Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Overview

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intentions to marry her.

Directed by Waris Hussein

Top cast

Edward Fox

King Edward VIII

Cynthia Harris

Wallis Warfield Simpson

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David Waller

Stanley Baldwin

Peggy Ashcroft

Queen Mary

Nigel Hawthorne

Walter Monkton

John Shrapnel

Maj. Alexander Hardinge

Andrew Ray

Duke of York

Jessie Matthews

Aunt Bessie Merryman

Charles Keating

Ernest Simpson

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Peter Ellis

Osborne

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Amanda Reiss

Duchess of York

T.R. Bowen

Duff Cooper

Patricia Hodge

Lady Diana Cooper

Elsie Randolph

Lady Colefax

Gary Waldhorn

Chips Channon

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Nuala Barrie

Queen Mary's Lady in Waiting

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Rosanne Wickes

Princess Mary

Patrick Troughton

Clement Attlee

Wensley Pithey

Winston Churchill

Marius Goring

King George V

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