Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
Louise Wardle2013-02-03
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48 min
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.
Cast
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Steve John Shepherd | Narrator | Unowned |
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David Calder | Cosmo Gordon Lang | Unowned |
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Rupert Procter | Alan Don | Unowned |
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Hugo Vickers | Self - Royal Biographer | Unowned |
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Robert Beaken | Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis' | Unowned |
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Matthew Grimley | Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford | Unowned |
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Philip Ziegler | Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII | Unowned |
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Susan Williams | Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King' | Unowned |