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As Maitre Blum manipulates Wallis, she recalls her first marriage and her attempts to meet a prince. Stars Stockard Channing.

As Maitre Blum manipulates Wallis, she recalls her first marriage and her attempts to meet a prince.

As the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis was reviled for causing King Edward VIII to abdicate his throne to marry her.

But what was she really like?

Starring Stockard Channing.

Elizabeth Proud's three-part drama about the Duchess of Windsor.

Wallis Simpson .... Stockard Channing
The Prince of Wales .... Christopher Cazenove
Maitre Blum .... Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Ernest Simpson.... Stephen Thorne
Perry .... Christopher Scott
Douglas .... David Monico
Bessie Merryman .... Helen Horton
Nurse Christine/Thelma Furness .... Sara Coward
Nurse Dominique/Sybil .... Susan Bovell
Nancy .... Sunny Ormonde
Kitty Rogers .... Teresa Gallagher
Ben Thaw/Herman Rogers .... William Dufris

Producer: Sue Wilson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1996.

1 hour

Last on

Fri 7 Jun 202405:00
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