Wallis Simpson Tried to GIVE BACK the King. The Story You Know Leaves That Out

Wallis Simpson Tried to GIVE BACK the King. The Story You Know Leaves That Out The official version fits on a single line. A king of England fell in love with a twice-divorced woman from Baltimore and gave up his throne to marry her. For ninety years, she has been the villain of that sentence. But the papers of December 1936 tell a stranger story. On the evening of December 7, in the hills above Cannes, a courtier walked out to the reporters at the gate of Villa Lou Viei and read her statement aloud. She was willing, it said, to withdraw from a situation that had become both unhappy and untenable. Three days later, the king signed the abdication anyway. Nine days before her wedding, his family signed a sentence of their own, and they never took it back. Fifty years later, it was still there on her coffin. It all started with a weekend invitation to a hunting lodge in Leicestershire. Chapters: 00:00 — The Official Version 02:31 — Act I — The Rise 06:21 — Act II — The Facade 09:36 — Act III — The Crack 14:46 — Act IV — The Reckoning 18:32 — Act V — The Aftermath Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Abdication of Edward VIII — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdicat... Mrs. Simpson granted divorce, UPI, October 27, 1936 — https://www.upi.com/Archives/1936/10/... Denying HRH, the case of the Duchess of Windsor — https://www.historyofroyalwomen.com/w... 1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_to... Death and funeral of Wallis, Duchess of Windsor — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_a... #documentary #history #royalscandal #WallisSimpson