Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

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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Documentary

Duration:

48 minutes

Year:

2013

Director:

Louise Wardle

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Narrator

Cosmo Gordon Lang

Alan Don

Self - Royal Biographer

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

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