Irish officials criticised ‘venal’ Churchill amid King Edward VIII crisis

Irish officials criticised ‘venal’ Churchill amid King Edward VIII crisis

The British monarch abdicated on December 10 1936 and married American divorcee Wallis Simpson in June 1937. Irish civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII’s proposed marriage to an American divorcee could be used to the Irish Free State’s advantage. Historical files show how Irish authorities reacted to the constitutional crisis in Britain. The monarch decided to marry …