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Abdication: A Very British Coup

2006-12-120h 59mDocumentary / History

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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Directed byKate Werran

Original languageEnglish

Original release2006-12-12

ProductionUnited Kingdom

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Denys BlakewayNarrator

Susan WilliamsSelf

Bill DeedesSelf

Philip ZieglerSelf

John Julius NorwichSelf

King Edward VIII of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)

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Wallis SimpsonSelf (archive footage)

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