Hitler's puppet king: Edward VIII's fury when asked if he had been offered a return to the throne by Nazi dictator had Germany won WWII

The former King Edward VIII exploded with rage when asked if had been offered a return to the English throne under Nazi rule, his interviewer has recalled. In October 1937, Edward and Wallis caused great consternation with the Royal Family when they visited Nazi Germany, where they met Hitler and were cheered by crowds. Aware of Edward's previous Nazi sympathies, Mr Troller said he asked him if it was true he had been offered 'something like the governorship of England' if Hitler had won the war. The former King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson stand alongside Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during a visit to Germany in October 1937 Georg Stefan Troller, 103, spoke to the Duke of Windsor in 1966, thirty years after he abdicated so he could marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson Earlier in the interview, Edward - who lived with Wallis in an opulent Paris home - bristled when Mr Troller said he had spent three decades 'in exile'. Above: The former king in the 1966 interview with Mr Troller In October 1937, Edward and Wallis caused great consternation with the Royal Family when they visited Nazi Germany, where they met Hitler and were cheered by crowds.