The Woman He Loved

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around the world and Wallis has since been demonised as the woman who stole the King of England.

Romance Drama TV Movie

Jane Seymour

(Wallis Simpson)

Olivia de Havilland

(Aunt Bessie Merryman)

Tom Wilkinson

(Ernest Simpson)

Anthony Andrews

(Prince of Wales / Edward VIII)

Lucy Gutteridge

(Thelma)

Robert Hardy

(Winston Churchill)

Julie Harris

(Alice)

Phyllis Calvert

(Queen Mary)

Richenda Carey

(Maud Kerr-Smiley)

Susan Denaker

(Connie Thaw)

Rupert Frazer

(Lord Perry Brownlow)

Peter Graves

(Lord Reith)

Evelyn Laye

(Lady Cunard)

Charlotte Mitchell

(Lady Chatfield)

David Waller

(Stanley Baldwin)

Mona Bruce

(Mrs. Baldwin)

Elizabeth Counsell

(Katherine Rogers)

John Horsley

(Justice Sir John Hawke)

Helen Horton

(Martha)

Vincent Marzello

(Benny Thaw)

Claire Parker

(Rosemary)

William Roberts

(Herman Rogers)

Margaretta Scott

(Lady Wigram)

Amanda Walker

(Betty Lawson-Johnson)

Paul Williamson

(Inspector Evans)