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Abdication: A Very British Coup

Kate Werran

2006

  • Documentary
  • History
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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 & crew

  • Kate WerranDirector
  • Denys BlakewayNarrator
  • Susan WilliamsSelf
  • Bill DeedesSelf
  • Philip ZieglerSelf
  • John Julius NorwichSelf
  • King Edward VIII of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
  • Wallis SimpsonSelf (archive footage)

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