Quotes
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David, Duke of Windsor : I've been hoping to hear from you. I've found myself hovering by the phone for days. Is it about Margaret?
Queen Elizabeth II : Yes
David, Duke of Windsor : The French are very much for her. At least Paris is, which is the only France that matters
Queen Elizabeth II : And are you for her, too?
David, Duke of Windsor : For Margaret, 'la Marianne,' how can I not be? I share with her the fate of having a great love that captured much of the country's imagination, only to have it forbidden by the establishment. So, naturally, my sympathy is with her.
Queen Elizabeth II : I see.
David, Duke of Windsor : But there is also the other great love of my life. The Crown. And protecting that crown. And I imagine you find yourself in a difficult position now. Split down the middle. One half is sister. One half is Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II : Exactly!
David, Duke of Windsor : A strange, hybrid creature. Like a sphinx or Gamayun. As I am Ganesha or Minotaur. We are half-people. Ripped from the pages of some bizarre mythology. The two sides within us, human and crown engaged in a fearful civil war, which never ends and which blights our every human transaction as brother, husband, sister, wife, mother. I understand the agony you feel and I am here to tell you, it will never leave you. I will always be half-King. My tragedy is that... I have no Kingdom. You have it. And you must protect it.
