. >> one of the first people he meets in america is kenna krueger, a hollywood starlet. to a new york millionaire. and they embark on a passionate affair. >> it was fun, probably for everybody. except for the prince of wales's father who back in england is thinking good lord, this isn't possibly the tour that we had anticipated. >> when edward returns from his trip to america in 1924, his father is apoplectic. >> the king has a pile of news clippings on his desk with such headlines as "prince gets in with the milkman." >> george v expects his son to behave properly with decorum, with etiquette, to project a certain moral virtue wosty, to maintain the image worthy of the future king. in george's mind, edward is letting the side down. >> george is furious at this public exposure and he is so annoyed that he refuses to let edward ever go back to the united states again. >> but america's influence has transformed edward's vision of the kind of royal he wants to be. >> edward believes that america is more democratic but if he could dispense with pomp and pageantry, that perha