Irish officials criticised ‘venal’ Churchill amid King Edward VIII crisis

Winston Churchill was described as ‘a figure of great potentialities and of overweening ambition’ (PA) - (PA Archive)

Irish civil servants concluded Winston Churchill was “unscrupulous” as they discussed how the crisis over King Edward VIII’s proposed marriage to an American divorcee could be used to the Irish Free State’s advantage.

Historical files show how Irish authorities reacted to the constitutional crisis in Britain.