Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

  • NR
  • 07/07/2002 (US)
  • Drama, History, Romance
  • 1h 48m

Overview

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Giles Foster

Director

Nigel Williams

Writer

Cast

James Wilby's headshot

James Wilby

King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Alan Bates's headshot

Alan Bates

King George V
Juliet Aubrey's headshot

Juliet Aubrey

Queen Elizabeth
Eileen Atkins's headshot

Eileen Atkins

Queen Mary
Dolly Wells's headshot

Dolly Wells

Princess Mary
Barbara Leigh-Hunt's headshot

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Lady Mabel Airlie
Charles Edwards's headshot

Charles Edwards

David
Oliver Ford Davies's headshot

Oliver Ford Davies

Archbishop Lang

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