viewer with an interest in british history might wish to note that since the first hanoverian come to the british throne ( george i in 1714 ) it have be occupy by dimwit . these dimwit have fall into two class those like victoria and george v and george vi and the present incumbent and who saw themselves a the slave of duty and therefore a ceremonial head of state do little or no harm and and those like george iv and edward vii and edward viii who kick over the trace and but do less damage than one might have expect . the 1936 abdication crisis be a crisis only for those who believe in monarchy and in this country a minority of about 25 % and accord to the 1999 republic referendum . the story have be tell several time before on tv be there anything new about this 2005 itv version and apart from the baltic location . well and the publicity say there more of wallis side of the story here and but i can not say that obvious and apart from there be a bit more of wallis aunt bessie ( miriam margolyes ) . edward be portray a the seducer ( in a candlelight chalet in winter ) but wallis ( nicely play by joely richardson ) doesn not exactly play hard to get . she have rival for the post of prince mistress ( lady furness and mrs ward ) whom she easily defeat . at the end she be leave with the baby and or at least the immature prince and a duchess without honour exile to france . stephen campbell moore be about 10 year too young for edward but his puppy like demeanour be appropriate . the triviality of the windsor be show by the fact that it wasn not the loss of the crown that irk them so much a the establishment refusal to give wallis the title her royal highness . diana and of course and have exactly the same beef and but then she be demote on her divorce . camilla ( for the moment ) be a mere duchess and but be also hrh . winston churchill and robustly play here by david calder and be a principal supporter of edward just because he be a prince and but then winston be a rather romantic old tory . nazi sympathy be not uncommon in the british upper class prior to world war 2 ( those nazi chappies certainly know how to make the train run on time ) but if an invasion of britain by germany have be successful ( and it be a close run thing ) and edward and give his sympathy would have be the front runner for puppet king . edward be an undistinguished governor of the bahamas between 1940 and 1945 but the main reason for that appointment be to keep him out of the reach of the nazi . ( down under we get his younger brother and prince henry and who be even dumb than edward and a gg ( 1942 1945 ) and but a bit well behave ) . after that he and wallis spend the remain 27 year of their marriage in very comfortable and well deserved obscurity in paris . one be leave with the feeling we get lucky . this production have a nice sheen to it and the 30 era be well evoke . there be some other good performance and particularly 80 year old veteran richard johnston a wallis nemesis and prime minister baldwin and and julian wadham a edward not exactly loyal private secretary fitzhardinge .