WEBVTT 00:01.333 --> 00:06.366 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 00:06.466 --> 00:09.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% [Suspenseful music playing, birds squawk] 00:09.333 --> 00:18.300 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 00:18.400 --> 00:20.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -In the closing days of the Second World War, 00:20.333 --> 00:23.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% a shocking find was made by the allies. 00:23.900 --> 00:27.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% German files were found buried in the forests of Germany 00:27.766 --> 00:28.766 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% and recovered. 00:32.866 --> 00:34.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% These documents are very important, 00:34.500 --> 00:36.800 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% because the Germans never expected the allies 00:36.900 --> 00:37.933 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% to have them. 00:42.233 --> 00:44.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% They were supposed to be destroyed 00:44.100 --> 00:45.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% at the end of the war. 00:46.233 --> 00:47.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% They were of communications 00:47.433 --> 00:49.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% between the foreign ministry in Berlin 00:49.700 --> 00:51.766 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% and German secret service agents. 00:54.600 --> 00:57.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And it gives us literally a day by day account 00:57.600 --> 01:00.700 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% of the Duke's involvement with the Nazi regime. 01:05.300 --> 01:07.166 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:20% The Duke that they were referring to 01:07.266 --> 01:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% was the former King Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, 01:10.266 --> 01:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who had been forced to abdicate in December, 1936. 01:14.166 --> 01:16.200 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% -I have found it impossible 01:16.300 --> 01:19.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% to carry the heavy burden of responsibility 01:19.600 --> 01:24.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% without the help and support of the woman I love. 01:26.333 --> 01:28.966 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% -It's a choice between remaining King 01:29.066 --> 01:30.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% or marrying Mrs. Simpson. 01:30.900 --> 01:31.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% He can't have both. 01:32.033 --> 01:34.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% He can't have his cake and eat it. 01:34.366 --> 01:36.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% -Wallis Simpson has been presented 01:36.466 --> 01:38.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% as the villain of the piece. 01:38.100 --> 01:40.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% What that did was it stopped everyone 01:40.700 --> 01:42.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% from really examining Edward 01:42.800 --> 01:46.333 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and looking at the man he was and his motives. 01:46.433 --> 01:49.133 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% -This is not about abdicating the throne. 01:49.233 --> 01:52.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% This is a man who will stop at nothing to usurp the throne. 01:53.033 --> 01:55.966 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Edward wanted to come back as a Nazi-installed leader. 01:56.066 --> 02:05.633 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 02:05.733 --> 02:07.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% -We have the cabinet minutes. 02:07.366 --> 02:09.633 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% The whole thing was completely downplayed 02:09.733 --> 02:13.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% in a classic Whitehall cover-up. 02:13.100 --> 02:17.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -That twisted ideology of Nazism that appealed to him. 02:17.966 --> 02:21.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% -His arm went up like that, you know, vague sort of salute. 02:22.900 --> 02:25.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% -It wasn't talked about. 02:25.600 --> 02:29.466 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% I'm utterly fascinated by what's coming to light now. 02:29.566 --> 02:38.700 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 02:38.800 --> 02:42.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% -This is a rather exciting find from the archives. 02:42.333 --> 02:45.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% The Duke and Duchess of Windsor's life after the war, 02:45.666 --> 02:47.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% sunning themselves in Palm Beach, 02:47.733 --> 02:49.500 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% private and personal film. 02:52.233 --> 02:54.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% Even his weaknesses in his character 02:54.666 --> 02:56.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% didn't really prepare me 02:56.366 --> 02:59.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% for the sheer audacity of the way he behaved. 02:59.833 --> 03:05.233 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 03:08.266 --> 03:15.033 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 03:15.133 --> 03:24.366 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 03:24.466 --> 03:26.933 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% [Gleeful chatter] 03:27.033 --> 03:32.133 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 03:32.233 --> 03:33.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -You've got to imagine the scene. 03:33.733 --> 03:35.833 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% October 1937. 03:35.933 --> 03:40.300 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrive at a station in Berlin. 03:40.400 --> 03:41.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% They get off the train, 03:41.833 --> 03:45.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and the whole station is festooned with Union Jacks. 03:45.533 --> 03:46.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% And in a way, 03:46.766 --> 03:48.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% that's the Duke of Windsor's idea of heaven. 03:51.633 --> 03:53.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% -Big headlines in Berlin, 03:53.133 --> 03:55.900 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:72.5% hail the arrival of the Duke  and Duchess of Windsor, 03:56.000 --> 03:58.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% a large crowd  greets them warmly. 03:58.633 --> 04:00.066 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% Two hours after arriving, 04:00.166 --> 04:02.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% the Duke sets forth on a tour  of German factories. 04:02.633 --> 04:05.666 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% [Upbeat music] 04:07.533 --> 04:09.533 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% -Dictatorship. 04:09.633 --> 04:12.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% Mussolini, Hitler, 04:12.233 --> 04:13.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% they were the flashy ones. 04:13.633 --> 04:15.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% They were the interesting ones, 04:15.500 --> 04:18.133 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and they were also the ones that trendy people supported. 04:19.000 --> 04:21.200 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Boring old monarchs were not. 04:21.300 --> 04:27.000 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 04:27.100 --> 04:29.766 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% [ Camera shutter clicking ] 04:32.466 --> 04:34.300 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35% -This would be all over the world, 04:34.400 --> 04:38.333 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% photographs of Wallis and Edward with Hitler. 04:39.966 --> 04:43.166 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% And this would be acutely embarrassing and unacceptable. 04:43.266 --> 04:46.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% [Suspenseful music] 04:49.266 --> 04:52.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% -When they went to the SS Death Head Camp, 04:52.700 --> 04:55.100 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% it was said that the Duke of Windsor 04:55.200 --> 04:56.833 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% had given a Nazi salute. 04:58.066 --> 05:00.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% One of the Duke's defenders said at the time 05:00.133 --> 05:01.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% it was simply a matter of good manners. 05:04.966 --> 05:07.033 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% -He was blinded by the fact 05:07.133 --> 05:10.566 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% that Wallis had not experienced the pomp and ceremony 05:10.666 --> 05:14.200 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% of a royal tour, and he could give that to her. 05:14.300 --> 05:18.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% The Duke was so susceptible to that kind of flattery, 05:18.900 --> 05:20.600 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% that he succumbed. 05:20.700 --> 05:28.166 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 05:28.266 --> 05:32.466 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% -Germany, with parades, organized sports, 05:32.566 --> 05:35.466 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% modern music blaring out of loudspeakers, 05:35.566 --> 05:37.066 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% film shows, 05:37.166 --> 05:39.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Leni Riefenstahl's creation 05:39.133 --> 05:41.033 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% of Hitler as a kind of film star, 05:41.133 --> 05:42.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% wowing the masses. 05:44.200 --> 05:46.400 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% -It's that emphasis on a place 05:46.500 --> 05:49.933 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% which is unsullied by troublemakers, 05:50.033 --> 05:51.600 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:65% Jewish people, communists, 05:51.700 --> 05:54.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% and Hitler's vision would have been appealing to him. 05:55.766 --> 05:56.933 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% -The Duke of Windsor 05:57.033 --> 05:59.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% once said to one of his friends in exile 05:59.433 --> 06:02.233 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% that he didn't have a single drop of English blood in him, 06:02.333 --> 06:03.600 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% he was pure German, 06:03.700 --> 06:07.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and in the '30s, people felt... 06:07.500 --> 06:09.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% they had to take sides. 06:13.466 --> 06:18.233 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 06:18.333 --> 06:19.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% -I am a historian, 06:19.833 --> 06:22.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% and I really rely on extensive primary research 06:22.800 --> 06:24.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% in archives around the world. 06:26.100 --> 06:29.300 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% The Duke of Windsor was very strongly pro-Nazi. 06:29.400 --> 06:31.633 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% He was a firm supporter of Hitler. 06:33.566 --> 06:35.166 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% There's a wealth of material, 06:35.266 --> 06:37.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% quite apart from the captured German documents 06:37.833 --> 06:39.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% which has been sitting there unlooked at 06:39.666 --> 06:41.800 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% for the last 50 or 60 years. 06:44.233 --> 06:47.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Having seen so much evidence for his treachery, 06:47.166 --> 06:50.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% this was probably one of the most sensitive documents 06:50.133 --> 06:51.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% that I found in my research, 06:51.733 --> 06:55.133 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and it's an indication of just how close the Duke was 06:55.233 --> 06:56.166 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% to Hitler. 06:56.266 --> 07:05.000 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 07:05.100 --> 07:06.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% It's written in German, 07:06.733 --> 07:08.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% but the translation reads, 07:08.766 --> 07:11.266 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% "To the Fuhrer and Vizekanzler, 07:11.366 --> 07:13.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% the Duchess of Windsor and I would like to thank you 07:13.700 --> 07:15.000 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% sincerely. 07:15.100 --> 07:17.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Our trip through Germany has made a great impression 07:17.166 --> 07:18.300 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:15% on us. 07:18.400 --> 07:20.400 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Many thanks to you for the wonderful time 07:20.500 --> 07:23.166 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% that we had with you at the Obersalzberg." 07:23.266 --> 07:25.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% This was Hitler's mountain retreat. 07:29.566 --> 07:31.000 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% This is just an indication 07:31.100 --> 07:34.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that he was very happy to be used by the Germans. 07:38.033 --> 07:41.233 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Edward was the favorite uncle of the present Queen, 07:41.333 --> 07:45.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and someone that she had been close to before the abdication. 07:45.633 --> 07:47.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% So these events go right to the heart 07:47.966 --> 07:49.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% of the royal family. 07:49.800 --> 07:51.700 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% [Accordion music] 07:51.800 --> 07:58.566 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 07:58.666 --> 08:02.133 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 08:02.233 --> 08:03.566 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% -On June 3rd, 08:03.666 --> 08:05.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% the world waited at the gates 08:05.133 --> 08:07.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% of the heavily guarded  Château de Candé 08:07.133 --> 08:08.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% while the news that  the greatest royal courtship 08:09.033 --> 08:11.533 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% of all time  had reached its climax, 08:11.633 --> 08:13.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. 08:16.433 --> 08:18.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -If you think of all of the modern fairy tales, 08:18.833 --> 08:21.266 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% it's always marrying someone out of the family, 08:21.366 --> 08:23.000 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% someone throwing off the shackles 08:23.100 --> 08:26.333 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% of the oppressive institution and becoming their true self. 08:27.833 --> 08:29.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% -The Duke's wedding to Wallis 08:29.666 --> 08:33.300 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% was hosted by a wealthy American industrialist 08:33.400 --> 08:34.766 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% called Charles Bedaux, 08:34.866 --> 08:38.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% in his fairy tale chateau, Château de Candé, 08:38.333 --> 08:39.366 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% in the Loire Valley. 08:41.266 --> 08:43.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% They didn't look into him, they just thought 08:43.200 --> 08:44.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% "Oh, here we are, a lovely chateau, 08:44.933 --> 08:46.200 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% that would be perfect for the wedding." 08:46.300 --> 08:49.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% And of course, that later came to haunt them. 08:51.733 --> 08:55.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% -Charles Bedaux was a very dodgy character indeed. 08:55.666 --> 08:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% He was passionately pro Hitler, pro German. 08:59.100 --> 09:01.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% Bedaux supplied them with their servants, 09:01.366 --> 09:05.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% well, of course the servants were all spies for him. 09:05.200 --> 09:06.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% They knew everything that was happening 09:06.566 --> 09:08.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% in that house. 09:08.400 --> 09:14.433 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 09:14.533 --> 09:16.700 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% -He'd expected at his wedding, you know, 09:16.800 --> 09:18.433 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% his brothers and various other relations 09:18.533 --> 09:20.500 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% to turn up, and none of them did. 09:23.066 --> 09:24.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% -It was agonizing to him 09:25.066 --> 09:27.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% that no member of his family would be present. 09:29.433 --> 09:33.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Wallis had been vilified by the royal family, 09:33.133 --> 09:36.266 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% she's American, she divorced Ernest Simpson. 09:36.366 --> 09:38.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% She'd stolen a beloved King. 09:38.966 --> 09:41.633 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% She had become the most hated woman in the world. 09:43.400 --> 09:44.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% -The day before the wedding, 09:45.033 --> 09:46.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% the news was broken 09:46.400 --> 09:50.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that Wallis wasn't going to be called Her Royal Highness, 09:50.600 --> 09:52.433 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% The Duchess of Windsor, 09:52.533 --> 09:56.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% and they went on being obsessed by this 'til his dying day. 09:56.233 --> 10:01.566 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 10:01.666 --> 10:08.200 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 10:08.300 --> 10:10.600 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% -The way the Duke responds to this 10:10.700 --> 10:13.033 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% shows him up to be the self centered 10:13.133 --> 10:15.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and petulant figure that he is. 10:15.133 --> 10:24.466 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 10:24.566 --> 10:27.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% "I strongly resent and take great exception 10:27.433 --> 10:30.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to the article in the magazine, Life, of the 17th of March, 10:30.100 --> 10:31.533 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% entitled 'The Queen' 10:31.633 --> 10:33.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% in which the latter is quoted as referring to the duchess 10:33.900 --> 10:35.533 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% as 'that woman'. 10:35.633 --> 10:38.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% This remark is a direct insult to my wife, 10:38.300 --> 10:40.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% added to this is the chronic anomaly 10:40.333 --> 10:43.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% of my wife not having the same official status as myself." 10:43.500 --> 10:45.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% Which is of course a constant gripe of the Duke." 10:45.800 --> 10:48.033 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% [ Applause, jazz music plays ] 10:48.133 --> 10:53.333 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 10:53.433 --> 10:58.700 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% -It was a sort of unity of misery 10:58.800 --> 11:01.300 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% and disappointment 11:01.400 --> 11:05.166 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% that was the super glue for them as a couple. 11:05.266 --> 11:08.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% -He was needy, he was narcissistic, 11:08.366 --> 11:12.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% he was always attracted to more dominant women. 11:13.400 --> 11:16.066 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% -I do remember being rather intrigued 11:16.166 --> 11:19.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% that the reason he'd given up the throne for this woman, 11:20.066 --> 11:22.700 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% because it had to do with sex. 11:25.033 --> 11:26.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% She was the only person 11:26.866 --> 11:28.533 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% that he knew how to go to bed with, 11:28.633 --> 11:29.700 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% as it were. 11:33.633 --> 11:36.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -I think he was what we would call bisexual. 11:36.333 --> 11:38.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% Somebody once told me, 11:38.233 --> 11:39.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% what you don't understand about the royal family 11:39.933 --> 11:43.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% is that they think if they do it with a footman it doesn't count. 11:43.966 --> 11:47.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% -The Duke's sexuality is very hard to pin down. 11:47.200 --> 11:49.266 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% He liked being sort of humiliated. 11:49.366 --> 11:51.200 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% But a lot of men did at that time, 11:51.300 --> 11:52.466 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% it was a very English thing. 11:54.100 --> 11:56.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% -It had so much become the two of them 11:56.866 --> 11:57.966 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% against the world 11:58.066 --> 12:00.033 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% that they saw everything through the lens 12:00.133 --> 12:02.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% of how it was affecting both of them, 12:02.733 --> 12:04.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% as a sort of survival. 12:10.233 --> 12:12.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% -He felt like a wounded child 12:12.866 --> 12:15.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and of course, the sinister person 12:15.600 --> 12:18.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% who came into the playground to pick up the wounded child 12:18.633 --> 12:21.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% was the Third Reich in Adolf Hitler. 12:21.366 --> 12:25.733 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 12:25.833 --> 12:32.233 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 12:32.333 --> 12:35.133 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% [ Indistinct conversations ] 12:37.100 --> 12:39.666 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% -My step-father was an old friend 12:39.766 --> 12:41.966 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% of the Duke of Windsor. 12:43.466 --> 12:46.933 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% I never thought that I'd ever be reliving these days again. 12:48.933 --> 12:51.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% After the war, when I went to Paris, 12:51.400 --> 12:52.433 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% I remember the Duke, 12:52.533 --> 12:54.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% every sentence always started 12:54.600 --> 12:55.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% with "When I was King..." 12:55.966 --> 12:57.933 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% And I said, "Well, you crammed an awful lot in 12:58.033 --> 13:00.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% considering you were only King for about 10 minutes." 13:00.600 --> 13:02.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% And he sulked for the rest of that morning. 13:03.766 --> 13:05.100 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% -He wasn't straight. 13:05.200 --> 13:06.766 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% There was something that you couldn't quite trust 13:06.866 --> 13:07.933 align:start position:37.5% line:10% size:25% about him. 13:09.633 --> 13:12.033 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:35% -You could see that determination 13:12.133 --> 13:15.233 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:42.5% and that tenacity to get what he wanted. 13:15.333 --> 13:21.333 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 13:21.433 --> 13:25.933 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 13:26.033 --> 13:27.466 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% -In May, 1939, 13:27.566 --> 13:30.100 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:22.5% the Duke, who had an office in Paris, 13:30.200 --> 13:31.733 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% made a broadcast, 13:31.833 --> 13:35.933 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% in which he said Britain should be doing all in its power 13:36.033 --> 13:38.033 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% to come to terms with Nazi Germany 13:38.133 --> 13:39.466 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% and not have a war. 13:42.233 --> 13:45.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% -He didn't listen to advice that didn't suit him. 13:45.666 --> 13:47.300 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% He was a naive fool. 13:49.400 --> 13:51.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% -The context is so damaging 13:51.133 --> 13:53.233 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% because by May 1939, 13:53.333 --> 13:54.733 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% we were determined to fight Hitler, 13:54.833 --> 13:56.433 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% we couldn't appease him. 14:03.766 --> 14:05.766 align:start position:25% line:10% size:50% [ Recorder playing ] 14:36.333 --> 14:39.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -This is extraordinary new evidence. 14:39.400 --> 14:41.433 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% It was found in the BBC archives, 14:41.533 --> 14:44.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% it had lain there undiscovered since 1939. 14:44.800 --> 14:46.666 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% It was never broadcast. 14:46.766 --> 14:48.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It shouldn't be heard in Britain. 14:53.733 --> 14:56.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% The horrors of the Nazi regime were coming through, 14:56.133 --> 14:57.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% so word was coming back 14:57.566 --> 15:01.033 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% that this was a very vicious and totalitarian regime, 15:01.133 --> 15:03.233 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% and not someone that we could make peace with. 15:03.333 --> 15:13.033 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 15:13.133 --> 15:15.433 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% The title is "Edward, HRH, 15:15.533 --> 15:17.900 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% Duke of Windsor: Sound Archive." 15:18.000 --> 15:19.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% And then, at the bottom, 15:19.833 --> 15:22.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% it says, "Important: Not to be broadcast." 15:23.000 --> 15:27.033 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 15:27.133 --> 15:30.800 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% The Duke is asking the British to surrender to Hitler 15:30.900 --> 15:33.000 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% before the war has even started. 15:35.600 --> 15:37.633 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% -The BBC were furious, 15:37.733 --> 15:40.833 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% because they felt that the impartiality 15:40.933 --> 15:43.000 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% of the BBC would be infringed, 15:43.100 --> 15:46.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and they felt that the Nazis were using the Duke of Windsor 15:46.700 --> 15:48.700 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% for their own propaganda, 15:48.800 --> 15:49.966 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% which they were, of course. 15:52.033 --> 15:54.500 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Nobody quite knew what was going to happen in May, 15:54.600 --> 15:56.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% but certainly by later in 1939, 15:56.500 --> 15:58.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% it was fairly obvious what was going to happen. 16:00.033 --> 16:02.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Air raid siren] 16:03.033 --> 16:05.866 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Dramatic music] 16:05.966 --> 16:09.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% -This country is at war with Germany. 16:09.633 --> 16:16.900 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 16:17.000 --> 16:18.666 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% -The first Christmas broadcast 16:18.766 --> 16:20.533 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that George VI ever made, 16:20.633 --> 16:22.666 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% made an enormous impression, 16:22.766 --> 16:24.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% not only in Britain but throughout the world. 16:25.933 --> 16:28.233 align:start position:25% line:10% size:47.5% [ Recording plays ] 16:43.266 --> 16:45.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% -After Edward had abdicated, 16:45.600 --> 16:46.733 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% his brother, George, 16:46.833 --> 16:48.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% didn't really want to become King. 16:49.433 --> 16:51.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% -The Second World War came, 16:51.100 --> 16:53.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and the true qualities of George VI 16:53.400 --> 16:55.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and Queen Elizabeth could be shown, 16:55.100 --> 16:56.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% that they had courage, 16:56.433 --> 16:58.733 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% they were prepared to live austerely, 16:58.833 --> 17:01.066 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% they lived on ordinary rations 17:01.166 --> 17:02.200 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% like everybody else. 17:03.466 --> 17:05.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% And the little princesses, Margaret Rose 17:05.766 --> 17:08.633 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and Princess Elizabeth were all doing their bit. 17:11.300 --> 17:12.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Very, very different 17:12.666 --> 17:14.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% from the way that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor 17:14.566 --> 17:15.600 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% had been living. 17:19.400 --> 17:21.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% -His affinity was with Germany, 17:21.400 --> 17:23.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% but I think it was a compromise. 17:23.900 --> 17:27.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% There they were, exiled, unfulfilled, 17:27.300 --> 17:29.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% for his popularity, for his sense of self, 17:29.533 --> 17:33.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% he definitely wanted a position, he wanted a sense of purpose. 17:33.933 --> 17:36.366 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% He wanted a role within his family. 17:39.433 --> 17:40.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% -After war was declared, 17:40.800 --> 17:42.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% in an apparent change of heart, 17:42.566 --> 17:45.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% the Duke of Windsor wrote to his brother from Paris 17:45.633 --> 17:48.100 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% insisting that he too should be seen 17:48.200 --> 17:51.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% to be playing his part in the British war effort. 17:55.066 --> 17:57.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% -He's given a job as a liaison officer 17:57.233 --> 17:58.566 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% to the French First Army, 17:58.666 --> 18:02.700 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% which requires him to go and inspect the French defenses. 18:02.800 --> 18:05.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% He's actually got an intelligence officer with him 18:05.100 --> 18:06.700 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% to keep an eye on him. 18:06.800 --> 18:09.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:57.5% -And the living symbol  of Franco-British cooperation 18:09.266 --> 18:11.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% is Major General,  the Duke of Windsor, 18:11.166 --> 18:12.266 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:57.5% greeted by a snowstorm 18:12.366 --> 18:14.066 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:42.5% when he comes up  to the front line. 18:14.166 --> 18:16.133 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% His job is to ensure  continuous contact 18:16.233 --> 18:18.000 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% between the high commands  of Britain and France. 18:19.533 --> 18:22.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% -I think it's all about upstaging his brother 18:22.766 --> 18:25.133 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% and to show that he can play a part 18:25.233 --> 18:28.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% in world events, that he can make a difference. 18:28.533 --> 18:29.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% -He insists on climbing out 18:29.733 --> 18:30.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% to an advanced position 18:30.900 --> 18:32.066 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5% to meet the officers and men 18:32.166 --> 18:34.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% who are on guard by day  and by night. 18:35.166 --> 18:36.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% -He writes four reports 18:36.566 --> 18:39.433 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% looking at the poor general-ship, the poor moral, 18:39.533 --> 18:42.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% the fact that they are not actually as effective 18:42.300 --> 18:44.433 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% as perhaps the French had been arguing. 18:44.533 --> 18:46.833 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% The problem is that these reports 18:46.933 --> 18:48.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% are not taken seriously in Whitehall. 18:50.866 --> 18:52.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -Nobody wanted to hear anything from Edward, 18:52.933 --> 18:56.566 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% he was just dismissed as being a sort of irrelevant, 18:56.666 --> 18:59.833 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% vain, and untrustworthy source. 18:59.933 --> 19:02.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% His brother refused to lift up the phone when he rang. 19:05.866 --> 19:10.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -Here is a former king that is exiled from Britain. 19:10.633 --> 19:14.733 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% There was so much hurt, rage, misunderstanding, 19:14.833 --> 19:19.333 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% that went into a lot of why and how he behaved. 19:19.433 --> 19:21.400 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% He was utterly selfish. 19:23.766 --> 19:27.000 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% -Edward seems to have thought that after he abdicated 19:27.100 --> 19:28.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% he would still be a leading figure 19:29.000 --> 19:31.500 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% in British public life. 19:31.600 --> 19:34.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% Britain didn't seem to have any sense of his importance. 19:34.966 --> 19:43.300 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 19:43.400 --> 19:45.200 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% -I do remember thinking at the time, 19:45.300 --> 19:48.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that poor little twerp of an ex-King was being, 19:49.033 --> 19:53.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% you know, pulled by the nose for whatever reason by fascists. 19:56.433 --> 19:58.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% -As a lot of the documents might suggest, 19:58.733 --> 20:02.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% the Duke was terrifyingly open to Germany 20:02.200 --> 20:04.833 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% and what he felt the Germans could offer him. 20:08.266 --> 20:09.533 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% -The captured German documents 20:09.633 --> 20:11.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% are clearly one of the most important sources, 20:11.900 --> 20:14.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and it's not just the odd telegram. 20:14.366 --> 20:17.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% This collection is riddled with references 20:17.300 --> 20:22.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% to his hope of being restored to the throne by the Germans. 20:22.200 --> 20:26.866 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 20:26.966 --> 20:32.366 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 20:32.466 --> 20:35.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% -"Through personal relationships I might have the opportunity 20:35.666 --> 20:39.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% to establish certain lines leading to the Duke of Windsor. 20:39.866 --> 20:41.700 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% As of course you know W is a member 20:41.800 --> 20:45.666 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% of the French military mission with the French army command. 20:45.766 --> 20:49.400 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% He does not however feel entirely satisfied 20:49.500 --> 20:50.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% with this position." 20:57.600 --> 21:01.333 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% January 1940 is a pretty sensitive point of the war. 21:01.433 --> 21:03.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% The Germans are poised to invade France 21:03.766 --> 21:04.900 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and the low countries, 21:05.000 --> 21:07.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% and the only thing that they really lack 21:07.300 --> 21:08.566 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% is intelligence, 21:08.666 --> 21:10.833 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% and this is what the Duke is about to bring them. 21:12.300 --> 21:13.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% -The Duke of Windsor went back 21:13.533 --> 21:15.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% to really just being a socialite in Paris 21:15.500 --> 21:17.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% and gave up any thought of being a soldier, 21:17.633 --> 21:20.766 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and his careless talk, undoubtedly later on, 21:20.866 --> 21:22.133 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% did cost lives. 21:24.166 --> 21:26.266 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% -He was trying to impress other people 21:26.366 --> 21:28.033 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that he knew about power. 21:29.933 --> 21:32.566 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% -So, anybody, German, English, 21:32.666 --> 21:35.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% who is going to make him feel powerful and important, 21:35.466 --> 21:36.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% he succumbed to that. 21:41.066 --> 21:42.400 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% -There is an intermediary 21:42.500 --> 21:44.733 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% who was feeding information to the Germans, 21:44.833 --> 21:47.533 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% who was part of the Duke of Windsor's entourage, 21:47.633 --> 21:49.533 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and this is almost certainly Charles Bedaux. 21:53.200 --> 21:54.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% This is the man, of course, 21:54.666 --> 21:56.866 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% who lent them his chateau for their wedding, 21:56.966 --> 21:58.433 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% he's seeing them almost every night, 21:58.533 --> 22:01.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% and he's moving between Paris and The Hague 22:01.200 --> 22:03.500 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% where he has his business interests. 22:08.000 --> 22:10.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% The situation is we have a disgruntled Duke 22:10.866 --> 22:12.733 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% who doesn't feel he's being taken seriously 22:12.833 --> 22:14.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% in Whitehall, 22:14.733 --> 22:17.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% who is in close contact with a German agent, 22:17.933 --> 22:21.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% Charles Bedaux, who is believed to be passing information 22:21.500 --> 22:25.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% to that agent, who in turn, is passing it back 22:25.200 --> 22:27.066 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% to the German ambassador in The Hague 22:27.166 --> 22:29.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% who is passing it on to Berlin. 22:32.666 --> 22:35.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% -Blab, blab, blab. Everything. 22:35.166 --> 22:37.933 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% All the telephone calls, the letters, 22:38.033 --> 22:41.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% everything went back to the Nazis. 22:41.100 --> 22:44.866 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% -He knew that when he boasted about his knowledge 22:44.966 --> 22:47.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% about the inadequacy of French fortifications 22:47.833 --> 22:50.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% that this would go back to Germany. 22:52.600 --> 22:56.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -Edward's motivation was a sense of rejection 22:56.166 --> 22:57.233 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% from England. 22:57.333 --> 22:59.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% I think he never really got over that. 23:03.133 --> 23:06.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -The Duke of Windsor wasn't merely weakening France, 23:06.966 --> 23:08.566 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% and the French Army, 23:08.666 --> 23:11.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% there was the British Expeditionary Force 23:11.100 --> 23:13.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% which was basically the entire British Army. 23:16.133 --> 23:18.933 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Dramatic music] 23:19.033 --> 23:24.766 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 23:24.866 --> 23:27.000 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -The tragedy of France became complete, 23:27.100 --> 23:30.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% the German army poured across the Seine Bridge and into Paris. 23:35.433 --> 23:37.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% When the attack comes, 23:37.233 --> 23:41.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% it is the very weak spots that the Duke has identified 23:41.833 --> 23:44.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% which the Germans actually attack. 23:44.166 --> 23:51.200 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 23:51.300 --> 23:59.600 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 23:59.700 --> 24:02.000 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:27.5% -Overhead,  the RAF valiantly battled 24:02.100 --> 24:03.700 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% the cream  of the Nazi Luftwaffe, 24:03.800 --> 24:05.766 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:52.5% the men on the beach  and the boats in the harbor 24:05.866 --> 24:07.200 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:72.5% were literally sitting ducks 24:07.300 --> 24:09.066 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% for any dive bomber  that got through. 24:14.233 --> 24:15.866 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% -You can draw a direct correlation 24:15.966 --> 24:19.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% between the betrayal of this information 24:19.100 --> 24:22.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% and the rapid invasion of France and the low countries, 24:22.600 --> 24:24.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% the defeat of the British Expeditionary Force 24:25.000 --> 24:27.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and its forced retreat to Dunkirk. 24:30.433 --> 24:31.733 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% -There were 300,000 men, 24:31.833 --> 24:33.666 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% many of them, of course, never came home 24:33.766 --> 24:34.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% because they were killed. 24:37.133 --> 24:38.566 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% -They included many different nationalities 24:38.666 --> 24:40.133 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% across the empire. 24:40.233 --> 24:42.633 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% They're not conscripted, they come voluntarily, 24:42.733 --> 24:45.666 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% if they had known that a member of the royal family 24:45.766 --> 24:48.666 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% had helped supply information 24:48.766 --> 24:52.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% that led to that route to Dunkirk, to that evacuation, 24:52.366 --> 24:54.233 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% it would have been utterly galling. 24:54.333 --> 25:02.733 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 25:02.833 --> 25:05.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% [ Horns honk ] 25:05.400 --> 25:14.533 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 25:14.633 --> 25:16.766 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% -We shall fight on the beaches. 25:16.866 --> 25:19.533 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% We shall fight on the landing grounds. 25:19.633 --> 25:23.200 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. 25:23.300 --> 25:25.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% We shall fight in the hills. 25:25.800 --> 25:27.366 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% We shall never surrender. 25:29.700 --> 25:31.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -Churchill's getting absolutely fed up, 25:31.366 --> 25:33.300 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% the situation is getting extremely dangerous. 25:33.400 --> 25:36.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% The Duke, of course, still holds a military rank 25:36.633 --> 25:39.933 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and this is the device that Churchill is going to use. 25:40.033 --> 25:49.466 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 25:49.566 --> 25:52.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% "Your Royal Highness has taken active military rank 25:52.733 --> 25:54.733 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and refusal to obey direct orders 25:54.833 --> 25:56.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% of competent military authority 25:56.900 --> 25:59.066 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% would create a serious situation. 25:59.166 --> 26:02.000 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% I most strongly urge immediate compliance 26:02.100 --> 26:04.333 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% with wishes of the Government." 26:04.433 --> 26:07.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% Now, this is a prime minister 26:07.400 --> 26:10.666 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% threatening a former King 26:10.766 --> 26:11.933 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% with a court martial. 26:14.733 --> 26:16.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% This is a very serious offense, 26:16.500 --> 26:18.300 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% it's unique in British history 26:18.400 --> 26:20.400 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% that a sovereign has been threatened 26:20.500 --> 26:21.666 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% with court martial. 26:24.166 --> 26:25.500 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% Little does Churchill know, 26:25.600 --> 26:28.266 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% that this is actually not the beginning of the end, 26:28.366 --> 26:30.566 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% but there is going to be much more trouble in store. 26:33.633 --> 26:36.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% [Soft piano music] 26:36.366 --> 26:40.900 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 26:41.000 --> 26:43.433 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Dramatic music] 26:43.533 --> 26:46.766 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 26:46.866 --> 26:48.266 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% -There was absolute terror, 26:48.366 --> 26:51.700 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% the Blitz and the bombardment of British cities. 26:51.800 --> 26:54.033 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% Rationing had come in, people were hungry, 26:54.133 --> 26:56.233 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:52.5% people were terrified out of their wits 26:56.333 --> 26:59.733 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% and they had to keep going in very, very grim circumstances. 27:01.733 --> 27:04.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% Not so, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. 27:04.733 --> 27:08.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% It was clear that safe passage had been arranged by Hitler, 27:08.933 --> 27:10.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% by the Third Reich. 27:11.766 --> 27:14.300 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% They swanned off, in luxury, 27:14.400 --> 27:17.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% from France down into the Iberian Peninsular, 27:17.833 --> 27:19.433 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% through Spain, into Portugal. 27:19.533 --> 27:22.466 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% [Upbeat music] 27:22.566 --> 27:28.233 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 27:28.333 --> 27:34.900 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 27:35.000 --> 27:39.900 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 27:40.000 --> 27:43.000 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% All the news was the Third Reich, 27:43.100 --> 27:47.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% this terrifying death cult was taking over the world, 27:47.533 --> 27:49.800 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% and meanwhile, just outside Lisbon, 27:49.900 --> 27:52.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were living it up. 27:52.266 --> 27:54.300 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Big band music] 27:54.400 --> 27:58.066 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% They were having their nails polished and varnished. 27:58.166 --> 27:59.866 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% They were going to expensive restaurants, 27:59.966 --> 28:01.766 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% they were playing golf. 28:01.866 --> 28:04.000 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% They were talking to their idiotic friends. 28:06.333 --> 28:08.866 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% -I know that the optics look off. 28:08.966 --> 28:11.400 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sunbathing. 28:13.033 --> 28:16.500 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% Obviously, it's a deeply unedifying picture. 28:16.600 --> 28:19.600 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% It looked like he abandoned his country. 28:19.700 --> 28:24.033 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 28:24.133 --> 28:27.033 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [ Birds squawk ] 28:27.133 --> 28:36.766 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 28:36.866 --> 28:38.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% -I'm a Portuguese journalist. 28:38.966 --> 28:40.766 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% I wanted to go deeper 28:40.866 --> 28:43.300 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% and find out what actually happened. 28:47.400 --> 28:50.433 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% We all knew all these rumors about the Duke of Windsor 28:50.533 --> 28:54.533 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% and his sympathies to Hitler and Germany. 28:54.633 --> 28:58.000 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% But nobody really established the facts 28:58.100 --> 29:00.333 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% of what really was going on. 29:04.533 --> 29:05.966 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I've been spending a few hours 29:06.066 --> 29:07.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% at the Portuguese National Archives 29:07.966 --> 29:11.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% with this amazing secret police report. 29:13.900 --> 29:17.966 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% 10 pages detailing day by day, almost by the hour, 29:18.066 --> 29:22.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% what the Duke and the Duchess did during their stay here 29:22.533 --> 29:24.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% in Cascais in Lisbon. 29:25.566 --> 29:30.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% The streets were full of spies and, from both camps. 29:30.300 --> 29:33.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% It's probably the only European capital 29:33.666 --> 29:37.100 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% where both the allies and Nazis 29:37.200 --> 29:39.900 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% could watch each other 29:40.000 --> 29:41.533 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% and spy on each other. 29:41.633 --> 29:51.000 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 29:51.100 --> 29:55.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% Here we have this incredible document. 29:55.466 --> 29:59.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% It's a very detailed day to day, almost by the hour, 29:59.533 --> 30:03.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% details all the movements from the Duke and Duchess. 30:05.866 --> 30:08.066 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% Their stay in Cascais in Lisbon 30:08.166 --> 30:10.500 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:32.5% as I can see, he played a lot of golf. 30:15.866 --> 30:19.200 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% They also spent a lot of time by the swimming pool 30:19.300 --> 30:22.133 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% or having nice dinners 30:22.233 --> 30:25.566 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% or in Cascais with friends like the Baron Rothschild 30:25.666 --> 30:28.700 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% or some of the most notable families 30:28.800 --> 30:30.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% from the Portuguese aristocracy. 30:33.100 --> 30:36.900 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% The 10th of July, the report reads, 30:37.000 --> 30:42.133 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% "The Duke left by 11 a.m. with the Spanish Don Javier 30:42.233 --> 30:43.200 align:start position:37.5% line:84.67% size:25% to Lisbon. 30:43.300 --> 30:44.266 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% By lunchtime, 30:44.366 --> 30:47.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% they went to centre of Lisbon, 30:47.366 --> 30:49.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% where they both bought cigars." 30:51.000 --> 30:53.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% You learned that he travels to Lisbon 30:53.600 --> 30:55.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% with his Spanish friends 30:55.566 --> 30:57.066 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% who are, of course, 30:57.166 --> 30:59.833 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% working on the behalf of Nazi Germany, 30:59.933 --> 31:03.866 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% and they visit the embassies and they discuss what to do. 31:08.366 --> 31:11.333 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% The Duke of Windsor and the Duchess 31:11.433 --> 31:14.500 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% were taken to this mansion in Cascais. 31:17.033 --> 31:19.466 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% The host for this, very glamorous 31:19.566 --> 31:23.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% and well connected, and sophisticated person, 31:23.133 --> 31:24.633 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% Ricardo Espírito Santo. 31:28.900 --> 31:31.866 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% [Suspenseful music] 31:31.966 --> 31:39.300 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 31:39.400 --> 31:42.400 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% They occupied a suite of rooms on the first floor 31:42.500 --> 31:44.800 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% overlooking the Atlantic, 31:44.900 --> 31:47.500 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% they had at least 12 servants, 31:47.600 --> 31:51.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% including a chef who we know was rather annoyed 31:51.700 --> 31:53.800 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% by the Duke of Windsor saying, 31:53.900 --> 31:56.633 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% "I don't want any of your elaborate menus, 31:56.733 --> 31:58.166 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% just give me sardines." 32:00.933 --> 32:02.900 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% During my trips to the National Archives, 32:03.000 --> 32:05.733 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% I found out the true connections 32:05.833 --> 32:09.533 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% between Espírito Santo and the Nazi Germany. 32:11.100 --> 32:14.233 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% He became president of this small family bank 32:14.333 --> 32:16.566 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% that was founded in 1920, 32:16.666 --> 32:19.366 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% but during the war the bank of Espírito Santo 32:19.466 --> 32:22.366 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% just became the biggest bank in the country. 32:24.200 --> 32:25.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% -There were intelligence reports 32:25.400 --> 32:26.933 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% in Britain compiled on him, 32:27.033 --> 32:29.033 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% he was a fence for looted goods 32:29.133 --> 32:32.433 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% and in effect, acted as banker to the Nazis. 32:32.533 --> 32:35.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% -His job is to write reports on the Duke of Windsor. 32:37.533 --> 32:40.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Edward wanted to come back as a Nazi-installed leader. 32:41.900 --> 32:44.966 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% It's clear that his pro-Nazi sentiments continue 32:45.066 --> 32:46.466 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% to be as strong as ever. 32:46.566 --> 32:53.633 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 32:53.733 --> 32:56.500 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% They're treated as VIP guests in effect. 32:57.966 --> 32:59.333 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% They arrange with the Germans 32:59.433 --> 33:02.300 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% for a member of staff to be given safe passage 33:02.400 --> 33:03.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% back to Paris 33:03.400 --> 33:05.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% to repatriate Wallis's swimsuit, 33:06.066 --> 33:07.833 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% Nile green swimsuit, 33:07.933 --> 33:11.100 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% in an operation called Operation Cleopatra Whim. 33:13.033 --> 33:16.600 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Their only focus is on their own personal needs. 33:19.566 --> 33:21.300 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% This is one of the documents from Lisbon 33:21.400 --> 33:24.466 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% the Germans never expected to be discovered. 33:24.566 --> 33:30.966 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 33:31.066 --> 33:35.466 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 33:35.566 --> 33:37.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I think it's one of the most shocking documents 33:37.666 --> 33:39.600 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% that I found in my research. 33:39.700 --> 33:41.200 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% He characterizes himself 33:41.300 --> 33:44.266 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% as a firm supporter of a peaceful arrangement 33:44.366 --> 33:45.733 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% with Germany. 33:45.833 --> 33:47.633 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% And then, this bit. 33:47.733 --> 33:52.033 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% "The Duke definitely believes that continued severe bombing 33:52.133 --> 33:54.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% would make England ready for peace." 33:56.300 --> 33:58.100 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% I mean, this is extraordinary. 33:58.200 --> 34:02.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% Here is the former king of Great Britain 34:02.866 --> 34:06.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% saying that if you bomb Britain, bomb his family, 34:06.766 --> 34:08.266 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% bomb his country, 34:08.366 --> 34:10.166 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% that that's the best way to, 34:10.266 --> 34:13.766 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% to bring them to, to sue for peace. 34:13.866 --> 34:16.633 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% He's quite prepared to go to those lengths 34:16.733 --> 34:19.266 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% in order to achieve his aims. 34:19.366 --> 34:21.733 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% It's -- It's chilling and sinister. 34:23.133 --> 34:25.600 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% And -- And it's frankly, very shocking. 34:30.400 --> 34:32.833 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% He was so disloyal to his brother 34:32.933 --> 34:35.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% that he was calling for the bombing of Britain 34:35.933 --> 34:37.666 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% as a way of subjugating them. 34:44.333 --> 34:45.900 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:60% We have evidence of this 34:46.000 --> 34:48.900 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% and indeed, Ricardo Espírito do Santo, 34:49.000 --> 34:51.533 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% the German agent to pass this information 34:51.633 --> 34:54.700 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% back to the German minister in Lisbon, 34:54.800 --> 34:57.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who then asked for instructions from Berlin. 34:57.733 --> 35:04.633 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 35:04.733 --> 35:07.766 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% The Duke had encouraged the Germans to bomb London 35:07.866 --> 35:09.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and indeed that's what they do. 35:15.433 --> 35:17.666 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% On the 13th of September, 1940, 35:17.766 --> 35:21.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Messerschmitts fly down The Mall and bomb Buckingham Palace. 35:23.566 --> 35:26.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% Literally missing the King and Queen by feet. 35:28.500 --> 35:30.000 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Let's look at it in personal terms. 35:30.100 --> 35:32.766 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% This is the Duke encouraging the Germans 35:32.866 --> 35:35.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% to subjugate the British. 35:35.966 --> 35:39.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% This is a man who will stop at nothing to usurp the throne, 35:40.033 --> 35:42.833 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% even if it requires the death of his own brother. 35:46.166 --> 35:48.033 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% -To my mind, that's the most appalling thing 35:48.133 --> 35:49.300 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:30% he ever did, 35:49.400 --> 35:52.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% actively to say to somebody that you think 35:52.100 --> 35:53.466 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% the cities of your own country, 35:53.566 --> 35:55.566 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% particularly, if you've been the king of that country, 35:55.666 --> 35:56.933 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:42.5% should be bombed. 35:57.033 --> 35:59.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% That the civilians should be killed in thousands, 35:59.900 --> 36:02.000 align:start position:27.5% line:84.67% size:45% tens of thousands. 36:02.100 --> 36:05.133 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:72.5% -It feels enormously shocking to read those words. 36:05.233 --> 36:08.633 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% Was he actually saying that the war could be won 36:08.733 --> 36:10.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% and England would surrender 36:10.966 --> 36:13.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% if a continued bombing campaign took place? 36:13.266 --> 36:16.200 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:37.5% A sense that... 36:16.300 --> 36:18.433 align:start position:35% line:84.67% size:27.5% vindication 36:18.533 --> 36:21.233 align:start position:32.5% line:79.33% size:35% or comeuppance would be delivered 36:21.333 --> 36:23.800 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% if the whole house of cards would come crashing down. 36:28.800 --> 36:31.300 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, now steps in 36:31.400 --> 36:33.533 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% and insists the Duke take up a role 36:33.633 --> 36:35.566 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% as Governor of the Bahamas. 36:35.666 --> 36:38.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% In documents which I've seen at the Royal Archives, 36:38.733 --> 36:41.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% the Germans describe this as a come down. 36:41.833 --> 36:43.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% The Duke reluctantly accepts, 36:43.866 --> 36:47.433 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% but he continues to remain in direct contact with them 36:47.533 --> 36:49.633 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% even after taking up the post. 36:55.000 --> 36:57.100 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% The Duke indeed on his way to the Bahamas 36:57.200 --> 36:59.366 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% sent a telegram in code 36:59.466 --> 37:01.866 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% to Ricardo Espírito do Santo 37:01.966 --> 37:03.766 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% saying that he was willing to come back 37:03.866 --> 37:06.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% if the opportunity arose, 37:06.266 --> 37:09.266 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and it relates basically to these captured German documents. 37:09.366 --> 37:12.266 align:start position:30% line:84.67% size:40% [Dramatic music] 37:12.366 --> 37:18.433 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 37:18.533 --> 37:23.433 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 37:23.533 --> 37:25.233 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% I have the document here, 37:25.333 --> 37:28.433 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and it shows that he very knowingly communicated 37:28.533 --> 37:30.133 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% with a German agent. 37:30.233 --> 37:33.266 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% "The minister in Portugal reported the confidant," 37:33.366 --> 37:35.466 align:start position:40% line:79.33% size:17.5% this is Ricardo Espírito do Santo, 37:35.566 --> 37:37.033 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% who is a Nazi agent, 37:37.133 --> 37:39.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% "has just received a telegram from the Duke 37:40.033 --> 37:42.133 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% asking him to send a communication 37:42.233 --> 37:44.333 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% as soon as action was advisable." 37:45.600 --> 37:52.666 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 37:52.766 --> 37:57.766 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 37:57.866 --> 38:00.666 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% This document reveals, very conclusively, 38:00.766 --> 38:03.200 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% that the Duke knew exactly what he was doing 38:03.300 --> 38:05.900 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% and frankly, was a traitor to this country. 38:06.000 --> 38:08.600 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% Communications with the enemy during war 38:08.700 --> 38:10.366 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% was against the Treachery Act, 38:10.466 --> 38:12.866 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% he could well have been executed. 38:12.966 --> 38:15.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% It seems to have been a case of power at any cost. 38:16.033 --> 38:22.966 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 38:23.066 --> 38:25.700 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% [ Camera shutter clicking ] 38:25.800 --> 38:27.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% -The Duchess of Windsor and I 38:27.866 --> 38:31.366 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% are receiving a number of American journalists 38:31.466 --> 38:33.400 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% in Government House, Nassau. 38:40.066 --> 38:41.100 align:start position:42.5% line:84.67% size:12.5% -Cut. 38:43.333 --> 38:47.033 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% It is a very warm afternoon, 38:47.133 --> 38:49.733 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% too warm for taking pictures. 38:52.866 --> 38:55.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -It's very difficult if you've traversed the world 38:55.766 --> 38:57.166 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% as the Prince of Wales and then the King, 38:57.266 --> 38:59.966 align:start position:15% line:10% size:70% and suddenly you're Governor of the Bahamas. 39:00.066 --> 39:02.033 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% It would have been humiliating for him, 39:02.133 --> 39:04.133 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% and Wallis could see that. 39:07.033 --> 39:09.866 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -It was still a very long road to victory 39:09.966 --> 39:13.366 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% but at least once America had entered the war, 39:13.466 --> 39:15.366 align:start position:20% line:10% size:57.5% it was reasonably clear 39:15.466 --> 39:17.533 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% what the outcome was going to be. 39:19.633 --> 39:20.800 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% -At the end of the war, 39:20.900 --> 39:24.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% I think that Edward just didn't give a damn 39:24.200 --> 39:26.866 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% and is, in a way, sticking two fingers to it all. 39:33.700 --> 39:35.900 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% [Upbeat jazz music] 39:36.000 --> 39:37.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% -I remember at a party in New York, 39:37.900 --> 39:39.900 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% he got quite drunk, 39:40.000 --> 39:43.333 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% and he started singing German songs. 39:43.433 --> 39:46.933 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% He was sitting on a sofa, I remember it well, 39:47.033 --> 39:48.233 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% the fireplace was there, 39:48.333 --> 39:51.000 align:start position:22.5% line:10% size:55% I was sort of standing by the window here, 39:51.100 --> 39:52.333 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% and he just started singing. 39:52.433 --> 39:54.466 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% [Upbeat German song] 39:54.566 --> 39:56.933 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% Actually his arm went up like that, you know, 39:57.033 --> 39:58.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% vague sort of salute. 40:01.333 --> 40:03.733 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% -He seems to be unchanged in his views, 40:03.833 --> 40:06.433 align:start position:10% line:10% size:80% despite everything that happened during the Second World War. 40:11.500 --> 40:12.733 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% For the rest of his life, 40:12.833 --> 40:14.266 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% he was effectively cold shouldered 40:14.366 --> 40:15.866 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:50% by the royal family. 40:15.966 --> 40:17.733 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:30% His brothers and various other relations 40:17.833 --> 40:19.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% never sort of talked to him about it, 40:19.700 --> 40:21.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% they feel sort of embarrassed and uncomfortable. 40:22.033 --> 40:23.800 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% They never have that conversation. 40:23.900 --> 40:27.000 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% [Suspenseful music] 40:27.100 --> 40:29.833 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% -The convincing evidence for the Windsor's treachery 40:29.933 --> 40:32.633 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% lies with the German Foreign Ministry files. 40:35.100 --> 40:36.633 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:67.5% And political establishment 40:36.733 --> 40:39.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% realizes that they cannot suppress them, 40:39.833 --> 40:41.333 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% and we have the evidence here. 40:46.466 --> 40:49.533 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% In the depths of the archives of the House of Commons, 40:49.633 --> 40:52.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% I'm looking at the diary of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, 40:52.100 --> 40:53.833 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% a journalist of this period. 40:53.933 --> 40:56.933 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:70% Rumors are circulating about the captured German documents, 40:57.033 --> 40:58.600 align:start position:32.5% line:10% size:32.5% this is 1946. 40:58.700 --> 41:01.200 align:start position:15% line:10% size:67.5% And he writes in his diary, it's very revealing. 41:08.833 --> 41:11.166 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:40% "They have found some damaging material 41:11.266 --> 41:12.700 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% on the Duke of Windsor, 41:12.800 --> 41:16.100 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% there are various protocols of Nazi conversations with him, 41:16.200 --> 41:19.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% including one at Lisbon during the war." 41:19.200 --> 41:23.500 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% This is the famous document of the 11th of July 1940, 41:23.600 --> 41:25.866 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% where the Duke tells the Nazis 41:25.966 --> 41:28.100 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:42.5% that the best way to subjugate Britain 41:28.200 --> 41:29.233 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% is to bomb it. 41:33.333 --> 41:36.366 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% [Upbeat music] 41:38.866 --> 41:41.466 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% The Duke and Duchess of Windsor's life 41:41.566 --> 41:42.600 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% after the war, 41:42.700 --> 41:43.800 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% remains as extravagant 41:43.900 --> 41:46.166 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:62.5% as it was before the war. 41:46.266 --> 41:48.766 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:75% Now much of this was supported by rich friends 41:48.866 --> 41:50.333 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% who they sponged off. 41:52.833 --> 41:55.166 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% There's been an attempt over the previous 9 years 41:55.266 --> 41:58.000 align:start position:15% line:84.67% size:70% to suppress, minimize, delay 41:58.100 --> 42:01.233 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% the publication of these captured German documents, 42:01.333 --> 42:03.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% and finally the moment has come 42:03.500 --> 42:05.533 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% when they are going to be published. 42:09.233 --> 42:11.933 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% The Duke didn't feel that he'd done anything wrong. 42:13.166 --> 42:15.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% What he was arranging with his lawyers 42:15.666 --> 42:17.466 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% was a statement to be put out 42:17.566 --> 42:21.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% to suggest that these documents are invented by the Germans. 42:21.966 --> 42:24.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I mean, why they should possibly want to do that 42:24.100 --> 42:26.366 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% given that they didn't expect them to be found. 42:31.233 --> 42:32.866 align:start position:37.5% line:79.33% size:25% Churchill, now Prime Minister again, 42:32.966 --> 42:35.233 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% goes ahead, and we have the cabinet minutes 42:35.333 --> 42:37.766 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% from the 8th of December 1954, 42:37.866 --> 42:40.700 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% where they discuss the publication of this file. 42:40.800 --> 42:43.833 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:32.5% [Tense music] 42:48.300 --> 42:50.800 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% "Matter is to be watched at each stage, 42:50.900 --> 42:52.900 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% cabinet secretariat is to be responsible 42:53.000 --> 42:54.566 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:55% for warning ministers, 42:54.666 --> 42:58.166 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% particularly important to warn the stationery office." 42:59.800 --> 43:01.966 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% When the material is published, 43:02.066 --> 43:03.600 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% there is a note with it 43:03.700 --> 43:05.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% playing down the role of the Duke of Windsor. 43:05.666 --> 43:14.633 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 43:14.733 --> 43:17.133 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% "The Duke was subjected to heavy pressure 43:17.233 --> 43:19.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% from many quarters to stay in Europe, 43:19.633 --> 43:22.000 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:57.5% where the Germans hoped that he would exert influence 43:22.100 --> 43:25.066 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% against the policy of His Majesty's government. 43:25.166 --> 43:27.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% "His Royal Highness never wavered in his loyalty 43:27.933 --> 43:29.166 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% to the British cause. 43:29.266 --> 43:31.200 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% The German records are necessarily 43:31.300 --> 43:33.266 align:start position:20% line:84.67% size:57.5% a much tainted source." 43:33.366 --> 43:35.600 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% To pretend that the Germans were trying to trick him 43:35.700 --> 43:38.800 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:52.5% and he didn't realize is, is, is frankly ridiculous. 43:42.766 --> 43:45.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% Churchill who'd been exasperated by the Duke during the war 43:45.866 --> 43:48.933 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% and indeed wanted as little to do with him as possible 43:49.033 --> 43:50.300 align:start position:32.5% line:84.67% size:35% after the war, 43:50.400 --> 43:52.566 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% colludes with the Duke and others 43:52.666 --> 43:54.700 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:72.5% to basically kill this story. 43:56.866 --> 43:59.333 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% -How could this incredible war time leader, 43:59.433 --> 44:00.766 align:start position:27.5% line:10% size:45% this moral figure, 44:00.866 --> 44:02.466 align:start position:17.5% line:10% size:62.5% have had all this trouble during the war 44:02.566 --> 44:06.866 align:start position:10% line:10% size:77.5% from someone who was absolutely of mortal peril to the nation, 44:06.966 --> 44:10.033 align:start position:20% line:10% size:60% and then, decades later, he defends him, 44:10.133 --> 44:11.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% he pretty much whitewashes him. 44:14.000 --> 44:17.800 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% -As always, Wallis would be blamed in perpetuity. 44:17.900 --> 44:19.300 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% There is absolutely no question 44:19.400 --> 44:23.000 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:67.5% that Wallis was any sort of Nazi sympathizer. 44:23.100 --> 44:25.800 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:77.5% She became a natural scapegoat. 44:28.666 --> 44:32.233 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% -Was it to protect the backsides of the monarchy 44:32.333 --> 44:33.700 align:start position:30% line:10% size:40% in this country? 44:33.800 --> 44:37.200 align:start position:12.5% line:10% size:75% It's the conspiracy to conceal that's fascinating. 44:38.900 --> 44:40.700 align:start position:25% line:84.67% size:47.5% -This whole episode 44:40.800 --> 44:43.666 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:65% is completely extinguished from the record, 44:43.766 --> 44:45.366 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% and this is just another classic example 44:45.466 --> 44:47.133 align:start position:12.5% line:84.67% size:75% of our history being censored. 44:53.633 --> 44:54.866 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% There's one last document, 44:54.966 --> 44:57.966 align:start position:30% line:79.33% size:37.5% indeed perhaps, the most important document. 44:58.066 --> 45:01.100 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:47.5% It recounts a lunch that Harold Nicolson the MP had 45:01.200 --> 45:02.500 align:start position:22.5% line:84.67% size:52.5% with Tommy Lascelles, 45:02.600 --> 45:06.100 align:start position:12.5% line:79.33% size:72.5% who was the private secretary to Edward, to George VI, 45:06.200 --> 45:08.400 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:80% and indeed to our current Queen. 45:08.500 --> 45:16.633 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 45:16.733 --> 45:21.700 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 45:21.800 --> 45:24.533 align:start position:27.5% line:79.33% size:45% He makes, I think, a very revealing comment. 45:24.633 --> 45:29.733 align:start position:17.5% line:79.33% size:62.5% He says, "The man is like the child in the fairy story 45:29.833 --> 45:32.100 align:start position:20% line:79.33% size:60% who was given everything in the world, 45:32.200 --> 45:34.600 align:start position:17.5% line:84.67% size:65% but they forgot the soul." 45:38.833 --> 45:41.633 align:start position:15% line:79.33% size:70% I think this really explains the Duke of Windsor, 45:41.733 --> 45:45.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% who's a man with no inner life, no self awareness, 45:45.266 --> 45:47.833 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% no sense of actually the magnitude 45:47.933 --> 45:51.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% of what he tried to do with the Nazis. 45:54.400 --> 45:56.033 align:start position:25% line:79.33% size:50% -Mark you as history has it out, 45:56.133 --> 45:59.033 align:start position:22.5% line:79.33% size:55% he never did come back to this country, 45:59.133 --> 46:01.833 align:start position:35% line:79.33% size:27.5% and therein maybe lies the whole truth. 46:01.933 --> 46:08.733 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 46:08.833 --> 46:15.866 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 46:15.966 --> 46:25.866 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 46:25.966 --> 46:35.100 align:start position:47.5% line:10% size:5% ♪♪ 46:35.200 --> 46:39.233 align:start position:47.5% 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