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Originally Posted by Elspeth
Apparently he was very popular right up until the scandal about Wallis broke . . .
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Of course he was popular. He was, young, handsome, rich, titled, a Prince, and of course, the next King. They were the grey days of the Great Depression and wierdly enough reports, photos and newsreels of him living life large, the fact that he was very attractive to women, all of those charismatic "quantity X" factors, did much to raise peoples spirits. They were proud of their Prince!
America had their silver screen idols, Douglas Fairbanks et al. Britain had the real thing, the Prince of Wales.
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Originally Posted by Elspeth
. . . so much so that the government was afraid that he might be able to rally public support behind him if he was allowed to appeal to the public.
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The government was also as much out of touch with "the common man (or woman)" in thinking this as, in the minds of the majority of his "Subjects", men didn't marry their mistresses and their King certainly couldn't marry a (twice divorced) courtesan.
When all was said and done all that was left was a sad little life spend in the endless pursuit of some kind of purpose. It may also explain the incredibly poor judgement regarding the Nazi Party fiasco.