The Marburg Files, also known as the Windsor Files or Duke of Windsor Files, are a series of top-secret foreign minister archives discovered in 1945. They were compiled at Marburg Castle, Hesse. Around 400 tonnes worth of material was exhumed by the United States military. The entire collection was sent to the United Kingdom in 1948 and housed at Whaddon Hall, Buckinghamshire.
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The Marburg Files, also known as the Windsor Files or Duke of Windsor Files, are a series of top-secret foreign minister archives discovered in 1945 near the Harz Mountains. They were compiled at Marburg Castle, Hesse. Around 400 tonnes worth of material was exhumed by the United States military. The entire collection was sent to the United Kingdom in 1948 and housed at Whaddon Hall, Buckinghamshire. The files are the main subject and focus of the episode of The Crown, which depicts Queen Elizabeth II’s initial review of the documents.
Despite confirming that Queen Elizabeth did condemn the release of the files, historian Hugo Vickers has suggested that the Duke was banished from the royal family upon release. He remained in contact with his family and public appearances continued in public until the end of the war, when he was forced to leave the country for good. The Duke was never seen again after his departure from the UK in 1945, and died in 1973.
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