Abdication | The Traitor King | 3
British Scandal
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🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In the late 1930’s, with England turning their back on their former King and World War II looming, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor face an existential choice: stay loyal to Britain, or side with the enemy?
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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| 0:21.0 | Hello, Matthew. |
| 0:22.0 | Hello, Alice. |
| 0:23.0 | As discussed, been doing this for a good while now, and I just feel like you deserve a reward. |
| 0:27.3 | Like, we never do anything nice together. I thought we could go on a bit of a journey. Call it a holiday, if you like. |
| 0:32.8 | I would love that. |
| 0:33.8 | How about Germany? |
| 0:35.3 | I love Germany. I love the beer and I love curry worst. |
| 0:38.6 | Great. Okay. Well, you're going to have a ball. |
| 0:40.8 | Great. So, when are we going? |
| 0:43.2 | Interesting question that. We're going in 1936. |
| 0:48.8 | Right. Yeah. I don't... Germany wasn't great then. |
| 0:51.8 | Yeah, it's fine. |
| 0:53.1 | I do worry... You know, we did the Hitler diaries the last series. |
| 0:55.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:56.1 | And now you're taking me to Nazi Germany. Yeah. |
| 0:59.1 | I think people might get the wrong impression. What do you mean? |
| 1:05.1 | 3pm on 10th December 1936. |
| 1:08.1 | Bay Ruth, Germany. |
| 1:20.1 | From a large Baker Light Wireless adorned with an Eagle Crust, |
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