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Edward VIII: Britain's Traitor King

Sunday, May 12 at 8pm on MPT

Edward VIII is most famous for abdicating his throne less than a year after his coronation in 1936 to be with American divorcee Wallis Simpson. But the true scandal lies in what happened afterward. In EDWARD VIII: BRITAIN's TRAITOR KING, new documents unearthed by historians explore how the former king was complicitly involved in a plan to reinstall himself as monarch in the event of a Nazi victory in World War II.

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Edward VIII is most famous for his abdication, less than a year after being crowned King, in 1936. But what happened afterwards is where the true scandal lies. This documentary reveals the extent of the Duke of Windsor’s treachery during World War II.