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We discuss the phenomenon of "aristofascism" in Great Britain before and during the Second World War. Why did British Royals and so many other landed elites love Hitler and Mussolini? 

Further reading:

• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/nazi-hitler-royal-family
• https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/historians-believe-the-duke-of-windsor-actively-collaborated-with-the-nazis-during-the-second-world-war-1.6635225
• https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/10/the-fascist-sympathies-of-britains-aristocracy
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-britains-nazi-loving-press-baron-made-the-case-for-hitler/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14136044
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-mill-founder-his-descendants-and-their-canadian-tax-crusade/article20444632/
• https://jacobin.com/2022/09/right-wing-media-wwii-newspapers-olmsted
• https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/how-far-did-the-uk-aristocracys-love-of-the-nazis-really-go-x7ghk7lu

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