Před 3 lety +84

    Is like the story of the monkey with his hand in the cookie jar, won’t let go the cookie and gets trapped.

    • @camimons470
      @camimons470 Před 3 lety +3

      Great analogy!

    • @irislai7821
      @irislai7821 Před 3 lety +2

      DITTO

    • @dragonmartijn
      @dragonmartijn Před 3 lety

      Yes, but there is no actual footage of a monkey that dumb. It’s a story.

    • @normahuesmann3794
      @normahuesmann3794 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dragonmartijn I said story! from psychology 101. Is an example of greed . In reality in India monkeys get caught by putting nuts in inside a coconut with a hole big enough for the monkey’s hand. the coconut is first tide to a tree trunk.

    • @dragonmartijn
      @dragonmartijn Před 3 lety

      @@normahuesmann3794 Sorry, I think I've just proven myself that dumb XD

  • @evelyne7071
    @evelyne7071 Před 2 lety +39

    All you have to do is look at the photographs or videos of the two of them together and you can see that she never really looks at him.
    It seems a bit obvious to me how narcissistic she was. She didn’t love anyone except herself. Your documentary says that she was divorcing the man she loved. But, if you truly love someone, I do not feel you need to go outside your marriage for emotional support or satisfaction.
    No one feels sorry for her that I’ve ever heard of. It sounds to me that she had isolated herself from everyone around her, most likely through her own selfish actions
    Did you see her recoil from his kiss on the cheek @ 21:42. Not a loving move. It was a repulsion.

  • @gracetang3304
    @gracetang3304 Před 2 lety +7

    I think Wallis wrote the goodbye letter to add pressure to Edward to insist her future piosition as queen. Wallis never loved anyone except herself. Ernest was just a convenient escape...bless him he woke up, saw her real self and found sincere happiness later.

  • @sonsaraeronnow4404
    @sonsaraeronnow4404 Před 3 lety +99

    Wallis wanted a King, she ditched her husband and went after her crown. I find is amazing anyone believes she really loved her dumped husband because she didn't get her crown or King. She was a real piece of work!

    • @sandradee1579
      @sandradee1579 Před 2 lety +7

      Well said! Ernest was an afterthought. In her letters to him it's all about her & how this has affected her life. Her primary mission to achieve social status resulted in exile, isolation & loneliness.

    • @nanno8483
      @nanno8483 Před rokem +8

      @@sandradee1579 she loathed children, ended up married and exiled with one hahahaa

    • @lorrainebishop3520
      @lorrainebishop3520 Před rokem +6

      like markle

    • @newas233
      @newas233 Před rokem +4

      @@lorrainebishop3520 exactly. In my opinion meghan will leave Harry within 3 years and move on. You will see

    • @ciyasworld6866
      @ciyasworld6866 Před rokem

      That's the thing.

  • @noongourfain
    @noongourfain Před 3 lety +120

    LOL Ernest left himself out of the "mess those two people made" He was complicit also. Traded his wife for an over coat sounds about right.

    • @annehathaway2107
      @annehathaway2107 Před 2 lety +3

      I don't think he had
      any choice events overtook him..

    • @kittybitty3099
      @kittybitty3099 Před 2 lety +11

      Literally. She didn't want to marry Edward at all, and actually did try to leave him, Ernest flat out asked Edward if he had intentions of stealing her away and marrying her and Edward said that he indeed intend to do that; and literally said okay have her, despite the fact she made it clear in several letters to Ernest that she didn't want to do that, and made it clear via letter to Edward that she did not want to marry him and wanted to go back to Ernest and Edward threatened to kill himself if she left him. So Edward essentially forced a woman to marry him against her will, which is just disgusting, he's already disgusting for being a Nazi sympathizer forcing a woman to marry him against her will is just the icing AND cherry on top of the cake.

    • @queenlegitimate5015
      @queenlegitimate5015 Před 2 lety +3

      Back then you didn't deny the king

  • @yjh7863
    @yjh7863 Před 2 lety +14

    What a twist, though at the end I can't help but thinking maybe Wallis never truly loved anyone other than herself, she was only seeking a spark through the different people that came and went in her life...

  • @johnnyhock
    @johnnyhock Před rokem +10

    She was NEVER the wife of Edward VIII - that was the whole point of the abdication !
    All the time that he was Edward VIII she was his mistress. She only became his wife AFTER his abdication and his becoming Duke of Windsor.

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 Před 4 lety +618

    I gotta say Wallis was England's heroine. Edward VIII was a dolt and he would have turned England over to the Nazis.

    • @emsnewssupkis6453
      @emsnewssupkis6453 Před 4 lety +28

      Elizabeth's husband's father, Phillip, was a Nazi sympathizer and his sisters married Nazis.

    • @keldonmcfarland2969
      @keldonmcfarland2969 Před 4 lety +32

      Wallis ended up being the unlikely person who saved the UK, and ultimately, Western Civilization from the NAZIs.

    • @dayzeereyes128
      @dayzeereyes128 Před 4 lety +33

      @@emsnewssupkis6453 elizabeth's father is george the 6th phillip is her husband 🙄 you must not know shit

    • @MrDwaine
      @MrDwaine Před 4 lety +5

      She might have been ONCE in the "high" social scene a "heroine" but that didn't last long once the truth came out from her letters and conversations claiming she WILL be queen of England! Dont forget her high ranking Nazi bed warmer whilst "away from david" in France while he pondered "what shall I do?"
      Then of course there is her written letters confirming her TRUE LOVE was the idiot American no.2 husband even as the mole was divorcing him and well after the fact. She was a forty year plus old twice divorcee, a gold seeker and a "royal title seeker" and as ugly as a horses face ready for the glue factory, taking 2nd best fellow idiot false king Edward nee david out of despair and making sure he and the British tax payers kept her in a sliding upmarket socialite upkeep until the old age factor crept in. She didnt even produce any children so one could say what a SELFISH piece of garbage was she...... if UNABLE to have children...... Adoption... there were HUNDREDS of kids orphaned in the period of her "meme" selfish life. She would fit well into the "let them eat cake" era. The writer is well into his eighties and remembers the "women and the wanker" well.... 1st hand not out of a book or news item.

    • @sueb6662
      @sueb6662 Před 4 lety +2

      Dave La Violette however it all turned out for the greater good...

  • @beanfrompa
    @beanfrompa Před 4 lety +55

    All this spouse swapping is nauseating. I guess I should be glad at least it was amongst adults here.

  • @melbabowen4389
    @melbabowen4389 Před 2 lety +11

    This is a very revealing piece. It gives real insight to what truly happened.

  • @dmclover5475
    @dmclover5475 Před rokem +4

    "She had a face like an old boot." Lol

  • @AniMerci
    @AniMerci Před 4 lety +433

    Little sympathy for Wallis, even today. Wallis’ true love was for herself.

    • @taroman7100
      @taroman7100 Před 4 lety +46

      Move over Wallace, Markle took the throne

    • @TableForOne1976
      @TableForOne1976 Před 4 lety +29

      Joanie Adams First of all, Mrs. Simpson’s first name is Wallis, not Wallace. Second, the Harry and Meghan situation is not the same as this one.

    • @maryanng6841
      @maryanng6841 Před 4 lety +11

      @@TableForOne1976 - First of all, Mrs. Simpson first "real" name is Bessie. Her birth name was Bessie Wallis Warfield. She didn't like the name Bessie so she began referring to herself as Wallis (her middle name). And I agree with you, the Harry and Meghan situation is not the same as this one. Not even close.

    • @PolskiKabaret
      @PolskiKabaret Před 3 lety +5

      Total sympathy for Wallis. Look the insecure child she agreed to cater to.

    • @christinamitchell6796
      @christinamitchell6796 Před 3 lety +9

      Yep and even those letters was her just trying to use him to get away from edward, if she would've got away she would've left her ex husband too. She's all about self.

  • @gladysclausing8785
    @gladysclausing8785 Před 4 lety +439

    It’s so ridiculous reading that she could do nothing. Why didn’t she board the next ship to America? Why couldn’t t she just tell him that she wasn’t in love with him? It’s preposterous.

    • @priscilalondon
      @priscilalondon Před 3 lety +98

      You do realize those were different times for women, right

    • @gladysclausing8785
      @gladysclausing8785 Před 3 lety +47

      Priscila Magalhaes
      Times change, it’s inevitable. She could have used her intelligence and “charisma” for more honorable ends. Sorry, I’m not being judgemental just observant. She could have also steered him away from being a Nazi sympathizer. There were many women of that era that did accomplish great things without compromising her character and morals.

    • @mickey5779
      @mickey5779 Před 3 lety +55

      Those were different times for women. She definitely put herself in a bizzarre predicament. If you recall, any remote possibility that her abandonment could have resulted in Edward's suicide entailed grave repercussions on her reputation on many levels. A compelling reason to proceed with a marriage she didn't really want. Wow!

    • @sopranosd
      @sopranosd Před 3 lety +26

      @@priscilalondon True, but that would have no bearing here. She could still have pulled the plug on the relationship with Edward.

    • @carolineobrien6301
      @carolineobrien6301 Před 3 lety +52

      @@sopranosd No. I don’t believe that she could. She was trapped. Those days for women were so different.

  • @charwest9449
    @charwest9449 Před rokem +19

    She was a legend in her own mind.

  • @davidw5731
    @davidw5731 Před rokem +4

    Interesting, but how would text of letters she wrote to other people wind up among her documents? Astounding to think that while so many young Brits lost their lives in WWI/ WWII, Edward could not accept this relatively small sacrifice for his people. Edward wanted Wallace so much because she was virtually the only thing on Earth he really couldn't have. Given his highly selfish behavior, Edward's leaving the throne was by far the best outcome for the British people.

  • @TheOrigSuperwoman
    @TheOrigSuperwoman Před 4 lety +274

    16:39 'He is kind.' Reminds me of what Meghan said in her engagement interview with Harry.

    • @cindybogart6062
      @cindybogart6062 Před 3 lety +64

      I can’t help but see the Parallels between MM and Wallace Simpson and the way she treats Harry. They are so much alike!

    • @cabingirl1961
      @cabingirl1961 Před 3 lety +11

      Yes but look where they are now!

    • @samlal3618
      @samlal3618 Před 3 lety +42

      @@cabingirl1961 begging for attention by writing children’s books and releasing documentaries,I feel like one day MM will do him bad 🙄

    • @camimons470
      @camimons470 Před 3 lety +48

      Harry is like Edward. Childish, dependent, passive unless directed, resentful at his position, angry at his family. M is just his way to escape and denigrate his family.

    • @irislai7821
      @irislai7821 Před 3 lety +32

      @@cindybogart6062 Yes, the 2 couples are so similar--- Uncanny !!

  • @reganpierce7267
    @reganpierce7267 Před 4 lety +71

    After seeing this, and the movie The King’s Speech, I feel the reason why Edward latched onto Wallis was he was terrified. He didn’t want to be king. He knew that he would never be allowed to marry her, and always planned to use her to get out of it. He had to act besotted with her so no one questioned when he abdicated, and I think he eventually convinced himself that he did worship her.

    • @Moonewitch
      @Moonewitch Před 4 lety +20

      They didn't want him to be King either! None of them. Not the Establishment and not his parents...especially his father King George.

    • @claritadeluna6609
      @claritadeluna6609 Před 7 měsíci +3

      He needed her, but I don't think he loved her. He loved himself and the idea of having a strong woman by his side.

  • @susieq2806
    @susieq2806 Před rokem +14

    She always loved her 1st husband. I believe Edward was a challenge to Wallis, but when she got him, she didn't want him anymore, & became miserable with him. Sometimes you need to be careful what you ask for. The grass isn't always greener.😔

    • @joiisler8986
      @joiisler8986 Před rokem +3

      Ernest was her Second husband.

    • @satimaharaj5642
      @satimaharaj5642 Před rokem

      The pressure associated with being involved with the King was taking a toll on her

  • @hellypoppy5739
    @hellypoppy5739 Před rokem +8

    Having read a few biographies about the Royals & learned a bit about Edward, his abdication was a blessing in disguise. WW2 came along & he just wasn’t the monarch the country needed at that time.

  • @icebergrose8955
    @icebergrose8955 Před 4 lety +218

    She had plenty of time to pull back but she left it too late. She never loved EVIII. She got stuck with him.

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 Před 4 lety +4

      and she never would have stayed w Ernest if .she had freed.herself from .the emgagement to Edward. Seems Emest.was.a.life raft.for her.

    • @Vidya740
      @Vidya740 Před 4 lety +12

      She tried to break it off with him many times, and he threatened to kill himself if she left him.

    • @JV-yd4qg
      @JV-yd4qg Před 4 lety +6

      @@Vidya740 Yeah, karma for them. 😑 They torture each other by false love. (It was all about image and SM fetish.😆)

    • @zeib1171
      @zeib1171 Před 3 lety +2

      And hoped to be a queen

    • @Orphen42O
      @Orphen42O Před 3 lety +4

      @@finallythere100 Ernest was as much a social climber as Wallis. Neither Wallis or Ernest could envision that the king would want to marry her. Between themselves, Ernest and Edward decided the terms of the divorce with little reference to Wallis. Ernest was able to divorce and marry his lover without having to make any financial arrangements for Wallis. When Wallis realized that she could not become Queen, she probably wanted to stop the abdication process and stay on as the king's mistress. Unfortunately, things had gone too far and she was stuck with the immature, needy Edward.

  • @sheilariley1261
    @sheilariley1261 Před 2 lety +21

    I've always thought Edward VIII effeminate.. Wallis looks a bit mannish. Great match. He loved her and she loved her

  • @iolitelight
    @iolitelight Před 2 lety +21

    I find it odd that letters written to two different people on two different continents all find themselves in one place for the convenience of a biographer.

  • @abeal49
    @abeal49 Před rokem +6

    there is a documentary about her collection of jewelry after it was auctioned off. Edward was bestowing a fortune in jewelry on Wallis, which cost the equivalent of millions, huge diamonds, emeralds and handfuls of rubies. And Ernest paid for the insurance on these items. I imagine her gleefully taking these items home, showing them to Ernest, and the two of them calculating the insurance value..
    The Simpsons were milking Edward for everything they could get.

  • @usualobject0
    @usualobject0 Před 4 lety +263

    This "great romance" infuriates me. I don't feel any compassion for these two characters. Plus they were Nazi sympathizers. There should be more documentaries about Prince Phillip's mother, Princess Alice. She was a woman of strength and courage.

    • @wcstevens7
      @wcstevens7 Před 4 lety +7

      N M ..Most people will have a great and passionate love affair during their lives...You just get on with it and don't make a fuss about it.

    • @usualobject0
      @usualobject0 Před 4 lety +7

      Is this Wallis Sinpson's ghost talking?

    • @ianstewart2252
      @ianstewart2252 Před 4 lety +2

      Was'nt Phillips mother mad and joined some sort of nunnery ...

    • @ianlindo2398
      @ianlindo2398 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ianstewart2252 prince andrew sent her to an insane asylum

    • @willatwood
      @willatwood Před 3 lety +5

      Well I'm pretty sure most people aren't the king of England and abdicate over such affair and this is why they're making a fuss about it. Nobody cares about affairs, it's even known and looked the other away with other kings and queens during their reigns.

  • @ailleananaithnid2566
    @ailleananaithnid2566 Před 3 lety +85

    Wallis has been vilified as a social climber but, as usual, it’s far more complicated than that. It sounds a lot like Wallis mothered him and that was the root of his obsession with her.
    Regardless of how one feels about Wallis she certainly saved GB from this disaster of a king!

    • @izziebon
      @izziebon Před rokem

      On the other hand, its quite likely the war would have been very different.

    • @patriziamenconi9362
      @patriziamenconi9362 Před 7 měsíci

      Come Camilla ha fatto da madre a charles

  • @wackywagners3463
    @wackywagners3463 Před rokem +4

    'Edward's love for Wallace was alarming'...well I would say so considering he gave up the thrown to be with her - or perhaps, he deep down didn't want the thrown and used his love for her as a way out...

  • @doonewatts7155
    @doonewatts7155 Před rokem +1

    A truly excellent piece thank you

  • @rachelgreen4510
    @rachelgreen4510 Před 4 lety +173

    How history repeats itself!

    • @dice3704
      @dice3704 Před 4 lety +8

      Well, Meghan is not nazi . Harry either . Like most of blue blood in England.

    • @KingsDaughter1958
      @KingsDaughter1958 Před 3 lety +35

      @@dice3704 Meghan is a hardcore Democrat of 2020, which means she loves socialism, Crooked Hillary, infanticide, and thinks sodomizers are just making an alternative lifestyle choice. So she's not a Nazi, but she has skewed personal and national values.

    • @KingsDaughter1958
      @KingsDaughter1958 Před 3 lety +13

      @@dice3704 Well, thank you for letting your venom flow; I hope you feel better. Yes, America deserves God's judgment as does the rest of the Satan-following world, and I know it's coming - the Biblical signs are EVERYWHERE. But just like in the Old Testament account of the prophet Daniel's Hebrew friends who were thrown into the furnace (and came out unscathed!), not all of us in America have bowed the knee to Lucifer, although sometimes when I'm watching the news it SEEMS that way. There is definitely an epic battle - both in the visible as well as the invisible realms - being fought between good and evil. Eventually, Jesus Christ will triumph, but first worldwide anarchy fueled by the Antichrist must come. I choose to be on the side of King Jesus - whose side are you on? (ttb[dot]org)

    • @dice3704
      @dice3704 Před 3 lety +7

      @@KingsDaughter1958 I don't think Jesus and God are on your side . Karen. Now go learn something about democracy, human rights , and God.

    • @ritahorvath8207
      @ritahorvath8207 Před 3 lety +4

      Indeed.

  • @MG-cd9ek
    @MG-cd9ek Před 3 lety +22

    Wow Wallace the one who wanted it all. A King, the life of a Queen, and a husband with stability, died alone and unhappy. Poor Wallace.. Broke up marriages, wanted it all and died with just herself. Poor Wallace. Satan got his pound of flesh.

  • @rosemarymonty5399
    @rosemarymonty5399 Před 2 lety +10

    She was David’s (The immature spoiled Prince) mistress for two years! After this time she must have realized he was weak, though surrounded by wealth which was probably too hard to give up. The reality was The King was not the Ruler of Britain but a figurehead who would not be allowed to marry a divorcée while on the Throne. it is apparent that she was a strong woman whose manipulation of her Husband and The spoiled Prince ended exactly where she landed - either stay and marry David/Edward the Prince or leave and be forever thought of as the Women who abandoned her Prince who abandoned the Throne. I feel no sympathy for either of them. Their life ended up just as empty as it was during the affair - partying with sycophants with no real responsibilities and no one in the Royal Family wanting anything to do with them for years and years!

  • @Cordula6
    @Cordula6 Před rokem +2

    Great video. Thank you!