„Я нашёл невозможным… исполнять обязанности короля без помощи и поддержки женщины, которую я люблю.“
Из заявления Эдуарда VIII, в котором он объявил об отречении от престола ради брака с Уоллис Симпсон
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“These works brought all these people here. Something should be done to get them at work again.”
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Spoken at an abandoned colliery, November 19, 1936. Often wrongly quoted as "something must be done". <br class="br">Источник: Matthew, H. C. G., ‘Edward VIII [later Prince Edward, duke of Windsor] (1894–1972)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 21 Nov 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31061,
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
18 September 1918
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
To Gore Vidal, who described the Duke as having "always had something of...riveting stupidity to say on any subject" (Vidal, Palimpsest, 206)
“The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.”
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Look magazine, 5 March 1957. <br class="br">Источник: "Edward VIII, afterwards Duke of Windsor" The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Ed. Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accessed on 21 November 2008 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t115.e1010
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
11 July 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
He meant musical comedies."
In conversation with Mona Bismarck and Gore Vidal (Vidal, Palimpsest, 206)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
6 October 1919
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
A King's Story http://books.google.com/books?id=D2a1AAAAIAAJ&q=%22only+two+rules+really+count+never+miss+an+opportunity+to+relieve+yourself+never+miss+a+chance+to+sit+down+and+rest+your+feet%22&pg=PA132#v=onepage (1951)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
9 September 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Abdication Speech, December 11, 1936, via radio to a worldwide audience. http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/edward.htm
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
31 March - 1 April 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
9 January 1919
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Hoping George VI's illness would allow him to resume the throne. Quoted by Christopher Wilson, The Telegraph, 22 Nov 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/6624594/Revealed-the-Duke-and-Duchess-of-Windsors-secret-plot-to-deny-the-Queen-the-throne.html
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Of Étienne Dupach, the editor of the Nassau Daily Tribune (Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 448)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
14 April 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
26-27 March 1920
Around the World with the Prince of Wales
“This place ought never to have been dug up.”
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
On seeing the great archaeological finds at Taxila, in Punjab (Ziegler, King Edward VIII, 140)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Vidal, Palimpsest, 206
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
Galbraith, Ambassador’s Journal, 36
To John Kenneth Galbraith, who had been appointed American ambassador to India,
