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.
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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
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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. I
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