The Duchess of Windsor by King Greg

Author:King, Greg [King, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography, History
Amazon: B00519W6E8
Goodreads: 13076118
Publisher: Citadel
Published: 1999-06-01T07:00:00+00:00

The Ambassador said that before his departure from England he had been summoned to spend a few days with the King and Queen of England. He said that, as I probably knew, the relationship between the present King of England and the Duke of Windsor had been throughout their lives particularly close and that during the present King’s earlier years when he suffered from an impediment in his speech, the then Prince of Wales had taken it upon himself to shield and to support his brother and that the present King for that reason had a very natural and particular sense of gratitude and affection for the Duke of Windsor. On the other hand, they both felt that at this time when the new King was in a difficult situation and was trying to win the affection and confidence of his country people, without possessing the popular appeal which the Duke of Windsor possessed, it was singularly unfortunate that the Duke of Windsor was placing himself in a position where he would seem constantly to be courting the limelight. The Ambassador went on to say that he had found on the part of all the governing class in England a very vehement feeling of indignation against the course of the Duke of Windsor based in part on the resentment created by his relinquishment of his responsibilities and in even greater part due to the apparent unfairness of his present attitude with regard to his brother, the King. The Ambassador said that in Court circles and in the Foreign Office and on the part of the heads of political parties, this feeling bordered on the stage of hysteria . . . . The Ambassador expressed the personal opinion that the Duke of Windsor himself is probably not cognizant of the state of feeling in this regard and that it is being exploited without his knowledge . . . . What the British desired he said was to prevent any action on the part of the authorities of the British Government which would permit the Duke of Windsor to appear in the light of a martyr. . . .”33,34,35,36,37

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