People keep saying that Edward VIII was a Nazi, but that’s with the benefit of hindsight, however at that time most people in Europe approved of the Nazis until they invaded Poland, or have everyone forgotten about Chamberlain and his compromise? Don’t forget most of the world didn’t know about the Nazi atrocities until much later in the war! Most Europeans were anti-Semitic then, or have pogroms and ghettos been whitewashed from history? #EdwardVIII #TheCrown #Netflix

4/6 a comparative rarity- #EdwardVIII

Just occurred to me that now it’s the “spares” Andrew and Harry who are starring in the #tabloids. In the past, it was the heirs who got the bad publicity. I’m thinking of the #PrinceRegent and #MrsFitzherbert, #EdwardVII & the #MordauntDivorce and the #BaccaratScandal and #EdwardVIII and the #Abdication. Then as heir #JamesII had his fair share of adverse publicity and speculation with the rumour about the baby in the warming pan.
The present lot are quite tame in comparison. #RoyalScandals

Hoard's latest treasure,
spoon for a king that never was,
burdened with the crown.

(Edward VIII coronation spoon - his coronation in 1937 was cancelled due to his abdication)
#RoyalFamily #edwardviii #coronation #antiques #antique #Collectibles