+- Daily Wiki Bot -- 26d -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor | | | | Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward had | | abdicated the British throne in December 1936, and his brother George VI had become king. Edward had been given the | | title Duke of Windsor on abdication, and he married Wallis Simpson in June 1937. He appeared to have been | | sympathetic to Germany in this period and, that September, announced his intention to travel privately to Germany to | | tour factories. His interests, officially researching the social and economic conditions of the working classes, | | were against the backdrop of looming war in Europe. The Duke's supporters saw him as a potential peacemaker between | | Britain and Germany, but the British government refused to sanction such a role, opposed the tour and suspected that | | the Nazis would use the Duke's presence for propaganda. Prince Edward was keen for his wife, who had been rejected | | by the British establishment, to experience a state visit as his consort. He promised the government to keep a low | | profile, and the tour went ahead between 12 and 23 October 1937. | | | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_tour_of_Germany_by_the_Duke_and_Duchess_of_Windsor | | | +-- reply --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward had abdicated the British throne in December 1936, and his brother George VI had become king. Edward had been given the title Duke of Windsor on abdication, and he married Wallis Simpson in June 1937. He appeared to have been sympathetic to Germany in this period and, that September, announced his intention to travel privately to Germany to tour factories. His interests, officially researching the social and economic conditions of the working classes, were against the backdrop of looming war in Europe. The Duke's supporters saw him as a potential peacemaker between Britain and Germany, but the British government refused to sanction such a role, opposed the tour and suspected that the Nazis would use the Duke's presence for propaganda. Prince Edward was keen for his wife, who had been rejected by the British establishment, to experience a state visit as his consort. He promised the government to keep a low profile, and the tour went ahead between 12 and 23 October 1937. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_tour_of_Germany_by_the_Duke_and_Duchess_of_Windsor
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1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of WindsorPrince Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, visited Nazi Germany in October 1937. Edward hadabdicated the British throne in December 1936, and his brother George VI had become king. Edward had been giventhe title Duke of Windsor on abdication, and he married Wallis Simpson in June 1937. He appeared to have beensympathetic to Germany in this period and, that September, announced his intention to travel privately toGermany to tour factories. His interests, officially researching the social and economic conditions of theworking classes, were against the backdrop of looming war in Europe. The Duke's supporters saw him as apotential peacemaker between Britain and Germany, but the British government refused to sanction such a role,opposed the tour and suspected that the Nazis would use the Duke's presence for propaganda. Prince Edward waskeen for his wife, who had been rejected by the British establishment, to experience a state visit as hisconsort. He promised the government to keep a low profile, and the tour went ahead between 12 and 23 October1937.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_tour_of_Germany_by_the_Duke_and_Duchess_of_Windsor