Abdication of King Edward VIII (1936)

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  • @misterakt
    @misterakt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    who would've expected that his actions would directly lead to his niece becoming the longest reigning monarch in British history

    • @hadilol
      @hadilol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I know right

    • @jakobfok1664
      @jakobfok1664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Actually even if he was still the King, Queen Elizabeth would still take thy throne as Kind Edward had no children so the next in line to thy throne would be Elizabeth's Father King George then her.

    • @hadilol
      @hadilol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jakobfok1664 Victoria would be the longest reigning monarch

    • @jakobfok1664
      @jakobfok1664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hadilol Victoria's reign is 64 years, Elizabeth's is currently 69 years or so.

    • @taylorprocker
      @taylorprocker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      God save the Queen

  • @mrfearsmom8857
    @mrfearsmom8857 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Its adorable to see how attentive Elizabeth was tl Margaret when her father assended the throne. You can definitely tell queen Mary was the one to teach Elizabeth the royal wave, she did it exactly just as queen Mary. ❤

  • @154Kilroy
    @154Kilroy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    That intro really put it into perspective just how much this was still the British EMPIRE. Certainly not the same as postwar Britain... Crazy to think this really wasn't that long ago the largest Empire in history still existed.

    • @manusiaganteng2753
      @manusiaganteng2753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Happily thats in the past

    • @charliecili
      @charliecili 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@manusiaganteng2753 whos happy?

    • @NepheneeGyattRizz
      @NepheneeGyattRizz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@manusiaganteng2753 nothing happy about it

    • @manusiaganteng2753
      @manusiaganteng2753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@charliecili every decent human being

    • @manusiaganteng2753
      @manusiaganteng2753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@NepheneeGyattRizz very happy indeed

  • @adhirajacharya2997
    @adhirajacharya2997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    Anyone here after the crown

    • @yixiball2873
      @yixiball2873 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @lavablock_yt
      @lavablock_yt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me

    • @tallulahbelle2948
      @tallulahbelle2948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me...probably see you on a few more clips 😀

    • @nancyvillines4552
      @nancyvillines4552 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Long before the Crown. I don't think people give her credit for what shw gave up. They demonized her to get him off the Thrown. So she would take the blame.

    • @BOBBYP34
      @BOBBYP34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fascinating stuff

  • @tajniak4335
    @tajniak4335 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    In the 20th century it happend two concecutive times that a scandal-ridden, unruly first born prince (Albert Victor and Edward VIII) somehow dissappeared form the scene, and an unwilling, unexpecting second born son became a great king who lead the kingdom through really turbulent times (George V and George VI). God must really love the British Monarchy.

    • @RajeshKumar-fb4pz
      @RajeshKumar-fb4pz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Prince Albert Victor was a good man. Later historians distorted his legacy and name during the reign of his younger brother George V.

    • @DreiK96
      @DreiK96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      As if your King Charles is any different.

    • @ramal5708
      @ramal5708 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would it be three consecutive times if somehow Charles III removed himself from contention to be 2nd in line if he forced his family and himself to marry Camilla in the late 70s or early 80s?

  • @robb2biago
    @robb2biago 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Sometimes it’s the second son, that’s the true hero of the family. Queen Elizabeth, always looked so glamorous and polished. With her furs, and fabulous feather hats.

  • @johnardygoh3095
    @johnardygoh3095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    To me,king George the 6th was Greatest king of the modern era,Greater than QE2, as king George tooks over from Edward as WW2 loom over Europe and pull UK through WW2 and a Victory

  • @angelacooper2661
    @angelacooper2661 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My mother would have been just five months old at the time! She is now 86.

  • @JP-yi6nm
    @JP-yi6nm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Princess Elizabeth (today, Queen Elizabeth II 2021)

  • @FactBuffet
    @FactBuffet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    King Edward VIII abdicated before coins with his face could be released!

  • @chrismc410
    @chrismc410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I'm sure Queen Mary had the Royal thorn-bush switch ready for him. Just because you are King or former doesn't make you immune to mom's wrath

  • @JP-yi6nm
    @JP-yi6nm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Rest in peace - Queen Elizabeth II. God save the Queen.

  • @EngPheniks
    @EngPheniks ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't blame him at all. It's his choice. His abdication thankfully paved way for his younger brother who had a daughter who would later be one of the most efficient monarchs in British history.

  • @jonallen-friend2405
    @jonallen-friend2405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Mrs. Simpson did us all a favour. His abdication was a blessing. We were well rid of this weak ingrate devoid of the duty that his brother showed by his example of selflessness. Sadly Harry now demonstrates the same traits as Edward a disgrace to The Queen, his family and the county.

    • @kevinadams9468
      @kevinadams9468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In fairness, the House of Windsor is sad, highly in-bred ruling house, replete with 'ingrates' and selfish monarchs, and only able to produce responsible monarch at great intervals, such as Queen Victoria and the reigning Queen Elizabeth. Windsor's men are singularly poor specimens of royal aptitude. House of Windsor is a Billionaire's Club that has outlived its usefulness. An Emperor or Empress without an empire is no better than a cleaning lady, but in this case they believe they are special because the UK taxpayers have to finance their lifestyles. They should be expropriated to the benefit of the general fund of the UK.

    • @20alexmc08
      @20alexmc08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree on Harry! He had the country behind him, now a disgrace.

    • @babs66
      @babs66 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a respected Prince of Wales for 25 years though.

  • @AG-ni8jm
    @AG-ni8jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Lord only knows what he'd have done during the war if he'd still been king. He was a fan of the Reich

    • @Ryanlexz
      @Ryanlexz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean look at UK now! More Pakistan and Indian then British people

    • @AG-ni8jm
      @AG-ni8jm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Ryanlexz oh boy here we go with the White Whine. I'd show the facts contradicting you but it'd be a waste of time.

    • @Ryanlexz
      @Ryanlexz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@AG-ni8jm white guilt doesn't work anymore. George Soros bot lmao 😂😂

    • @ajay999999
      @ajay999999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Ryanlexz I disagree more easten europeans

    • @AshleyGravesreal
      @AshleyGravesreal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AG-ni8jm I hate him but hitler planned to settle him as rhe king once again,probabily of just england since britain would had be split.

  • @laylaibrahim4961
    @laylaibrahim4961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This was a man of character who respected both religion and tradition. As the head of the church, he made a very respectful decision and quite honorable. There are other important values in life , other than power. Rest in peace your majesty

    • @Sirjohnfootball
      @Sirjohnfootball 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      He was also a Nazi sympathiser, so I’d ease off on the “man of character” narrative if I were you.

    • @laylaibrahim4961
      @laylaibrahim4961 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Sirjohnfootball thanks for the reminder, that's how complicated this family really is. Ooops!

    • @shasotaualfa
      @shasotaualfa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Sirjohnfootball He chose his allies by who he seen as monarchy-friendly people. He also hated Communism (which i can agree on).

    • @20alexmc08
      @20alexmc08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Sirjohnfootball look at the current state of things but thank god we’re not speaking German hey 🤔

    • @Sirjohnfootball
      @Sirjohnfootball 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@20alexmc08 what do you mean by that?

  • @jrexx2841
    @jrexx2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:27 King Edward VIII finishes his graduation speech and received his diploma

  • @a.t.c.3862
    @a.t.c.3862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It must have been absolutely traumatic for the Royal family, and Elizabeth II grew up in the aftermath of it all. Sadly, it is what prevents her from abdicating today.
    However, abdication does not automatically mean abdication of duty; it can mean simply retirement due infirmity and old age.
    This is what the monarchies of the Netherlands, Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium and Japan have understood - perhaps Britain will too.
    2023 , the 70th anniversary of her coronation, would be the perfect opportunity.

    • @cupsoup7244
      @cupsoup7244 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Couldn’t make it lol

    • @dasportsfan2122
      @dasportsfan2122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cupsoup7244 lol?

    • @BintangGaryo
      @BintangGaryo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      💀

    • @synnsayneenterprises
      @synnsayneenterprises ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Elizabeth made a promise to the people she kept when she was crowned and kept her word until her death.

    • @a.t.c.3862
      @a.t.c.3862 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@synnsayneenterprises Totally unnecessary to have held on to her post - abdication is a sign of humility.

  • @everyvidchannel
    @everyvidchannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    God Save the King!

    • @everyvidchannel
      @everyvidchannel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please don't hate him because of his relations with the N*zi! Don't talk about it...

  • @joshy1234_5
    @joshy1234_5 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    King edward viii hes my favorite he chose love than ruling a nation

  • @JP-yi6nm
    @JP-yi6nm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    God save the Queen. The Queen has seen all the changes in Great Britain and around the world. It's increible. Long live Queen Elizabeth. I wouldn't like that Charles will became King because He wasn't a good person with the Princess of Wales and He married with Camille Parker. His son must be the new king when the Queen die.

    • @goglehead1236
      @goglehead1236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His marriage might have failed but that doesn't mean he will be a bad king. He's one of the hardest working royals out there and has taken big actions against climate change and other world problems.

    • @andrewturek2457
      @andrewturek2457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would require Parliamentary approval and action in all the countries of which the Queen is Head of State, and it’s not going to happen.

    • @carolwilson6948
      @carolwilson6948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Diana was no saint.

    • @dazzaMusic
      @dazzaMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Won’t happen sadly William will be king but only after Charles

    • @dmtrv.m
      @dmtrv.m 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      how are u now

  • @ajay999999
    @ajay999999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He could have carried on not marring Wallis keeping her as a mistress

    • @johnadams9274
      @johnadams9274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he didn't want the responsibility of being King. He enjoyed his carefree playboy lifestyle. He looked at being King as an annoyance. And in the end gave it all up for a woman I would say is mediocre at best.

    • @20alexmc08
      @20alexmc08 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnadams9274 yes it comes across strange to give it up for a woman whose not all that and didn’t seem to interested in him! Maybe it was because of politics, but if he had a backbone he could of backed Mosley if that’s what he believed 🤷‍♂️
      Could just be he wanted a quiet life.

    • @racheldemain1940
      @racheldemain1940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is what Baldwin said to him. Keep her as a Mistress but don't marry her.

  • @bibekdas7449
    @bibekdas7449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WoW 😲
    Didn't knew about this!

    • @kingsleyanyang-kusi5024
      @kingsleyanyang-kusi5024 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Didn't know, not knew!!

    • @Lotr2987
      @Lotr2987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also learnt about this guy and his abdication relatively recently as well.
      Nearly two years ago.

  • @The_Young_Aristocrat
    @The_Young_Aristocrat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m a relation of Her Grace The Duchess of Windsor and I can see why she love HRH.

    • @racheldemain1940
      @racheldemain1940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She loved the life of a Royal. Her heart was still with Earnest. The King put her in an awful position because he could not live without her. while life in the Social whirl around the King, it was stability of life with Earnest that she missed dreadfully.

  • @Vic35102
    @Vic35102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    David brother was more of a man than true he was a little man

  • @tiestokygoericprydz3963
    @tiestokygoericprydz3963 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful land of hope and glory 🇺🇲🇬🇧

  • @sophiaoliveira0
    @sophiaoliveira0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    87 years ago

  • @ramal5708
    @ramal5708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I mean is it just me or KGVI in 1930s looked so handsome and gorgeous unlike Edward VIII

    • @nottmjas
      @nottmjas ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Here he looked his age - early 40s. But when he died just 15 years later, he looked like a man many years older than his actual age.

  • @maryambilalkhan884
    @maryambilalkhan884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    He lived happily with the love of his life. RIP both of them.

    • @ryley338
      @ryley338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      they were both nazi sympathizers, good riddance and thank god they weren’t allowed to have the throne.

    • @scaramouche853
      @scaramouche853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      No they didn’t. After he had done such a monumental thing as to abdicate and with her name so openly synonymous with that decision, she had no choice but to stay with him, even though the status, wealth and title that most likely spurred her interests in the first place was snatched from her reach. She had to spend the next 36 years with a man who she found weak, feeble, contemptible and docile, she hated every minute of it. He spent the next 36 years being publicly humiliated by the duchess who never failed to let her contempt show. Apparently for those that knew him, it was embarrassing to witness, a one time King, be berated and humiliated and lose every thread of very little dignity he may have managed to salvage after his abdication.

    • @evilcdh
      @evilcdh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually, they didn't love Happily Ever After. She was as surprised as everyone else. She held him in contempt for much of their marriage.

    • @johnadams9274
      @johnadams9274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They did not, she never loved him. She emasculated him and treated him poorly, cheating on him many times over. While he lay dying in their house, she didn't even visit him in his bed. The nurse said she held him in her arms as he called out for Wallis over and over. She never came. Thats what she thought about him. In the end, at the funeral she is quoted as saying "He gave up so much, for so little" pointing at herself, and she was absolutely right. It's not the love story you would like to believe it is sadly.

  • @МарФаВасилькоВа
    @МарФаВасилькоВа 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Боже! Какая же она страшненькая, а какой красавец Эдвард! Вот какими бабы хитрыми могут быть лишь бы устроить свою жизнь..☠️хитрость, уловки, ловушки и мужчина ведётся, и чаще..ПОРЯДОЧНЫЙ..😢

  • @pamelataylor2535
    @pamelataylor2535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Loyalty to God is the most important thing

  • @jeremybarcelo6486
    @jeremybarcelo6486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    When that Pomp and Circumstance started up, I started listening for the “OHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHH!” and for the Macho Man Randy Savage (or the Macho King?) to come out

    • @Kapdar
      @Kapdar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

    • @sadeqabdulla7743
      @sadeqabdulla7743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ooooooooohhhhhhhh yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh

  • @lexistenceestailleurs
    @lexistenceestailleurs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg 😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @Vic35102
    @Vic35102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    By the end Wallace and couldn't stand him stand him

    • @racheldemain1940
      @racheldemain1940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Turns out she couldn't stand him at the beginning. She was charmed by him certainly but mainly by the social life and being seen with him. she really still loved Ernest and was trapped by the King as he declared he could not live without her and she missed her chance to get away. she craved the stability of life with Ernest, yes it would not have been as exciting but steady and secure. To this day the story continues to fascinate people. It seemed to be a romantic story but was actually much much darker when you really delve deep.

  • @stuartchilongozi2439
    @stuartchilongozi2439 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a stand up man

    • @johnadams9274
      @johnadams9274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He wasn't though. He was a selfish man-child who put his own desires and needs before that of his duty and country. A King's happiness comes secondary to his responsibilities. And he knew that, yet gave up an empire for a woman who never loved him. He was also a nazi sympathizer who visited Hitler in Germany against his family and the governments wishes. Truth is he wasn't a stand up man.

    • @ashleybrooks3901
      @ashleybrooks3901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Absolutely not

  • @Jason-o5s
    @Jason-o5s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cheer~(of a monarch) renounce one's throne.

  • @jaydeecee
    @jaydeecee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The King has quit. Long live the King!

  • @marshmallowbudgie
    @marshmallowbudgie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's the advantage of a monarchy, there's always a SPARE ready and waiting

  • @Robbielazar
    @Robbielazar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    You gotta have balls to do something like that

    • @finallythere100
      @finallythere100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe ... some see it completely the other way around.

    • @AAAAAAA66879
      @AAAAAAA66879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well in that case you’re kind of wrong because he was forced to do it

    • @evanwilliam9582
      @evanwilliam9582 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AAAAAAA66879 it was because of his wife right?

  • @reymarkechano4138
    @reymarkechano4138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He chose love over throne because he knew that he couldn't marry the woman he loved.

  • @Humblewrestling
    @Humblewrestling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Rip Queen 😭💜

  • @Prissy59
    @Prissy59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    💜HMQ

  • @racheldemain1940
    @racheldemain1940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How would they have worded the Proclomation given that the Previous Monarch abdicated as we hear the words Following the death of the Late Queen of Happy Memory ( in the current times) . it isn't very clear what is said.

  • @Fummy007
    @Fummy007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Small minded to give up your title as the King and Emperor of the largest Empire in history for one woman.

  • @warmonger8799
    @warmonger8799 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @TCM215
    @TCM215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    King Edward jerry, king Edward

  • @chaos6648
    @chaos6648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh patutlah tok nenek kita cakap goumant/ gomen. Kerajaan rupanyer

  • @nightw4tchman
    @nightw4tchman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    00:56 Ohhh racism, got it.

  • @netokendal4065
    @netokendal4065 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would have kept the crown and kept the divorcée Simpson on the side..I keep kicking it with her,they gonna beg me years later to please marry her at least for formality.😂

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    EDWARD VIII AND WALLACE SIMPSON WERE THE LAST ROYAL COUPLE ON EARTH !

    • @babs66
      @babs66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't be silly

  • @mugishagabriel6074
    @mugishagabriel6074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    how do you give up the throne and being a king emperor for love. that's stupid

  • @vivekpillay2821
    @vivekpillay2821 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ultimate sacrifice for love

  • @sadeqabdulla7743
    @sadeqabdulla7743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Macho man's song

  • @matthewcoupeofficial
    @matthewcoupeofficial ปีที่แล้ว

    He should never have abdicated!
    Interesting how Charles is king now with Camilla’s husband still alive, I wonder if he would have been accepted if the late great Dianna was still here? There are infinite paths that can lead to who is the Sovereign head.

  • @tongksun4404
    @tongksun4404 ปีที่แล้ว

    Charles never has the balls to make the decision like a real man!

    • @babs66
      @babs66 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He saw the life his great uncle had is why and wanted to have a life of purpose.

  • @גבריאל1994
    @גבריאל1994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Charles III did the same thing.

    • @oliviar3736
      @oliviar3736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He didn’t give anything up for her

  • @kiest3570
    @kiest3570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If Edward never met Wallis Simpson and never abticated Elizabeth ii wouldn't become queen

    • @sdearing6375
      @sdearing6375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes she would have- Edward died without issue

    • @jeffreykinard4478
      @jeffreykinard4478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually yes she would have...just later than she did...because he had no heirs...so it would have went to his next relative which means his brothers oldest child

    • @racheldemain1940
      @racheldemain1940 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She probably would but much later as Edward didn't have Male Children so after her Father George VI died she took over the throne. George was king for only 15 years as his health was Fragile for a very long time so eventually she would be queen if he had lived longer but this was not to be so the Abdication certainly shuffled the Royal deck of Cards so to speak.

  • @stevenolan-hilton1641
    @stevenolan-hilton1641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No to swore allegiance to Adolph Hitler.

  • @Kerrington_John
    @Kerrington_John ปีที่แล้ว

    Always choose love above power and status. He lived a happy life with the love of his life.

    • @DarkSkies72
      @DarkSkies72 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No, he didn’t. They were both miserable. She openly had affairs to humiliate him and refused to go to his bedside as he cried out for her while he was dying. Research is your friend and will spare you from embarrassing yourself with foolish false comments.

    • @Kerrington_John
      @Kerrington_John 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DarkSkies72 I ve got my men for research. People like you. Very kind. Thank you.

  • @zachclark7516
    @zachclark7516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Uk has america to thank for queen elizabeth ii

  • @gigodotbernard9368
    @gigodotbernard9368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Camilla Parker Bowles