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Six months after he was proclaimed king, Edward VIII felt that he deserved a holiday, as he was exhausted by the responsibilities and duties. His initial intention was to head to a villa near Cannes, but its proximity to the Spanish Civil War made it a poor idea, so a cruise was decided upon. A luxury yacht, the Nahlin, was described by royal equerry John Aird as ‘furnished rather like a Calais whore-shop’.
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