Abdication: A Very British Coup(2006)

movie - first aired/released 2006-12-12 - 59 min

Documentary, History

Abdication: A Very British Coup is a 2006 BBC documentary that challenges the traditional "romance of the century" narrative surrounding King Edward VIII’s 1936 abdication, presenting it instead as a forced removal orchestrated by a powerful establishment coalition.

Cast

Denys BlakewayNarrator
Susan WilliamsSelf
Bill DeedesSelf
Philip ZieglerSelf
John Julius NorwichSelf
King Edward VIII of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
Wallis SimpsonSelf (archive footage)

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