BBC Drama 2016 01 08 Royal Wives at War EN SUB MPEG4 x264 WEBRIP [MPup]

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A revealing new look at the abdication crisis of 1936 through the eyes of the two women at its very heart. In a series of dramatized monologues set in 1967, Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events which led to King Edward VIII giving up the throne for the woman he loved.

Combining drama reconstructions, archive footage and a chorus of acquaintances and biographers, Royal Wives at War returns to some of the original words and opinions of the two women at the heart of that battle and unravels the story of a frosty relationship between the Queen Mother and Wallis that lasted for decades.



It is nearly 80 years since the Abdication Crisis, and this drama documentary, inspired by real events and based on letters, memoirs, biographies and interviews, examines the friction that characterised the relationship between two women: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and American socialite Wallis Simpson.

After Edward VIII’s abdication in 1936, public confidence in the monarchy had been severely eroded. A popular and charismatic king was suddenly gone, having chosen his twice-divorced mistress over his Crown and country, and instead, the responsibilities of monarchy now rested on the nervous shoulders of his younger brother, King George VI, a man very different from his confident and gregarious brother. This would have been challenging at any time, but with Hitler driving Europe to the brink of war, the pressure would test the new King to the very limits of physical endurance.

Royal Wives At War returns to the some of the original words and opinions of the two women at the heart of that battle and unravels the story of a frosty relationship between the Queen Mother and Wallis that lasted for decades.

Featuring renowned actresses Gina McKee (In The Loop, The Borgias) as Wallis Simpson and Emma Davies (Emmerdale, Mosley) as Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in dramatic reconstructions, and comment from biographers and historians, including Hugo Vickers, Anne Sebba, John Julius Norwich, Lady Colin Campbell, Andrew Morton and Kate Auspitz, this is the story of two formidable women and their royal husbands.