Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
2013Ever 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.
Acted in
Steve John Shepherd
as Narrator
David Calder
as Cosmo Gordon Lang
Rupert Procter
as Alan Don
Hugo Vickers
as Self - Royal Biographer
Robert Beaken
as Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'
Matthew Grimley
as Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford
Philip Ziegler
as Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII
Susan Williams
as Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'