George V of the United Kingdom Quote

Of his son, Edward, Prince of Wales:

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.


To Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. As reported in: Keith Middlemas and John Barnes, Baldwin (1969) ch.34


After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.

After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months.