Edward VIII: The Plot to Topple a King

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Steve John Shepherd
Steve John Shepherd

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David Calder
David Calder

Cosmo Gordon Lang

Rupert Procter
Rupert Procter

Alan Don

Hugo Vickers
Hugo Vickers

Self - Royal Biographer

Robert Beaken
Robert Beaken

Self - Author, 'Cosmo Lang, Archbishop in War and Crisis'

Matthew Grimley
Matthew Grimley

Matthew Grimley: Self - University of Oxford

Philip Ziegler
Philip Ziegler

Philip Ziegler: Self - Official Biographer, Edward VIII

Susan Williams
Susan Williams

Susan Williams: Self - Author, 'The People's King'

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    Ever since King Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, the official explanation had been simply that the government disapproved of his marriage to a twice-divorced woman. However newly-released documents, embargoed until recently, suggest that Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang, played a large part in a plan to make certain that Edward VIII abdicated, not only because of his marriage to a divorcee but also because the archbishop disapproved of the King's whole lifestyle and modern attitudes to life.

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    2013-02-03

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