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Abdication: A Very British Coup
Documentary using secret documents and contemporary diaries to shed new light on the greatest crisis to rock the British monarchy in centuries, the abdication of King Edward VIII.
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.
Last on
Tue 26 May 2009
20:00
Broadcasts
- Mon 15 Jan 2007 19:00
- Tue 16 Jan 2007 01:00
- Tue 26 May 2009 20:00