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In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.
25 Cast Members
Jane Seymour
Wallis Simpson
Olivia de Havilland
Aunt Bessie Merryman
Tom Wilkinson
Ernest Simpson
Anthony Andrews
Prince of Wales / Edward VIII
Lucy Gutteridge
Thelma
Robert Hardy
Winston Churchill
Julie Harris
Alice
Phyllis Calvert
Queen Mary
Richenda Carey
Maud Kerr-Smiley
Susan Denaker
Connie Thaw
Rupert Frazer
Lord Perry Brownlow
Peter Graves
Lord Reith
Evelyn Laye
Lady Cunard
Charlotte Mitchell
Lady Chatfield
David Waller
Stanley Baldwin
Mona Bruce
Mrs. Baldwin
Elizabeth Counsell
Katherine Rogers
John Horsley
Justice Sir John Hawke
Helen Horton
Martha
Vincent Marzello
Benny Thaw
