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=== Duke of Windsor ===
A Channel 5 documentary broadcast on 16 July 2009 repeated the claim that the Germans intended to restore [[Edward VIII]] to the throne in the event of a German occupation.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://uk-tv-guide.com/pick-of-the-day/16-July-2009/documentary-britains-nazi-king-revealed| title = Britain's Nazi King – Revealed July 16th, 2009 : digiguide.tv| publisher = Uk-tv-guide.com| date = 16 July 2009| access-date = 14 October 2012| archive-date = 7 March 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210307210717/http://uk-tv-guide.com/pick-of-the-day/16-July-2009/documentary-britains-nazi-king-revealed| url-status = dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?episodeBaseName=C5143070001 |title=Demand Five &#124; watch Revealed, Series 2 - episode 3, Britain's Nazi King |website=demand.five.tv |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721115235/http://demand.five.tv/Episode.aspx?episodeBaseName=C5143070001 |archive-date=21 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Many senior German officials believed the Duke of Windsor to be highly sympathetic to the Nazi government, a feeling that was reinforced by his and [[Wallis Simpson]]'s [[1937 tour of Germany by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor|1937 visit to Germany]]. However, the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign Office]] maintains that despite [[Operation Willi|German approaches]]; "The Duke never wavered in his loyalty to Great Britain during the war".<ref name=Shirer792>Shirer, p. 792,</ref>

[[File:Franz Six.jpg|thumb|[[Franz Six]] in 1940. He was later convicted of war crimes in the [[Nuremberg trials]].]]