The Elgar Statue commemorates England's most famous composer - Sir Edward Elgar. He wrote such patriotic jingles as Land of Hope and Glory. So clearly that's why it was chosen as the meeting place for the patriotic "Great British National Strike" today in Worcester. One small problem: None of these 20-30 British super patriots had done any research into who their national icon actually was. Sir Edward Elgar was famously a great lover of Europe, and a great hater of British nationalism. It wasn't

Edward VIII was introduced to the American Wallis Simpson when he was vacationing with his mistress. What happened next is one of the most scandalous stories in the history of the monarch: a future king marrying an American divorcee. Catch the full story tonight in Private Lives of the Monarchs: Edward VIII at 11 PM. | Smithsonian Channel