FOR OVER 100 years people have argued over the existence of a mysterious monster inhabiting Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands, with only hearsay and blurred photographs for evidence. For less time – but almost as long – people have argued about whether King Edward VIII should have abdicated in 1936 in order to marry his true love, American divorcee Wallis Simpson; a move which not only led to him becoming the shortest-serving UK monarch, but also left the throne open to his brother George VI and his wife the Queen Mother. In order to clear this issue up once and for all, we put the following question to some of today’s top stars:
“Does the Loch Ness Monster actually exist or should King Edward VIII have abdicated?”
Joanna Lumley National Treasure
how fantastical it may seem, one cannot ignore the fact that the abdication after Colonel Robert Wilson developed his celebrated black-and-white photograph of the Loch Ness monster. I often find myself fancifully wondering whether – had that disputed sighting of the amphibious beastie not of taken place – things may of turned out differently and Edward VIII might of stayed king. And then again, I think he probably wouldn’t of.
