england,world war ii,queen,royal family,royalty,divorcee,british history,london blitz,lung cancer,abdication

Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

Poster for Bertie and Elizabeth

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Giles Foster
  • Profile picture of James Wilby
    King George VI, aka 'Bertie' James Wilby
  • Profile picture of Alan Bates
    King George V Alan Bates
  • Profile picture of Juliet Aubrey
    Queen Elizabeth Juliet Aubrey
  • Profile picture of Eileen Atkins
    Queen Mary Eileen Atkins
  • Profile picture of Dolly Wells
    Princess Mary Dolly Wells
  • Profile picture of Barbara Leigh-Hunt
    Lady Mabel Airlie Barbara Leigh-Hunt
  • Profile picture of Charles Edwards
    David Charles Edwards
  • Profile picture of Oliver Ford Davies
    Archbishop Lang Oliver Ford Davies

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Keywords

  • england
  • world war ii
  • queen
  • royal family
  • royalty
  • divorcee
  • british history
  • london blitz
  • lung cancer
  • abdication