Template:Did you know nominations/Duke and Duchess of Windsors' tour of Germany, 1937
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:54, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
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Duke and Duchess of Windsors' tour of Germany, 1937[edit]
The Duke of Windsor inspecting German troops in 1937
- ... that when the Duke and Duchess of Windsor toured Germany in 1937, they were chauffeured by the alcoholic Robert Ley, who, drunk at the wheel, crashed them through a factory gate at high speed? Source: (for chauffeur and alcoholism) Cadbury, D. (2015), Princes at War: The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the Second World War, London, Bloomsbury; & (for drunken gate crashing) Brendon, P. (2016), Edward VIII (Penguin Monarchs): The Uncrowned King, London, Penguin
Created by Serial Number 54129 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:18, 28 December 2018 (UTC).
- @Serial Number 54129: I'll be reviewing this article. epicgenius (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
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- Just wondering, are you able to provide the relevant page numbers for each source? This is a minor issue and doesn't hinder this nomination in any way.
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Just a nitpick, in the lead do you mean: 12th and 23rd October.
or 12 and 23 October.
instead of 12th and 23 October.? Otherwise, all good. epicgenius (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
- To do my bit to help with the comma shortage, let me suggest:
- ALT1 ... that during the Duke and Duchess of Windsor's 1937 tour of Germany, their alcoholic driver Robert Ley crashed them through a factory gate at high speed?