I recall a quote that might be ascribed to Churchill regarding Mrs. Simpson, "If she had a platonic relationship his name escapes history."
On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Stan A. Orchard wrote: > It should be pointed out that the abdication crisis was not just a political > problem. Britain's reigning monarch is also the head of the Church of > England, and the proposition of marrying a twice-divorced woman would have > created a tremendous uproar within the church. Even in Churchill's role as > only a "flying buttress" of the church, he would almost certainly have > recognized this fact and respected the church's position as well as forseen > the consequences of trying to over-rule church doctrine. Not many years > later Princess Margaret was forbidden by Queen Elizabeth to marry a divorced > commoner for these same reasons. It doesn't seem to be such a big deal > today. Churchill must have held out some vain hope that Edward III would > eventually come to his senses and comprehend and embrace his responsibilities > as king. Is it true that Churchill wrote the king's abdication speech? > > Stan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Quin nBastian" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:40 PM > Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech > > >> I have not seen 'the King's Speech yet but I am looking forward to doing so >> soon. As regards WSC's support of Wallis Simpson, the fact is that WSC was a >> royalist. I believe it is in the historical record that he was supportive of >> Edward and that included supporting him in his bid to marry Wallis Simpson. >> However, it must be remembered that at the time, WSC knew little about >> Simpson's political leanings and was supporting his sovereign as a faithful >> servant. >> >> Having said that, I agree that with the perspective of time and events WSC's >> comment at the coronation of his brother George VI, would have been >> referring to Edward VIII. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Stan A. Orchard >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:41 PM >> To: ChurchillChat >> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech >> >> Incidentally, there was a very interesting interview a couple of days ago on >> CNN with the 73-year-old American screenwriter of 'The King's Speech', David >> Seidler. He was a child stutterer, not a historian, and has worked on this >> project for the past 25 years. He believes that only a stutterer could have >> written the screenplay in just this way. >> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/01/25/exp.ps.kings.speech.stu >> tter.cnn?iref=allsearch. >> >> It is very hard for me to believe that Winston Churchill could have ever >> considered Wallis Simpson to be a suitable or even tolerable addition to the >> Royal Family. So in my opinion, Churchill must have been referring to >> Edward VIII in his comment to Clementine at the coronation since it >> otherwise seems to fly in the face of Churchill's seemingly life-long >> reverence for the institution, dignity and ritual of the British monarchy. >> >> Stan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Editor/Finest Hour" >> <[email protected]> >> To: "ChurchillChat" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:38 AM >> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: The King's Speech >> >> >>> Paul, thanks. Most sources I checked say WSC made this remark "during >>> the coronation," but Lady Soames in her CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL says he >>> made it as Queen Elizabeth (the later Queen Mum) was crowned--so I >>> think your interpretation that he was referring to Walllis could be >>> right. 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