Beg to differ. George was staunchly behind Winston. Had the Nazis invaded the Royal Family and the Government probably would have moved to Canada to continue the fight.
Now, his brother, the Duke of Windsor, was a different matter entirely. That's one reason he was packed off to the Bahamas for the duration.
Of course, all this is academic since after the Battle of Britain there was virtually no chance the Nazis could invade.
Beg to differ. The duke of Windsor wasn’t a one-off thing. There is a good reason Rudolph Hess flew to Scotland and why it was kept secret until the day he died....and afterwards.
Hess was going to meet with people who he had very good reason to believe would play ball.
You’re probably right that the king would have flown ot of the country. But, i see zero reason to think the Brit aristocrats would have behaved any differently than any other Euro royalty (including the Vatican).
The hard cold facts are that across Europe the very wealthy, the aristocracy, and the Vatican all played ball to the degree it took to keep their position in society.