Royal Family News: Prince Harry And Meghan Markle EXACTLY Like Edward VIII And Wallis Simpson

British royal family news shows that the comparisons between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex aka Harry and Meghan are raging all over again after their failed trip back to the UK earlier this month.

Why should the royal runaways be compared to the former king and his controversial wife? Andrew Lownie has researched this very question and according to him the similarities are too many to ignore.

Royal Family News: Royal Runaways Find Disgruntlements

He breaks down the comparisons in his new book, “Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor.” Apparently Edward Vlll, “was a good-looking, popular, charismatic young man who made no secret of his wish to modernize the monarchy,” which is a sentiment attached to Harry although he was always the spare, never the heir.

Royal Family News: Prince Charles Will Do Whatever It Takes To Keep Monarchy Alive

View Story

It was George’s stubborn desire to marry Wallis Simpson, a la Harry and Meghan, that was his undoing. Wallis and Meghan were both divorced Americans, with it would seem a mind of their own, and completely cut from different cloth than the royals.

Royal Family News – Meghan Is Like Wallis?

In 2018 Harry tied the knot with Meghan and in 1936 George, “withdrew from Royal duties to live abroad — but he never quite reconciled himself to his loss of status, and the ensuing years were to be marked by a series of disputes with his family.” Who does that sound like?

In a case of history foreshadowing itself, George squabbled over security: “which Buckingham Palace felt the Duke of Windsor should pay for himself. Despite the squabbling, he ultimately enjoyed police protection until his death — a privilege only accorded to the Sussexes when in Britain.”

Royal Family News – Is Harry Like George VIII?

In yet another similarity, Prince Harry and the Duke of Windsor inherited great wealth. And decades before whiney Harry ranted about his adult allowance George ranted about being, “cut off financially.”

Royal Family News: Does Prince Harry Pose ‘Bigger Problem’ For ‘Frail’ Monarchy Than Prince Andrew? https://t.co/lItD5Uo6oK #PrinceAndrew #PrinceHarry pic.twitter.com/7T2StCVG2Z

— SOS/CTS/HH (@SoapOperaSpy) June 26, 2022

According to the author, both of these prickly issues, “contributed to a breakdown of trust and lingering tensions and suspicions with both the Duke and Harry complaining of poor parenting, fallouts between siblings and sisters-in-law — King George Vl’s wife Elizabeth could only refer to Wallis as “That Woman” — and accusations that the “rogue royal” was trying to upstage the dutiful one.”

Let’s wind up wit one last pungent quote: “It was felt that the ambitious, clever and manipulative Wallis was shaping the views of her weak, stupid and vulnerable husband, a similar accusation now being made with regard to Harry’s newly adopted woke views.”

Should Harry and Me-Again take a lesson from their predecessors or is it already too late?

Be sure to catch up on everything happening with the royal family. Come back here often for royal family news and updates.

Editorial credit: Lorna Roberts / Shutterstock.com