Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King

Sun, Feb 22 3:00 P.M. NHPBS (11.1)  

Edward VIII is most famous for abdicating his throne less than a year after his coronation in 1936 to be with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. But the true scandal lies in what happened afterward. In EDWARD VIII: BRITAIN's TRAITOR KING, new documents unearthed by historians explore how the former king was complicitly involved in a plan to reinstall himself as monarch in the event of a Nazi victory in World War II.

Duration: 46 minutes and 47 seconds

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Sun, Feb 22

3:00 P.M.

Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King     NHPBS (11.1)

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