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The tour of Germany was intended to have been followed by one of the United States, but Nazi repression of working-class activists in Germany led to a wave of disapproval for the Windsors in the American labour movement, which led to the U.S. visit being cancelled. Modern historians tend to consider the 1937 tour as a reflection of both the ...
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were sympathetic to Nazi Germany, and Queen Victoria's grandson, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a member of the Nazi party.
In their first official visit following their marriage and granting of new titles, the-now Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Dublin at the request of the British government. [56] [57] 15–31 October 2018 Australia: The Duke and Duchess toured the region around the time of the Invictus Games held in Sydney. [58] [59] Fiji Tonga New Zealand
A planned visit to the Akte 'il Ha cacao farm in Indian Creek was scrapped due to local protests by residents over lack of consultation about the local football pitch earmarked for the Duke and Duchess's helicopter landing as well as the residents' ongoing dispute over land with Fauna and Flora International, of which William is a patron. [110]
Queen Elizabeth II visited her estranged uncle Edward VIII, a.k.a. the Duke of Windsor, in France before he died. Here's what really happened that day.
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 [a] – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication .
But when the pair reunited with the Prince and Princess of Wales outside Windsor Castle in the days after the Queen’s death to read tributes and meet members of the public, the group, previously ...
The Marburg Files, also known as the Windsor Files or Duke of Windsor Files, are a series of top-secret documents discovered in Germany during May 1945 near the Harz Mountains and compiled at Marburg Castle, Hesse.