Kdo je hodil z Edvard VIII. Britanski?

Edvard VIII. Britanski (pravo ime Edward Albert Christian Andrew Patrick David, kasneje vojvoda Windsorski), kralj Združenega kraljestva in cesar Indije, * 23. junij 1894, † 28. maj 1972.

Bil je sin britanskega kralja Jurija V. Kot mladenič je med prvo svetovno vojno služil v britanski vojski, kasneje pa je v imenu svojega očeta veliko potoval po kraljestvu in obiskoval podanike. Postal je priljubljena javna osebnost, po drugi strani pa je imel tudi sloves ženskarja in je povzročal očetu mnogo skrbi zaradi rednih afer s starejšimi, poročenimi ženskami.

Ob smrti očeta 20. januarja 1936 je postal kralj. Tudi v tej vlogi je nadaljeval z nespoštovanjem protokola, posebne skrbi pa je vzbujalo njegovo razmerje z Američanko Wallis Simpson, ki se je v tistem času ločevala od svojega drugega moža, kar je bilo za voditelja Angleške cerkve popolnoma neprimerno. Ker se ji ni želel odpovedati, hkrati pa je zaradi tega grozilo, da bo povzročil politično krizo v kraljestvu, se je namesto tega odpovedal prestolu in 10. decembra 1936 odstopil. 326 dni trajajoča vladavina je bila ena najkrajših v britanski zgodovini in nikoli ni bil kronan.

Prejel je naziv vojvoda windsorski in se junija naslednje leto poročil s svojo izvoljenko. Par je kljub nasprotovanju vlade odšel na turnejo po Nemčiji, kjer je navezal stike s Hitlerjem, o čemer so takrat obširno poročali nemški mediji. V času izbruha druge svetovne vojne sta bila z ženo v Franciji, od koder sta prebegnila na Portugalsko, od tam pa so ju proti njuni volji prepeljali nazaj v domovino. Zaradi suma, da simpatizirata z Nacisti, je Churchillova vlada Edvarda imenovala za guvernerja Bahamov ter ju tako spravila s poti. Po vojni sta se vrnila v Francijo in tam ostala do konca Edvardovega življenja.

Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (née Morgan, 23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), was a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor. She was the maternal aunt of the writer, fashion designer, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt.

During most of Furness's relationship with the Prince of Wales, she was married to British nobleman Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness. They married in 1926 and divorced in 1933, the year before Thelma's relationship with the Prince of Wales ended.

Furness's first name was pronounced in Spanish fashion as "TEL-ma".

Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII.

Marguerite Marie Alibert (9 December 1890 – 2 January 1971), also known as Maggie Meller, Marguerite Laurent, and Princess Fahmy, was a French socialite. She started her career as a prostitute and later courtesan in Paris, and from 1917 to 1918, she had an affair with the prince of Wales (later Edward VIII). After her marriage to Egyptian aristocrat Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, she was frequently called princess by the media of the time. In 1923, she killed her husband at the Savoy Hotel in London. She was eventually acquitted of the murder charge after a trial at the Old Bailey.