David Landon Cole | Keir Hardie on the birth of the heir to the throne @DavidLandonCole | Uploaded July 2013 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Republic, the campaign for a democratic alternative to the monarchy, is at http://www.republic.org.uk.
From the Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations. The full reference is Jay, A (1996). Dictionary of Political Quotations. Oxford: OUP. 168.
"From his childhood onwards this boy [the future Edward VIII] will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers by the score [Cries of 'Oh, oh!'] and will be taught to believe himself as of a superior creation. [Cries of 'Oh, oh!']. A line will be drawn between him and the people he is to be called upon some day to reign over. In due course, following the precedent which has already been set, he will be sent on a tour of the world and probably rumours of a morganatic marriage alliance will follow [Loud cries of 'Oh, oh!' and 'Order!'], and the end of it will be the country will be called upon to pay the bill. [Cries of 'Divide!]"
Republic, the campaign for a democratic alternative to the monarchy, is at http://www.republic.org.uk.
From the Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations. The full reference is Jay, A (1996). Dictionary of Political Quotations. Oxford: OUP. 168.
"From his childhood onwards this boy [the future Edward VIII] will be surrounded by sycophants and flatterers by the score [Cries of 'Oh, oh!'] and will be taught to believe himself as of a superior creation. [Cries of 'Oh, oh!']. A line will be drawn between him and the people he is to be called upon some day to reign over. In due course, following the precedent which has already been set, he will be sent on a tour of the world and probably rumours of a morganatic marriage alliance will follow [Loud cries of 'Oh, oh!' and 'Order!'], and the end of it will be the country will be called upon to pay the bill. [Cries of 'Divide!]"
