Edward VIII The Traitor King (part 7 of 11)

Was Edward a Nazi sympathiser? Channel 4 documentary from 1995.

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[VictorLepanto]

Just think for a minute about the consequences of centuries of aristocratic inbreeding . We are lucky these royals don't come out w/ two heads. We should be happy when they are born w/o one at all.

[mc0558]

When you have developed a particularly good breed of pedagree dogs, you are permitted to inbreed a generation or two of them to anchor the exception qualities that your line has developed. While it is true that bad traits will be strengthened by inbreeding, so too will good traits.

I think more damaging than genetics is the influence of environment, as Tom Paine pointed out. To grow up surrounded by servants who job is to satisfy you every wish asap is frequently very damaging.

[bcpii]

In 1936- English Gov. appeased Hitler & self-disarmed. Churchill said Hitler would attack, so was called a War Monger. A hopeless situation for a disarmed England! Did E. abdicate & fake a roll to position himself to mitigate harsh subjugation of England in future? In 1940, did his words & dangerous wandering from Paris to Provence to Portugal, offer himself as “bait”, hoping to delay Hitler’s invasion past summer & radar setup?- Hitler did delay. --Did Edward's desperate acts save Britain?

[Rico8458]

you are correct. he was a lover and an idiot. a dandy dapper moron who failed to see the importance of God and Country. lol

[Ezrateach]

@Rico8458 He couldn't even manage the Bahamas. He could never run a country the size of India, which was smack dab in the middle of the fighting against the Japanese in Asia--not to mention filled with groups demanding their independence from Britain. (Gandhi, hello?)

[AppleSouffle]

Mc0558, that is an excellent point. Thank you.

I think it's similar for movie stars and popular singers. They're surrounded by people who fawn all over them. And throngs of their fans want to have sex with them. It's a wonder that any move stars do stay happily married.

Many years ago I read an interview with Mel Gibson. He said, "Divorce is not an option."

But he left his wife and marriage of 30 years and 7 children for Oksana, his Russian girlfriend. That was disappointing.

[Rico8458]

lol you are right about that. they saw him as a AH lover.

[counterhon]

@VictorLepanto For certain all those things were considerations too, but it was common among any family that was illustrious (not just the nobles and royals) to keep it within the family, as a means of conserving assets. It's often thought of as something that was done among the rich, so most people don't feel it has anything to do with them, but often poorer families would marry two cousins to maximize the assets of the two branches.

[VictorLepanto]

@counterhon: More a matter of inevitable necessity then or deliberate choice. For most of history, most people never travelled more then 20 miles from the very spot on which they were born. In the multitude of small villages, one only had the local group which had been marrying each other for centuries. Most tried to spread their genes about as far as circumstance would allow.

[VictorLepanto]

@Rico8458: Cuz he'd have turned the place over to the Japanese PDQ.

[counterhon]

@VictorLepanto Marrying your cousin wasn't just common among Royals, it was regular enough for everyone until about a hundred years ago

[Rico8458]

why did they not send him as governor of India?