What caused Arthur a headache was that even though he had personally come to London, he could not find any British upper echelons with whom to discuss and formulate concrete plans.
Following previous practice, Arthur should have sought the incumbent British king.
But after the death of King George V, Prince Edward succeeded to the throne and became Edward VIII with ease. Was it really feasible to discuss with Edward VIII how to unite with France against Germany? This was just too unrealistic.
Why so? After ascending to the throne, Edward VIII had promptly arranged for the Simpsons to divorce and proposed to the Cabinet his plan to marry Mrs. Simpson.
Clearly, such a preposterous suggestion would definitely not be accepted by the British government.
This also brought the relationship between Edward VIII and the Cabinet Government to a freezing point and even triggered a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom.
