Duke Windsor died in May 1972 after spending nearly 40 years in exile from the royal family — more than 50 years ago —. The Duchess of Sussex is probably an asylum seeker to study. The similarities between the couples' lives are amazing.
Future Edward Ville was a cool, popular, charismatic young man who did not keep his desire to modernize the monarchy secret. However, his desire to marry Wallis Simpson, like the divorced American Megan Markle, robbed him of his throne and separated him from his friends and family. : The scandalous asylum of the Duke&Duchess of Windsor "(Pegasus Books).
In 1936 he withdrew from the royal obligation to live abroad — but he never completely settled for the loss of status and his family for the next few years. It was to be characterized by a series of controversies with.
The first was a security issue, and Buckingham Palace felt that the Duke of Windsor had to pay for it himself. Despite the quarrel, he finally enjoyed police protection until his death — the privilege given to Sussexes only when he was in the UK.
The second was beyond finance. Like Prince Harry, the Duchess of Windsor inherited considerable wealth and savings from the Duchess of Cornwall Estate, but he stopped complaining that he was financially cut off like Harry. It was.
Both problems contributed to trust, protracted tension and the collapse of suspicion , both Duke and Harry complaining of poor parent-child relationships, fallouts between brothers and sister-in-law. -Call George Vl's wife Elizabeth "that woman" -and accusations that the "villainous royal family" was trying to perform a loyal one.
For Windsor, this is a series of embarrassing It included a 1937 speech or visit to Nazi Germany. This competitiveness was demonstrated in the social media announcement by Sussexes and Cambridges, William and Kate.
Ambitious, wise, and manipulative Wallis was felt to be weak, stupid, and vulnerable shaping her husband's view. Similar accusations are now being made on Harry's newly adopted awakened view.
Windsor continued to complain that Wallis was mistakenly rejected the HRH title until his death in 1972. This is in line with the concern that their children do not have a title in an interview with Sussexes.
Both couples used the media to advance the case in a "useless" interview. A series of articles by Sussexes and Oprah Winfrey, Windsors, especially Kenneth Harris and Wallis McCall's magazine, a combination of entertainment tips studded with comments about the royal family.
In June 1960, the Duke was persuaded by his adviser to stop the Duke from signing a television series contract to recreate the abandonment speech. rice field. Shortly thereafter, he did just that in the documentary. I wonder what Harry and Megan still have as part of the reported $ 25 million Netflix deal.
Both couples tried to shape the story of the media by cooperating with tame biography writers or by suing the press. Windsors each created a lucrative memoir, Sussex collaborated with biography writer Omidskoby, and Harry published a subsequent book. Year.
Just as Sussexes took legal action against various newspapers, Windsors also the press, especially the author Geoffrey Dennis. I sued. Because they suggested they were sleeping together before getting married. That was true, but the Duke still won his case.
Next, there is a complaint about the treatment of Megan staff. Windsors were also said to have treated their staff in a qualified and relentless manner. Their ghost writer, Charles Murphy, recalls:
Windsor has been frozen by the Royal Family. It would be interesting to see if the same strategy was deployed for Sussexes.
Andrew Lownie is the author of"King of Traitors: Scandalous Asylum of the Duke&Duchess of Windsor"(Pegasus Books).
