Bertie and Elizabeth

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

James Wilby

King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Age : 66 | Popularity : 7%

Alan Bates

King George V

Age : 69 | Popularity : 13%

Juliet Aubrey

Queen Elizabeth

Age : 57 | Popularity : 20%

Eileen Atkins

Queen Mary

Age : 89 | Popularity : 10%

Dolly Wells

Princess Mary

Age : 52 | Popularity : 15%

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Lady Mabel Airlie

Age : 88 | Popularity : 4%

Charles Edwards

David

Age : 54 | Popularity : 7%

Oliver Ford Davies

Archbishop Lang

Age : 84 | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Giles Foster
Department	Role	Name

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