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EPISODE · Dec 24, 2024 · 1H 15M

The summer of love - part 3 of our series on the Abdication crisis

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As the events of 1936 heat up, the King abandons the traditional Balmoral summer for a pleasure cruise of the Balkans.  The world media goes crazy for pictures of the King and Mrs Simpson.  The pressure begins to get too much for Wallis. In this episode, Royal commentator James Taylor joins RHG founder, Gareth Streeter to discuss: Churchill's "failure" to tell the King and Wallis what they want to hearEdward's "sulky" attitude toward his dutiesWhy someone, please, in the name of mercy, needs to think of the poor debutantesWhether Wallis was intelligentObservations of Edward and Wallis's behaviour on the Balkan trip, based on eye-witness testimonyWallis's attempt to break it all offThe King abandoning his duties to collect Wallis from Aberdeen stationGareth also embarks on a rant about Edward acting like a rebel within the system, rather than the head of the system with real agency to make change if only he had the courage to confront.

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