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

Released: 2013-02-03

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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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David Calder

as Cosmo Gordon Lang

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Hugo Vickers

as Self - Royal Biographer

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Robert Beaken

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

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Matthew Grimley

as Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford

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Philip Ziegler

as Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII

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Susan Williams

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

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