my opinion and this is only opinion is that Edward was definitly trying to influence the children, we can only speculate on the queen mother, i reckon she was keeping her options open and going along with it. she clearly made a decision once the war started not to sit on the fence any more, but at that earlier time bearing in mind her preference for halifax rather than churchill, i reckon she was being[ and i am trying to be charitable] a cute hoor, and hedging her bets. thank god for churchill.