Bertie and Elizabeth
Bertie amp Elizabeth is a 2002 television film produced by Carlton Television. The film explores the relationship between King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from their very first meeting to the Kings death in the winter of 1952. Bertie amp Elizabeth was commissioned especially for the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II and was first broadcast on ITV1 onJune 2002, only two months after the death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The film begins with the initial meeting between the then Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth BowesLyon and then moves on through their courtship, marriage, succession to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, and World War II.The film portrays King George VIs struggle to overcome his stammer, the fear he felt towards his father, and the punishing stress the King was placed under during the abdication crisis of 1936 see Edward VIII abdication crisis. ........
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