One of my picks for best non-fiction that I read in 2022. I thought I knew all about Edward VIII. I did not know that as a young man, he proposed marriage to an eligible Scottish aristocrat who served as a VAD nurse in France during WWI. Rosemary Sutherland-Leveson-Gower would have been a good influence on the Prince of Wales and an excellent consort, but Edward's parents would not approve of the match because some of Rosemary's relatives might cause embarrassment. They may have regretted it as Edward would never again pursue an unmarried, appropriate, eligible choice of companion.