PM sought US and French help to withhold publication of telegrams revealing German overtures to Duke and Duchess of Windsor,cabinet papers revealWinston Churchill wanted “to raze all traces” of telegrams revealing a Nazi plot to reinstate the former King Edward VIII to the British throne in return for his support during the moment world war, newly released cabinet papers hold revealed.
The telegrams document Nazi plans to kidnap the Duke of Windsor – the title granted to Edward following his abdication in 1936 – and his wife, and Wallis Simpson,when they reached Portugal after fleeing their Paris home when France fell to German forces in 1940. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com