A chat comment invokes the claim that George V expected Edward's reign to be brief. Clarke questions the source, the timing of its repetition, and how the purported speaker knew what others did not. He accepts that George V disliked aspects of his sons but doubts that the specific prediction was spoken aloud. His objection rests on the discretion expected of a monarch and the danger of private remarks being used against him. The exchange does not establish a definitive provenance for the quotation.
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Questioning the claim that George V foresaw Edward's failure
A disputed royal prediction prompts questions about retrospective testimony, publication timing, and the difference between private views and reported words.