“It’s interesting to look at the relationship between the ex King Edward VIII and the future King George VI, and the relationship as it’s turned out between Prince William and Prince Harry,” says Mr Kay.
Similar to Harry, Edward VIII resigned as a senior working royal, married an American actress, and then moved to a foreign country (France), leaving England behind.
Unlike Harry, Edward VIII was King and his younger brother, George VI, took the throne, following his brother’s abdication in 1936.
The royal expert says of the two sets of brothers: “They were brutally separated by one man’s love for another woman, in both cases, American divorcees.”
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Jo Elvin, host of Palace Confidential, chimed in, jokingly saying: “Sometimes, when you talk about the history of it, you can’t be a human being and a royal.”
While it may be challenging, Kay sees this as humbling, saying the Royal Family is trying to come across as “approachable” and “relatable,” which proves problematic, because it reinforces their “ordinariness” and “the whole point” is the “magical side of royalty.”
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