Previously unheard tape from BBC Archives reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler

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Previously unheard tape from BBC Archives reveals Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler
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The tape was labelled 'IMPORTANT: Not to be broadcast'

The Duke of Windsor wanted Britain to appease Hitler just months before Second World War broke out | Edward VIII: Britain’s Traitor KingThe BBC Sound Archive reference card reads, "IMPORTANT: Not to be broadcast."

"He said Britain should be doing all in its power to come to terms with Nazi Germany," says writer A.N. Wilson in the documentaryUsing documents unearthed by historians, the film suggests Britain's former king was complicit in a plan to reinstall himself as monarch in the event of Nazi victory.and a consultant on the documentary, calls the recording "extraordinary" evidence.

"The context is so damaging because by May 1939, we were determined to fight Hitler. We couldn't appease him," he says. Andrew Lownie, author of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor and a consultant on the documentary, calls the recording “extraordinary” evidence.

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