Spying on the Royals

Spying on the Royals

Documentary 2017

Available on ARTE

Intelligence agencies track the phone calls and conversations between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

Documentary 2017

AL/G

Starring Samuel West

Spying on the Royals

The truth about King Edward VIII's affair with American woman Wallis Simpson, and the espionage operation that accompanied the investigation.

46 min · 2 Apr 2017 AL/G
Spying on the Royals

Spies tap Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson's phone and bug their room in the U.S.; in 1940 Edward and Wallis visit a Nazi collaborator in Lisbon, under covert surveillance.

46 min · 9 Apr 2017 AL/G

Samuel West

Narrator
Paul Elston

Director
Chris Durlacher

Director
Simon Berthon

Producer
Paul Elston

Producer

About

Spying on the Royals

DOCUMENTARY

Intelligence agencies track the phone calls and conversations between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

Information

Studio: PBS
Released: 2017
Rated: AL/G

Languages

Original Audio: English, English (Australia)
Audio: French (France) (AAC), German (Germany) (AAC)