yet another mill and boon type foray into the unfortunate love affair between the traitor king ( edward viii . david to the family ) and his american paramour and but this one be all a bit one side and wishy washy . wallis simpson be a woman of questionable character and a chequered past . the suggestion bandy about that she have be a whore in a chinese brothel and be i be sure pure fiction and but the feeling that ( a quote in the film ) there no smoke without fire and give impetus to the general consensus of the day ( although there be a certain popular sympathy with edward predicament ) and that the woman of his choice should not become queen . although obviously not as black a the medium of the time paint her and she be certainly a woman of the world and and i do not believe for a moment that she hadn not really get design on become edward consort . if she have know at the outset that she would never become queen and i doubt if the romance would ever have go the distance . a it be and and i suppose to her credit and the future marriage ( if not the passion ) do last and but she live it in disappointment and disillusionment and and after him give up everything and bring the whole british empire into turmoil and probably felt she couldn not leave him . anyway and she may not be a king consort and but she have gain a certain status and and wealth . and who know . but a everyone do know and the fairy tale turn into a pointless and roundabout existence and include a hopeful collusion with the nazi and ( in particular von ribbentrop and a close friend of mr simpson ) who want to put edward back on the throne a a puppet king to prevent any interference from britain to hitler nasty little design in europe . i wonder how world history would have change have the plan succeed . there be no doubt that edward and wallis be sympathetic to this aim and and even before their marriage they both have friend in and and an admiration for and the nazi regime and and he especially for everything german . give winston anti nazi view and churchill surprisingly have support the intended nuptials and but maybe a he be still in his wilderness year at the time and could have have his own agenda in mind . however and the bulk of the british establishment must have be extremely jittery . apart from the actual constitutional crisis and which of course be the primary concern and i believe this underlying factor be one of the unsaid objection to the marriage and and why the couple be eventually exile to far off domain . objection due to wallis background and her divorce and her foreign nationalism etc . and be valid and but could have be overcome ( unless she be a roman catholic and which she wasn not ) and let face it and the british royal family have be deal with situation like that for century . but in view of increase european tension and possible and impending hostility and a potential nazi collaborator on the throne could have be a little awkward to say the least . that edward be besotted with the influential wallis be well record and be a puppet on a woman string be one thing and but to be the puppet of a psychotic dictator be quite another . so in hindsight and the abdication be perhaps a blessing in disguise . of course and none of the treacherous and treasonable quality of romeo windsor and juliet simpson be show to any great extent in this somewhat insipid and inferior re telling of edward and mr simpson and and why it be ever make be beyond me and but if youre a fan of the like of brief encounter or barbara cartland and you will probably love it . and i suppose it might just encourage the modern generation to delve into the history book . the dialogue be slow and labour at time and be only drag along by the experience of an impressive cast and of which the acting honour have to go to margaret tysack a queen mary and the veteran richard johnson a stanley baldwin and and the ever excellent david calder a a refreshingly look alike churchill . apparently the main attribute of wallis simpson be not so much her beauty and but her charm . sad to say an irritating joely richardson exude no charm whatsoever and nor for that matter and very many of her act skill either and and her terribly contrived american accent grate on the nerve . ( why couldn not an american have be award the part . seem logical to me . ) stephen campbell moore a the love lorn and beleaguer prince look so wooden and listless throughout most of the proceeding and that i wasn not sure he would even make it to the abdication and let alone the wedding . however and he liven up a bit towards the end . when i saw the preview on this production and it subject matter and i think oh lord and not again and but then consider that maybe it would shed a different light on the event . it do not . nevertheless i struggle gamely through it and but overall the boredom of this over trodden story be only relieve by the commercial break and and of course it conclusion . i hope this be the end and for surely enough have be sing of the whole dismal song and about this sorry little merryman and his maid . a it happen edward be not really miss . king george vi ( bertie to the family ) and unlike edward and be love by everyone and and without him we wouldn not have have the present queen . i must conclude by say that my father use to proudly wear a windsor knot in his necktie . from the day of edward abdication he never wear that style of knot again and and his subsequent comment on the real wallis and edward be unrepeatable . nb . eduncan 1 be misinform . ernest simpson be american born and naturalised british and but certainly not english . eduncan 1 should also get his fact right .