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British Scandal
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4.4 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
When Prince of Wales and heir to the British throne, Edward, meets the twice-divorced ‘poor relation’ of Baltimore aristocracy, he’s captivated by her boldness, her confidence and total disinterest in tradition. But his family, and the British government, are determined to put a stop to the match.
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. |
| 0:11.6 | Matt, sorry, just a quick one. Bit worried about today. You don't happen to know what the punishment is for treason, do you? |
| 0:18.0 | Um, I haven't had to think about this for a while, but I still think it's execution. |
| 0:23.0 | Yeah, really was quite worried you'd say that. |
| 0:26.0 | Why? What's happening? |
| 0:27.0 | Um, I just feel like we should maybe do a little bit of a pivot with today's story. |
| 0:31.0 | Well, are you going to get us into trouble? |
| 0:33.0 | Actually, do you know what? We're in trouble with Putin, with Murdoch. Why not this? Let's go for it. |
| 0:38.0 | Get the full house. |
| 0:41.0 | It's 9.40am on the 10th of December 1936. Fort Belvedere, Windsor. |
| 0:49.0 | King Edward VIII has been awake all night. |
| 0:52.0 | The soft scotch haze has given way to fear. Of what exactly is not quite sure. |
| 0:58.0 | His eyes are swollen and bloodshot. His jaw coarse with stubble. |
| 1:03.0 | He stalks the Warren of lavish corridors. Pokes his head into bedrooms covered in dust sheets and gloom. |
| 1:10.0 | This isn't forever, he tells himself. This will be home again, one day. |
| 1:15.0 | His melancholy is shattered by a polite cough. A footman stands at the top of the back stairs. |
| 1:22.0 | Your majesty, Edward thinks his tone is a little cold, reproachful. |
| 1:27.0 | Or maybe that's all in his head. |
| 1:29.0 | The drug of York has arrived. |
| 1:32.0 | Monotonously early, of course. Edward knows he can't put this off any longer. |
| 1:38.0 | Edward's younger brother Bertie is already in the study. |
| 1:42.0 | Standing with an awkward hunch, his face is screwed up. Serious. |
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