Wallis & Edward (in Canada also known as Her Royal Affair) is a 2005 British television film, scripted by Sarah Williams, dramatising the events of the Edward VIII abdication crisis. It was billed as the first scripted account of the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII to view events from Wallis Simpson's point of view.[1] Joely Richardson played Wallis, and Steven Campbell Moore played Edward.
Cast
- Joely Richardson - Wallis Simpson
- Steven Campbell Moore - Edward VIII
- David Westhead - Ernest Simpson, Wallis's second husband
- Richard Johnson - Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin
- Clifford Rose - George V, Edward's father
- Margaret Tyzack - Mary of Teck, Edward's mother
- Bill Champion - George VI, Edward's brother
- Monica Dolan - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Edward's sister-in-law
- David Calder - Winston Churchill
- Miriam Margolyes - Bessie Merryman, Wallis' aunt
- Julian Wadham - Alec Hardinge
- Lisa Kay - Mary Raffray, Ernest Simpson's wife after Wallis
- Helena Michell - Thelma Furness, Edward's love interest before Wallis
- Simon Hepworth - "Perry" Brownlow, equerry to Edward
- Debora Weston - Katherine "Kitty" Rogers, friend of Wallis
- Mykolas Dorofejus - Herman Rogers, friend of Wallis
See also
References
- ^ "Wallis & Edward". BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. Archived from the original on 22 February 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2007.
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