
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002)
1h 48m | PG-13
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.
Director: Giles Foster
Studio: Whitehall Films
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast

James Wilby
as King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Alan Bates
as King George V

Juliet Aubrey
as Queen Elizabeth

Eileen Atkins
as Queen Mary

Dolly Wells
as Princess Mary

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Lady Mabel Airlie