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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Steve John Shepherd as Narrator
David Calder as Cosmo Gordon Lang
Rupert Procter as Alan Don
Hugo Vickers as Self - Royal Biographer
Robert Beaken as Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'
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Louise Wardle · Director
Denys Blakeway · Executive Producer
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