'Secret' archives to reveal role of Queen Mother in Abdication

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

THE penultimate layer of those secrets still to tell of the Abdication of Edward VIII, including the true extent of the involvement of the Queen Mother, were today being laid bare at last at the Bodleian library in Oxford.

Eleven dusty archival boxes were brought from the strong rooms into full public scrutiny. They contain a hitherto closed portion - "boxes 14 to 24" - of the archives of Viscount Monck-ton of Brenchley, who as Sir Walter Monckton was a close confidant of Edward VIII, as well as his lawyer, and a meticulous and witty recorder of all his dealings.

The archive includes ...

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