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@augustus Redpill me about king Edward. Why did he resign?
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@sim @deadheat he's just like me
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"Edward's youngest brother, Prince John, died at the age of 13 on 18 January 1919 after a severe epileptic seizure. Edward, who was 11 years older than John and had hardly known him, saw his death as "little more than a regrettable nuisance". He wrote to his mistress of the time that "[he had] told [her] all about that little brother, and how he was an epileptic. [John]'s been practically shut up for the last two years anyhow, so no one has ever seen him except the family, and then only once or twice a year. This poor boy had become more of an animal than anything else.""
What a thing to say. This man also seems to have not had a good upbringing so I guess it isn't so surprising.
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@augustus @deadheat "Though widely travelled, Edward shared a widely held racial prejudice against foreigners and many of the Empire's subjects, believing that whites were inherently superior. In 1920, on his visit to Australia, he wrote of Indigenous Australians: "they are the most revolting form of living creatures I've ever seen!! They are the lowest known form of human beings & are the nearest thing to monkeys.""
Quite the character.
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@deadheat @augustus "As was common practice with upper-class children of the time, Edward and his younger siblings were brought up by nannies rather than directly by their parents. One of Edward's early nannies often abused him by pinching him before he was due to be presented to his parents. His subsequent crying and wailing would lead the Duke and Duchess to send him and the nanny away. The nanny was discharged after her mistreatment of the children was discovered, and she was replaced by Charlotte Bill."
What a lovely nanny to be brought up with in the early years.
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@augustus I was wondering if maybe the British elites were making his life hell or forced him for being a Germaboo, and then he married the thot as the first excuse available to drop the crown. It's not like he didn't know he wouldn't be able to marry a woman like that as the king, so why didn't he take measures to never become the king instead of abdicating not even a year into his reign? He has such a "just" meme face, he looks miserable in every photo, maybe there was something else going on there :cirnothinking:
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@deadheat @augustus I guess you are right.
"After the war, his conduct began to give cause for concern; he engaged in a series of sexual affairs that worried both his father and the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin."
"The new king showed impatience with court protocol, and caused consternation among politicians by his apparent disregard for established constitutional conventions. Only months into his reign, a constitutional crisis was caused by his proposal to marry Wallis Simpson, an American who had divorced her first husband and was seeking a divorce from her second."
"Later that year, the couple toured Nazi Germany, which fed rumours that he was a Nazi sympathiser. During the Second World War, Edward was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France but after the fall of France was appointed Governor of the Bahamas. After the war, Edward spent the rest of his life in France."
Also, I wonder what he saw during the first world war. Or what he saw on his overseas tours.
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@deadheat he simply wanted some used up american pussy so badly that he willingly gave up the crown. some things aren't even political. there's no lesson here. plus the monarchy is fake and gay anyway.
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@augustus @deadheat I bet you are able to relate with him now!
"In 1934, Adolf Hitler, in his ambition to link the British and German royal houses, asked Princess Victoria Louise to arrange a marriage between the 40-year-old Edward and her 17-year-old daughter, Frederica of Hanover, who was at boarding school in England. Her parents refused, due to the age gap, and Frederica instead married Paul of Greece."
Interesting fact.
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