“Italy: "…they are indeed a repulsive nation these dagoes, both the men and the women & I'm just longing to quit them for good & all!!!"”

—  Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

18 September 1918
Around the World with the Prince of Wales

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king of the United Kingdom and its dominions in 1936 1894–1972

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