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Abdication: A Very British Coup

📅 2006 🕐 59m

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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.

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Cast

John Julius Norwich

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Director Kate Werran Producer Kate Werran Writer Denys Blakeway

Production

Blakeway Productions

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