This article explores the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's infamous 1937 trip to Germany, highlighting their admiration for Hitler and the Nazi regime. It examines how their desire for attention and respect made them susceptible to Nazi propaganda and their visit's lasting impact on their lives and the perception of the British monarchy.
But Windsor’s cautious words hardly mattered. After the meeting, Hitler took tea with the erstwhile duke and his American-born wife, Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. As Nazi cameramen clicked away, the trio smiled at each other like old chums. “ took both their hands in his saying a long goodbye,” a reporter recalled, “after which he stiffened to a rigid Nazi salute that the duke returned.” Windsor seemed to leave with a profound respect for both Germany and the leader of the Third Reich.
During the 1930s, the regime sent out emissaries to all of the social capitals of Europe, promoting fascism as an orderly antidote to a world gone mad, and a bulwark against communism. Devastated by the losses of World War I, many Europeans were increasingly isolationist and for appeasement at all costs if it meant preventing another world war. In London, the Nazis made a full-court press, taking advantage of the fact that the English elite had strong familial bonds with Germany.
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