More heartbreak for the Queen

What would never have happened?!! But for Mrs Simpson Edward would not have abdicated and who knows what sort of king he would have made! The monarchy was in far safer hands with brother Albert (George V1th) and his family, as their father observed . King James the 1st was the foremost enthusiast of the divine right of kings, this doctrine virtually disappeared from English politics after the glorious revolution in 1688. It persisted in France into the early 19th century, quite sometime after the first revolution,

Yes indeed Suzie, it was probably a very good job he abdicated, his track record re the Nazis wasn’t good.

Maybe WS was a plant to give the Government an excuse to get rid of him? ?

I think its a pity it has to be so public. Its painful enough without the Press. magnifying it.

Suzie if she wasn't a plant, she certainly came along at a most convenient time for the Govt!

Things happen in all families : divorce, death, affairs etc. It's no different to the rest of us except for the publicity angle.

Life moves on.

But if it wasn’t for his public persona, he wouldn’t have got £500,000 from Hello or obscene amounts for advertising milk in a China. Swings and roundabouts.

I dislike the selling of royal connections, whether it’s H+M or Peter Phillips or anyone else. At the risk of sounding like a complete prude (I’m not) it’s unseemly.

And certainly maddy if you make money from that connection, you deserve no sympathy if aspects of your personal life are considered of public interest.

I agree Suzie.