Tessa Dunlop

What possessed the Duke of Windsor to visit Nazi Germany in 1937?

Whether it was from hurt, spite or genuine fascist sympathies, his surprise at his family’s response simply confirms his stupidity

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, photographed with Hitler in 1937. [Alamy]
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  • The Windsors at War: The Nazi Threat to the Crown

    Alexander Larman

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 432, £25

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