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Abdication: A Very British Coup
Film / 2006

Abdication: A Very British Coup

Directed by Kate Werran
DocumentaryHistory

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.

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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

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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