By Hubie and Bertie
The Edward VIII-Benedict Donald parallels keep coming. In December, we cats observed the similarities between a Nazi sympathizer stepping away from the British throne, and another Nazi sympathizer getting tossed out of the White House by more than 81 million American voters.
Now, we've just finished reading a new book about the 1936 abdication, and oh, my.
The Crown in Crisis makes it very clear that Donald and the Duke of Windsor were, personality-wise, separated at birth. Edward was selfish, dishonest, bad with money, and completely oblivious to the feelings and concerns of others. He sat atop the British government, but had no understanding of its constitution or political processes. He thought he could do anything he wanted because he was popular — a 1930s-style global celebrity.
"No man in history has ever been so fulsomely adulated...and the result was his unshakeable conviction that he could get away with murder," one courtier wrote after Edward went into exile.
Sound familiar? And oh yes, they're both Nazis. We cats HISS.
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