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[HAPPY MUSIC]

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NARRATOR: Almost six
months after abdicating,

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Edward would finally marry
Wallis, the woman he had given

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up the throne for, who would
become the Duchess of Windsor,

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and invited his brothers
and sister to attend.

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But there was a family ban
on the former king's big day.

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This was particularly hard
on George, the youngest

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brother of the pack.

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 He had had a very, very
strong bond with Edward.

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He had had this
extremely troubled

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youth involved with women and
men and drugs and the lot.

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And Edward had helped
him to emerge from that.

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 George was torn
because he knew

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that he'd be letting
his brother down if he

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didn't fulfill that promise.

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 I'm sure Edward was deeply
embittered by this experience.

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It was more than a snub.

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It was an announcement
that what he had hoped

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would be the fulfillment
of his happiness

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was actually going to involve
him in being an exile.

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NARRATOR: In the autumn
following Edward's wedding,

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there was a sighting
of him in Paris

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by a friend of the family.

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 So we've got a letter
from Mary to her mother.

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"My Darling Mama, Portia told
me she had seen him in Paris

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and he looked well
and seemed happy.

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He evidently was pleased
to get your letter,

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as he mentioned it.

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I wrote to him a fortnight
ago, but have had no answer."

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NARRATOR: And the former
king was about to step

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back into the public realm.

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 Edward decides it's
time to relaunch himself

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as a major public personality.

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He's not just going
to retreat into being

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a playboy on the Riviera.

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No, he is a big figure,
and he wants to be

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recognized as a big figure.

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So where's he going to go?

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Not back to England, obviously.

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Nazi Germany.

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[LIVELY MUSIC]

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ANNOUNCER: The Duke and Duchess
of Windsor visit Germany.

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There's a big crowd
at the station

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to catch a glimpse of His
Royal Highness and the Duchess

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on their arrival from Paris,
heils echoing in their ears

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as they drive away
to their hotel.

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[RHYTHMIC DRUMMING]

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NARRATOR: In
October 1937, Edward

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chose Nazi Germany as
the place to relaunch

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himself as a public figure.

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 But he said this visit was,
for him, a complete bombshell.

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NARRATOR: Edward spent
12 days in Germany

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touring workers' housing,
a munitions factory,

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and traveling on
Hitler's personal train.

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The trip was paid
for by the Nazis.

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Edward had often weighed
indiscreetly into politics,

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in contrast to
his father who had

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styled himself as the
epitome of royal neutrality.

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Now Edward was off the leash.

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