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Noble Blood

The Duke and Adolf Hitler

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.713.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In 1936, King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry a twice-divorced American woman named Wallis Simpson. Just a few short months later, the two were hosted in Germany by Adolf Hitler himself.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Noeple Blood, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Erin

0:06.1

Manky, listener discretion advised.

0:10.0

Hey, this is Danish Wharts host of Noeple Blood.

0:15.1

So as you probably know, if you've listened to this podcast, I wrote a book called Anatomy,

0:19.2

a Love Story, but now there is a sequel coming out.

0:22.7

Immortality, a love story, is coming out March 2023, but it's available for preorder now.

0:28.4

So if you liked Anatomy or you just like the idea of books about spooky surgeons in

0:33.6

the 19th century, check it out.

0:35.5

There's links in the episode description along with links to the show's Patreon, where

0:39.8

I post episode scripts and bonus episode once a month, and links to merch, because we

0:45.6

have new amazing merch that comes out all the time.

0:49.0

But as always, the best possible support for the show is just you listening to it.

0:53.9

So thank you so much.

1:06.4

October 22nd, 1937 Berlin.

1:11.7

The Duke of Windsor, a newlywed at age 43, smiles his famously attractive smile as he

1:19.0

disembarks from a private train in the German mountains.

1:23.6

He's greeted by a guard in uniform with whom he shakes hands as he did countless times

1:29.0

on his tours of America and Canada.

1:32.5

This time, the guard is wearing a swastika armband.

1:36.5

The Duke's wife, twice divorced, smiles at his side.

1:41.0

The man there here to see is napping, they're told, so they'll have to wait.

1:46.9

The Duke and his wife are entertained well during the wait, with music, possibly Wagner,

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