Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)

10.0/10 350 min TV Movie Drama Romance

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.

Cast

Edward Fox

King Edward VIII

Cynthia Harris

Wallis Warfield Simpson

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

T.R. Bowen

Duff Cooper

Patricia Hodge

Lady Diana Cooper

Elsie Randolph

Lady Colefax

Gary Waldhorn

Chips Channon

Patrick Troughton

Clement Attlee

Wensley Pithey

Winston Churchill

Marius Goring

King George V

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