#08 I wish, myself, to talk to Hitler - ep 2 of 2 May 1937: King, wife, Führer, lobster

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As the newly appointed king, but not yet crowned, Edward VIII secretly told the Nazis he admired, that he was going ‘to concentrate the business of government in himself…. Who is king here? Baldwin or I?’ Did Prime Minister Baldwin get rid of the King because he was too pro-Nazi, as Hitler’s ambassador to Britain, von Ribbentrop, maintained? Or was there another reason? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.