This House today is a theatre which is being watched by the whole world. Let us conduct ourselves with that dignity which His Majesty is showing in this hour of his trial.


speech on the abdication of edward viii, House of Commons, 10 December 1936


This House today is a theatre which is being watched by the whole world. Let us conduct ourselves with that dignity which His Majesty is showing in...

This House today is a theatre which is being watched by the whole world. Let us conduct ourselves with that dignity which His Majesty is showing in...

This House today is a theatre which is being watched by the whole world. Let us conduct ourselves with that dignity which His Majesty is showing in...

This House today is a theatre which is being watched by the whole world. Let us conduct ourselves with that dignity which His Majesty is showing in...