Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King
- Documentary
2/3/2013
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Storyline
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.
- Director:
Cast
Steve John ShepherdNarrator- David CalderCosmo Gordon Lang
- Rupert ProcterAlan Don
- Hugo VickersSelf - Royal Biographer
Robert BeakenSelf - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'- Matthew GrimleyMatthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford
- Philip ZieglerPhilip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII
- Susan WilliamsSusan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'