A prominent royal historian has claimed classified documents from The Duke, formerly known as King Edward VIII until his abdication in 1936 to marry divorced American socialite , is the subject of many letters and correspondence in the archives that were collated by Alan Lascelles, royal secretary to four monarchs between 1920 and 1953.Unpopular in his time for his decision to abdicate and all but cut off from the royal family, the Duke visited Germany throughout the 1930s and was thought to be plotting to rule German-occupied Britain as a puppet monarch for Hitler in the event of a succesful invasion.
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