People applauding the Duke of Windsor
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Could someone explain to me:
Who are the people applauding the Duke
of Windsor each time he comes to England?
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You mean now or in the series? Are you talking about the public, when they're out at a function or in the car? Or when they go out on the balcony? That's the public of England. Many love the monarchy, though I don't quite understand it. I guess because it's been around so long.
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I mean Edward: after he renounced the throne he went to live
abroad. But he came back to England to his brotherβs funeral
and again to the coronation of EII. In both occasions, his
wife was not permitted to come with him and his appearences
in public were curtailed.
In the series, we see people gathered to applaud him at his
arrival and departure. Did he have a following in England,
even after the abdication? This is not your normal βlove
the Royalsβ demonstration.
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Oh. It's been a few days since I saw that episode.
The public sympathized with the Duke, when he was King and couldn't marry the woman he loved. They lost their King over it. So yes, he was popular with the public, or at least part of it. I think he or someone mentions that the people were on his side about the marriage.
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Ah! Thank you.
We get the idea, from the series anyway, that
Queen Elizabeth was in a difficult position,
since she liked her uncle on a personal level
but, as the Queen, she had to deny him his demands.
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That's not accurate. Some people sympathized with him and others didn't; more didn't.
The scene being referred to also had people booing the DoW.
You are incorrect - Edward VIII was very popular. As a young man he was good looking and considered the most eligible man on the planet. Blonde haired, blue eyed future King-Emperor of 2/5 of the worlds surface and ruling 1/4 of the world's population living in castles and palaces - not that surpising really.
There were serious concerns that the people would not accept his abdication and would see it as their beloved King being forced from his throne by the government. He remained popular in the country as his reason of doing it for love was seen as a great romantic story not a dereliction of duty.
They also did not know what we know now about his licentious behaviour through the 1920s - 1930s, his almost treasonous behaviour later in WW2, and in the 1930s many were sympathetic with german national socialism's fight against the rising tide of bolshevism and did not see his meeting with hitler in that bad a light.
Edward VIIIs popularity and the fears about it are also brought up in the King's Speech
London society people, such as Edward's good friend, Sir Oswald Moseley (of Black Shirt infamy), did not represent the feelings of the whole country. A lot of people outside of London, in the villages and countryside, were furious when they found out the affair began while Simpson was still married to husband number 2. There were lots of people at that time stuck in unhappy marriages who had no way out because divorces were so rarely granted and were extremely expensive, and yet here was a woman with two. They felt it was extremely unfair and saw it as royal privilege that she got her second divorce so easily. Others saw it as opening the door to easy divorce and dumping spouses easily who were inconvenient.
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Yes well those scenes were in London or Greater London, so.....
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