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.
Steve John Shepherd
NarratorDavid Calder
Cosmo Gordon LangRupert Procter
Alan DonHugo Vickers
Self - Royal BiographerRobert Beaken
Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'Matthew Grimley
Matthew Grimley: Self - University of OxfordPhilip Ziegler
Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIIISusan Williams
Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'