Overview
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.
Cast
- Edward Fox as King Edward VIII
- Cynthia Harris as Wallis Warfield Simpson
- David Waller as Stanley Baldwin
- Peggy Ashcroft as Queen Mary
- Nigel Hawthorne as Walter Monkton
- John Shrapnel as Maj. Alexander Hardinge
- Andrew Ray as Duke of York
- Jessie Matthews as Aunt Bessie Merryman
- Charles Keating as Ernest Simpson
- Peter Ellis as Osborne