Nazi link concealed

WINSTON Churchill tried to conceal documents which revealed the Duke of Windsor supported the Nazis, newly declassified files reveal.

Hitler planned to install the former king Edward VIII as a puppet king in Britain if the Germans had won the war.

Files from The National Archives in London show Churchill feared the revelation could have brought down the House of Windsor. He attempted to have the papers blocked for 20 years, thinking the truth would scandalise the nation.

But American academics got them published in 1957.