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Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

2013

N/R

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

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.

Louise Wardle

Producer, Director

Cast:

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  • Steve John Shepherd

    Steve John Shepherd

    Narrator
  • David Calder

    David Calder

    Cosmo Gordon Lang
  • Rupert Procter

    Rupert Procter

    Alan Don
  • Hugo Vickers

    Hugo Vickers

    Self - Royal Biographe...
  • Robert Beaken

    Robert Beaken

    Self - Author, 'Cosmo ...
  • Matthew Grimley

    Matthew Grimley

    Matthew Grimley: Self ...