Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

Directors

Giles Foster

Cast

Alan Bates, Amber Sealey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Charles Edwards, Corin Redgrave, David Ryall, Denis Lill, Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Helen Ryan, James Wilby, Jeremy Child, Juliet Aubrey, Michael Elwyn, Oliver Ford Davies, Paul Brooke, Robert Hardy, Terence Harvey

The story

The film begins with the initial meeting between the then Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. The television drama then moves on through their courtship, marriage, and succession to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII. We also see the two royals dealing with the events of the Second World War, as Buckingham Palace is hit and partially destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb.

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