Spying on the Royals

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  1. Episode 1

  47m

  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.

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  2. Episode 2

  46m

  After his abdication, Edward and Wallis holiday in America, unaware they are being tailed by US intelligence agents. The outbreak of war and dealings with a Nazi collaborator in Lisbon raise concerns for MI5.

Cast

Samuel West

Narrator (voice)