Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)

2002-06-04 United Kingdom 108 Min. PG-13
5.6 7 votes

Overview

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Cast

James Wilby is King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'
Alan Bates is King George V
King George V
Juliet Aubrey is Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Eileen Atkins is Queen Mary
Queen Mary
Dolly Wells is Princess Mary
Princess Mary
Barbara Leigh-Hunt is Lady Mabel Airlie
Lady Mabel Airlie
Oliver Ford Davies is Archbishop Lang
Archbishop Lang
Deborah Cornelius is Thelma Furness
Thelma Furness
Michael Elwyn is Lionel Logue
Lionel Logue
Amber Sealey is Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson
Jeremy Child is Sir Samuel Hoare
Sir Samuel Hoare