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

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Steve John Shepherd Steve John Shepherd As: Narrator
David Calder David Calder As: Cosmo Gordon Lang
Rupert Procter Rupert Procter As: Alan Don
Hugo Vickers Hugo Vickers As: Self - Royal Biographer
Robert Beaken Robert Beaken As: Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'
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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 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.


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Genres: Documentary

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Release Date: 03 February 2013

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Runtime: 48m

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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 Biographer

Robert Beaken

Robert Beaken

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

Matthew Grimley

Matthew Grimley

Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford

Philip Ziegler

Philip Ziegler

Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII

Susan Williams

Susan Williams

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

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Denys Blakeway

Denys Blakeway

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Louise Wardle

Louise Wardle

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