George V had the measure of 'David' aka Edward.
"When I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months."
He knew he was a dilletante and and self-infulgent twerp. In that generation the second son, the spare, turned out to be the one with the backbone and incredible sense of duty. Never leaving London even when a bomb hit the palace.
And he had a wife with backbone too. My favourite royal quote of all time is from her letter about why she would not quit London and go hide in Scotland or Canada as advised:
"The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the king will not leave the country in any circumstances, whatever."
The Queen Mother's emotional account of the day 69 years ago when a Nazi attack could have killed her
www.theguardian.com
Compare and contrast with the self centred whiny-arsed puling and self-aggrandising professional victimhood of Suck and
duck.