tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594623222758628619.post3515117171179737904..comments2024-01-31T00:57:52.388-06:00Comments on Stalking the Belle Époque: At the Music Hall: I've Danced With a Man Who Danced With a Girl who Danced with the Prince of Wales, 1927Joseph Crisallihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09215295755926439158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-594623222758628619.post-39371286871302579622022-08-04T13:45:53.328-05:002022-08-04T13:45:53.328-05:00No, World War II would not have had any different ...No, World War II would not have had any different outcome had Edward VIII not abdicated. Aside from the fact that he was not, in fact, pro Nazi (read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Schirer for the inside scoop), in the 1940s the British sovereign was already a figurehead with absolutely no political role and no power to determine policy. He still would have had to accept Churchill as Prime Minister, and the rest still would have been history.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759123995199859080noreply@blogger.com