Season 1
2 episodes
47 min. per episode
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A determined investigator uncovers shocking secrets about a royal romance, risking everything to expose hidden truths and betrayals.
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In 1935, suspecting that Edward was being blackmailed, King George V ordered his son to be put under surveillance. In 1936 the Home Office ordered MI5 to listen into the future king's phone calls.
After his abdication Edward and Wallis Simpson holiday in America, unaware that they are being tailed by US intelligence agents. The outbreak of war and dealings with a Nazi collaborator in Lisbon raise concerns for MI5.
Recently declassified documents reveal the extent of the espionage operation conducted against Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson by Britain's own intelligence services.