Edward Fox

Character: King Edward VIII

Cynthia Harris

Character: Wallis Warfield Simpson

David Waller

Character: Stanley Baldwin

Peggy Ashcroft

Character: Queen Mary

Nigel Hawthorne

Character: Walter Monkton

John Shrapnel

Character: Maj. Alexander Hardinge

Andrew Ray

Character: Duke of York

Jessie Matthews

Character: Aunt Bessie Merryman

Charles Keating

Character: Ernest Simpson

Peter Ellis

Character: Osborne

Amanda Reiss

Character: Duchess of York

T.R. Bowen

Character: Duff Cooper

Patricia Hodge

Character: Lady Diana Cooper

Elsie Randolph

Character: Lady Colefax

Gary Waldhorn

Character: Chips Channon

Nuala Barrie

Character: Queen Mary's Lady in Waiting

Rosanne Wickes

Character: Princess Mary

Patrick Troughton

Character: Clement Attlee

Wensley Pithey

Character: Winston Churchill

Marius Goring

Character: King George V

Maurice Denham

Character: Cosmo Lang - Archbishop of Canterbury

Edward Jewesbury

Character: Lord Dawson

Simon Cadell

Character: Maj. John Aird

Hugh Fraser

Character: Anthony Eden

Robert Flemyng

Character: Sir Donald Somervell

Gerald Sim

Character: Theodore Goddard

Ed Devereaux

Character: Lord Beaverbrook

Geoffrey Lumsden

Character: Geoffrey Dawson

William Hoyland

Character: Lord Perry Brownlow

Michael Stroud

Character: Esmond Harmsworth

Kika Markham

Character: Freda Dudley Ward

Cherie Lunghi

Character: Lady Thelma Furness

Jeremy Child

Character: Piers Leigh

Caroline Embling

Character: Angie

Bessie Love

Character: Lady Cunard