Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King (2013)

Documentary

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: 0h 48min
  • Director: Louise Wardle

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Cast

  • Steve John Shepherd

    Narrator

  • David Calder

    Cosmo Gordon Lang

  • Rupert Procter

    Alan Don

  • Hugo Vickers

    Self - Royal Biographer

  • Robert Beaken

    Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'

  • Matthew Grimley

    Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford

  • Philip Ziegler

    Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII

  • Susan Williams

    Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'