Abdication | The Decision | 2
British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
When King Edward VIII announces his intentions to marry Wallis Simpson, politicians, his people and his own family are clear; it's Wallis or the crown. And it’s not just Britain’s government for whom the stakes are high…
A note on names: King Edward VIII was known to his family as David. For clarity, we have called him Edward throughout this series.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Prime Members. You can listen to British scandal at free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:10.8 | Matt today's episode is high stakes. It's about one choice and the whole country is watching. I hate to do this to you |
| 0:17.4 | I think that's the introduction from the coughing major series. You're joking. I did actually just copy and paste it |
| 0:22.7 | But it kind of fits if the prize isn't a million pounds and is in fact the crown |
| 0:28.2 | I think you've taken that from Netflix. Oh |
| 0:34.4 | It's 5 a.m. on the 4th of December 1936 deept France |
| 0:40.5 | Wallace Simpson peers out across the orange tinted water in the crisp dawn light |
| 0:45.6 | She can make out the painted houses and masks on deept's waterfront the ferry's destination |
| 0:52.0 | Razer builds swoop and squawk around the boat |
| 0:54.5 | Which is silent other than the low murmur of its chugging engine |
| 0:58.9 | Wallace lets the cool salty air hit her in the face and for the first time allows herself to take a breath |
| 1:06.1 | Just a few hours earlier in England |
| 1:08.4 | Edward had kissed her tear stain cheeks held her so close she thought she might crack and whispered |
| 1:14.6 | You must wait for me in France. No matter how long it takes I shall never give up on you |
| 1:19.8 | But as the ferry starts to dock Wallace is horrified to hear a throng of people chanting on the port side |
| 1:29.4 | So while since I stood in French is that I would like a cup of tea. It's ta-da misses |
| 1:37.1 | She can't understand it all the covert planning the late night flipped. It's all been for nothing |
| 1:43.6 | She rushes below deck where she's greeted with the concerned faces of her two shaperones |
| 1:48.4 | Brownlow the King's gentlemen in waiting and Inspector Evans a |
| 1:52.8 | Serly Scotland-yard bodyguard who Wallace already dislikes |
| 1:57.4 | Fraught with nervous energy she tries to sound commanding but her voice comes out as a desperate wimper |
| 2:03.9 | Now please the car we must get ready |
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