Abdication: A Very British Coup (2006)
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.
- Date of release
- 2006-12-12
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Kate Werran
Casting
- Denys Blakeway — Narrator
- Susan Williams — Self
- Bill Deedes — Self
- Philip Ziegler — Self
- John Julius Norwich — Self
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom — Self (archive footage)
- Wallis Simpson — Self (archive footage)
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