Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward
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Written by	Sarah Williams
Directed by	Dave Moore
Starring	Joely Richardson Steven Campbell Moore
Music by	John E. Keane
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Mark Pybus
Cinematography	Mike Eley
Editor	Melanie Viner-Cuneo
Running time	94 minutes
Production company	Company Pictures
Original release
Release	18 December 2005 (2005-12-18)

Wallis & Edward (in Canada also known as Her Royal Affair) is a 2005 British television film, 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 King Edward VIII to view events from Wallis Simpson's point of view. Joely Richardson played Wallis, and Steven Campbell Moore played 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 - Mary of Teck, Edward's mother
• Bill Champion - George VI, Edward's brother
• Monica Dolan - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Edward's sister-in-law
• David Calder - Winston Churchill
• Miriam Margolyes - Bessie Merryman, Wallis' aunt
• Julian Wadham - Alec Hardinge
• 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

See also

• Bertie and Elizabeth

External links

• Wallis & Edward at IMDb