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Wallis and Edward

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Wallis & Edward (in Canada also known as Her Royal Affair) is a 2005 British made-for-TV movie, 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 Edward VIII of the United Kingdom to view events from Wallis Simpson's point of view. Joely Richardson played Wallis, and Steven Campbell Moore, 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 - Queen Mary, Edward's mother
  • Bill Champion - Bertie (George VI), Edward's brother
  • Monica Dolan - (The Duchess of York later Queen Elizabeth), Edward's sister-in-law
  • David Calder - Winston Churchill
  • Miriam Margolyes - Bessie Merryman, Wallis' aunt
  • 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
  • References

    Wallis & Edward Wikipedia