Overview
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 Blakeway as Narrator
- Susan Williams as Self
- Bill Deedes as Self
- Philip Ziegler as Self
- John Julius Norwich as Self
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage)
- Wallis Simpson as Self (archive footage)