A King's Story

1965 film

1965 (1965)

Running time

102 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

A King's Story is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Harry Booth about the life of King Edward VIII, from his birth until abdication in 1936. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Canby, Vincent (2011). "NY Times: A King's Story". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
^ "The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

External links

A King's Story at IMDb

Abdication of Edward VIII

Edward VIII
Wallis Simpson

People

Royal family	Prince Albert, Duke of York (Edward VIII's brother, later George VI) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Edward VIII's brother) Prince George, Duke of Kent (Edward VIII's brother) Queen Mary (Edward VIII's mother)
Officials	Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Clement Attlee (Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom) Winston Churchill (MP and supporter of Edward VIII) William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister of Australia) Michael Joseph Savage (Prime Minister of New Zealand) J. B. M. Hertzog (Prime Minister of South Africa) Éamon de Valera (President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State) Stanley Bruce (High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom)
Clergy	Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury) Alfred Blunt (Bishop of Bradford)
Other	Alec Hardinge (Edward VIII's private secretary) Alan Lascelles (Edward VIII's assistant private secretary) Walter Monckton (advisor to Edward VIII) John Theodore Goddard (Mrs Simpson's solicitor) Ernest Simpson (Mrs Simpson's husband)