A Very Royal Crisis: Countdown to Abdication - Season 1 Episode 1
In the 1930s, the Prince of Wales met and fell in love with an American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their affair was an open secret. But, as this BBC Select Original Documentary reveals, things changed dramatically when the prince's father died and he was to be crowned King Edward VIII. Edward was determined to have Wallis as his Queen. Soon, as the story breaks, his life would lie in tatters.
- genus: Documentary
- Studio: SBS, BBC Select
- keyword: royal family, biography, british history, abdication
- cast: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, Wallis Simpson, Fiona McGarvey, Marion Milne