The abdication of King Edward VIII and the current crisis with Prince Harry and his wife Megan – what do they say, according to Agence France-Presse, quoted by BTA, and what are the main crises in the modern history of the British royal family.
Perhaps Prince Harry was very right when he said in an interview with his wife Megan Markle to the famous TV presenter Oprah Winfrey that “history repeats itself.” Although this statement was caused by what happened to his mother – Princess Diana, it turns out that some scandals in the British royal family are not only repeated, but reach new, hitherto unsuspected scales, which lead to the corresponding consequences. .
Love before debt
Britain’s King Edward VIII put love ahead of debt and provoked a real upheaval when he abdicated in 1936, after 326 days in power, to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American woman of aristocratic descent. The Anglican Church, of which the monarch is head and the British elite, does not accept Simpson.
Edward VIII abdicated in favor of his brother, who ascended the throne as King George VI. He is the father of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII
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Heart pain and infidelity
Called the rebellious princess, Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, became famous for her tumultuous life. In 1960, she married Anthony Armstrong-Jones after forcibly giving up her love for Peter Townsend, who was divorced and much older than her.
Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong, who received the title of Lord Snowden, divorced in 1978 after revelations about their infidelity in the media.
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Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden at their engagement
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Shaken marriages
The “terrible” year for the queen was 1992, when the breakthroughs in the marriages of three of her four children became apparent. Most notable is the separation of Crown Prince Charles from Princess Diana after an eleven-year marriage that ended in divorce in 1996.
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Princess Diana and Prince Charles
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In the same year and the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew separated from his wife Sarah Ferguson. The couple divorced in 1996, but maintained a good relationship, and the Duchess of York visited her ex-husband’s home.
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1990.
The queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, divorced her first husband, Mark Phillips, in the same year, three years after their separation in 1989.
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the wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips
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Diana’s death
The Queen has been criticized for lacking compassion for the death in a 1997 car crash of “Princess of the People” Diana, mother of Princes William and Harry.
While the people mourned and millions of people left flowers at the gates of Buckingham Palace and Kensington Castle, Prince Charles and his mother remained imprisoned in Balmoral Castle, Scotland. The queen broke her silence on the eve of Diana’s funeral when she made a televised address.
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The special friendships of Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has caused him serious trouble and accusations following the suicide in prison of an American financier accused of sexually exploiting minors.
American Virginia Roberts claims that she was forced to have sex with him when she was a minor and under the influence of Epstein.
The prince defended himself in front of the BBC with unconvincing arguments and showed no compassion for Epstein’s victims.
Rejected by the companies and universities with which he collaborated, he was forced to withdraw from public events.
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Virginia Roberts and Prince Andrew
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Harry and Megan’s shocking withdrawal from the royal family
To everyone’s surprise, Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle announced their resignation as high-ranking members of the British royal family on March 31, 2020.
Relations between the Dukes of Sussex and Windsor are strained amid allegations of “lies” against Buckingham Palace and the announced investigation into harassment by Megan.
The couple settled in the United States and are financially independent. In an interview with CBS and host Oprah Winfrey, they told details of their withdrawal. Megan said she said she had suicidal thoughts, but was denied psychological support by Buckingham on the grounds that it did not damage the institution’s image.
Megan, who is a mestizo, also talked about conversations in the royal family when she was pregnant, about the skin color of her son Archie, who will turn two in May.
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Prince Harry and Megan Markle give an interview to Oprah Winfrey
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