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Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

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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…

DirectorLouise Wardle
ProducersDenys Blakeway·Louise Wardle

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Cast · Directed by Louise Wardle

SSSteve John Shepherd
Steve John Shepherd
Narrator
DCDavid Calder
David Calder
Cosmo Gordon Lang
RPRupert Procter
Rupert Procter
Alan Don
HVHugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers
Self - Royal Biographer
RB
Robert Beaken
Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'
MG
Matthew Grimley
Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford
PZ
Philip Ziegler
Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII
SW
Susan Williams
Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'

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