Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
Synopsis
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
Release Date: 2002-06-04
Runtime: 108 minutes
Director: Giles Foster
Top Cast
- James Wilby as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
- Alan Bates as King George V
- Juliet Aubrey as Queen Elizabeth
- Eileen Atkins as Queen Mary
- Dolly Wells as Princess Mary
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Lady Mabel Airlie
- Charles Edwards as David
- Oliver Ford Davies as Archbishop Lang
- Deborah Cornelius as Thelma Furness
- Michael Elwyn as Lionel Logue
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