THURSDAY, MARCH 17 @ 7:00PM & 11:00PM
The British royal family torn apart, a nation and empire thrown into crisis and the world plunged into war. To mark 80 years since Britain’s Abdication Crisis in 2016, this drama-documentary for the BBC and PBS reveals a fierce rivalry between two women — Elizabeth the Queen Mother and American socialite Wallis Simpson — and the political, cultural and constitutional repercussions their bitter feud had on the monarchy.