Best royal biography of 2021 according to the Daily Mail.

THE SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.

A candid biography of the most controversial and scandalous couple of the twentieth century - the former King Edward VIII and a divorced American Wallis Simpson.

1936. December. England. The newly minted King Edward VIII abdicates the throne for the sake of the woman he loves. Their relationship was accompanied by numerous scandals that were supposed to end after the wedding. But, as history has shown, this was just the beginning.

Historian Andrew Loney plunges into archives and interviews hitherto unknown to the general public, unmasking the ducal couple: sympathy for fascism and friendship with Hitler| secret documents about the attempt to recruit the duke as a German spy, carefully hidden by Churchill | Edward's reluctance to solve the murder of his best friend while Windsor was governor of the Bahamas | full-blown feud with the British crown over the couple's financial fraud and public antics | Wallis' numerous love affairs in marriage to a weak and miserable husband.

The Traitor King reveals the whole truth about the exile, flight and intrigues of the Duke of Windsor, who turned his back on family and country for money and a sick passion for one woman .

"Darkly irresistible...hundreds of eye-popping details...a breathtaking...killer portrait of the Windsors." - Daily Mail "Book of the Week"

"Fastly written and maniacally read..." - E. N. Wilson, TLS

"Meticulously researched." – Spectator

“Spectacular…persuasive…modern. Required reading for members of the royal family." – Evening Standard

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