A VERY BRITISH COUP: Documentary sheds new light on King Edward VIII Abdication

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A VERY BRITISH COUP: Documentary sheds new light on King Edward VIII Abdication
by Darius Kadivar
29-May-2012
 

BBC 4’s 2006 Documentary which sheds new light on the greatest crisis to rock the British monarchy in centuries - the abdication of King Edward VIII. Usually, it has been presented as the only possible solution to his dilemma of having to choose between the throne and the woman he loved. Using secret documents and contemporary diaries and letters, this film shows a popular monarch whose modern ideas so unsettled the establishment that his love for Wallis Simpson became the perfect excuse to bounce him off the throne. (Source: persianrealm.com)

 

Directed by Kate Werran. With Callum O'Neill

 

ABDICATION : A VERY BRITISH COUP :

 

Part I :

 

 

Part II :

 

 

Part III :

 


Part IV :

 

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