Aug 7, 2025
The Duke of York (George VI) and the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) looking smashing in their tweed jackets and tartan kilts.
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The Duke of York (George VI) and the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) looking smashing in their tweed jackets and tartan kilts.
Edward VIII Former King of the United Kingdom
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor photographed by Cecil Beaton, Paris, 1939.
I just heard a historian on a program say that George IV was the worst King that England ever had.
What?
You have in contention Richard II, Edward II, even Edward VIII, and you think George IV was the worst?
Yes, George was dissolute. Yes, he imperiled the succession. Yes, he spent too much money. Yes, he got into fussy battles with his Ministers.
But he was nowhere near the worst.
Edward VIII
Physique: Slender Build Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936—one of the shortest reigns ever (326 days).
Born eldest son of the future George V and Queen Mary during Queen Victoria’s reign, he became Prince of Wales at 16. He served in WWI, then charmed the world on Empire tours (1920 Australia/New Zealand; 1921–22 India/Far East) with his boyish looks, charisma, and iconic fashion sense.
Noticed him recently, thought he looked handsome and pinged like hell. Those 1920s photos still hit: slender, slicked hair, open collars, effortless sex appeal—gay-dar screaming. Surprise, surprise, Edward might have enjoyed the occasional cock; rumors and accounts suggest bisexuality, including an alleged intimate bond with equerry Edward “Fruity” Metcalfe and other male flirtations in his circle. "Fruity"? Right…
His scandalous affairs (mostly women) worried the establishment. As king, he insisted on marrying twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, sparking a constitutional crisis—the government and Church of England refused. He abdicated for love, succeeded by brother George VI.
Married Wallis in 1937, toured Nazi Germany (fueling sympathizer rumors), served as Bahamas Governor in WWII, then lived quietly in France until death. No children.
A man who chose passion over the throne, with timeless hotness and rumored appetites that make him endlessly fascinating.
OTMAA Contemporaries: Leopold of Belgium and Edward, Prince of Wales.
The two princes were the eldest sons and heirs of King Albert I of the Belgians and King George V of the United Kingdom. Edward, known as 'David' in the family, was born in 1894 and Leopold was born in 1901. They would eventually become King Leopold III and King Edward VIII (later Duke of Windsor).
The look-alike cousins HM George V of the UK and HIM Nicholas II of Imperial Russia with their supposed heirs HRH Prince Edward of York and HIH Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich.
OTD in 1936