Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson

Download Ava's Manor now: https://pixly.go2cloud.org/SH2S9 Thank you Ava's Manor for sponsoring this video! King Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship has long been lauded as a royal fairytale. But there was a lot more going on. Wallis never really liked Edward but became trapped by her own ambition. And Edward, desperate to find any mode of escaping the insurmountable pressure of his birth rite, became obsessed with the woman who dominated him. And they were both Nazi sympathizers. The abdication of a King who wasn’t allowed by the church to marry a divorced woman was not nearly that simple. And the crisis that almost ended the British monarchy likely saved it in the end... Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday I make mini documentaries about women's history and royal history: Queens of the World: /watch/8J75OHyvyNlu74wrHEFC6jhZEw33zuisLP=tsil&4Na1LWVDxl_D5 A History of... /watch/b8vxA2fWzfkmF2p1Gcx9iihZEw33zuisLP=tsil&0C-NJzKy8A_yx Royal History: /watch/VFMhcTTZ_Tkx-GxxP6DGKjhZEw33zuisLP=tsil&0u9P9yWsinQsh LGBT Royals: /watch/i2cLFErLcY5-R6YDUsCKGghZEw33zuisLP=tsil&49YIFqA1WUu1L Sources: The Crown in Crisis by Dan Jones, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org https://www.britannica.com http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /watch/s526=t&Yw_FRSI3dwS36 /watch/8-wFf2jfRmCfF Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ For business inquiries, please contact LindsayHoliday@ellifyagency.com #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday #EdwardandWallis #RoyalFamily

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