A King's Story (1965)

Director:

Harry Booth

Writers:

Sydney Box (writer)
Duke of Windsor (novel)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

The Love Story of the Century

Plot:

Life story of King Edward VIII from his birth until abdication in 1936. Talks of life in Victorian England...

Plot Keywords:

Royal Family | Resignation | Abdication | Ambassador | Divorcee

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Duke of Windsor	...	Himself
Duchess of Windsor	...	Herself
Orson Welles	...	Narrator (voice)
David Warner	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carleton Hobbs	...	King George V
Flora Robson	...	Queen Mary
Patrick Wymark	...	Winston Churchill

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Quotes:

Duke of Windsor: I have changed my name seven times in my life: I was born Prince Edward of York, I then became Prince Edward of Cornwall and York, I then became Prince Edward of Wales, I then became The Duke of Cornwall, I then became Prince of Wales, I then became King Edward VIII, and now I'm The Duke of Windsor.

OK but one-sided

A good-enough documentary of his life up to the time he left England.

But it is one-sided. Little is said of his "spoilt-brat" attitude.

Nothing much after the Abdication - which the Duke usually saw as the world trying to stop him doing what he wanted. The book was published in 1951, so this "documentary" makes nothing of the wasted 1950s when the Duke and Duchess wandered from one party to another, spending the allowance and cash from the sale of his private estates which saw them end up effectively broke, living in a free house courtesy of the French Government.

A watchable film based on the book designed to paint the Windsors in the best possible light, and ignore anything that might tarnish the image.