Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King (2013)
Synopsis
Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twice-divorced woman. However newly-released documents, embargoed until recently, suggest that Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang, played a large part in a plan to make certain that Edward VIII abdicated, not only because of his marriage to a divorcee but also because the archbishop disapproved of the King's whole lifestyle and modern attitudes to life.
Release Date: 2013-02-03
Runtime: 48 minutes
Director: Louise Wardle
Top Cast
- Steve John Shepherd as Narrator
- David Calder as Cosmo Gordon Lang
- Rupert Procter as Alan Don
- Hugo Vickers as Self - Royal Biographer
- Robert Beaken as Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'
- Matthew Grimley as Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford
- Philip Ziegler as Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII
- Susan Williams as Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'
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