Edward the Seventh was a TV drama series, made by Granada in 13 one-hour episodes. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Sir Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Deborah Grant and Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra (the former as a young woman, the latter in later life), Robert Hardy as the Prince Consort, and Felicity Kendal as Victoria, Princess Royal. it was directed by John Gorrie, who co-wrote the scripts with David Butler. Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ... Timothy West (born October 20, 1934) is a British film, stage and television actor. ... Charles Sturridge (born June 24, 1951) is a British television and movie director. ... Annette Crosbie (born February 12, 1934) is a British character actress, best known for her many television appearances. ... Deborah Grant is an English actress (born February 22, 1947). ... Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge in the film Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (born October 29, 1925) is one of Britains best-known and most popular actors, and also an acknowledged expert on the longbow. ... Felicity Kendal in The Good Life. ...
It was first broadcast on TV between April and June 1975. In the US it was shown under the title 'Edward the King'.
Edward was born at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, London.
Edward's physical difficulties did not impede his education; on the contrary, the young prince was a very bright child, already able to speak Latin at the age of seven.
Edward VI was buried in Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Cranmer with Protestant rites on 9 August, while Mary had Mass said for his soul in the Tower.
Edward's accession to the throne was contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become king instead.
On KingEdward's accession to the throne a great famine was raging through the land and violent attacks were stirred up against monasteries by a prominent noblemen who coveted the lands which his father King Edgar had endowed to them.
King Ethelred was filled with joy at this and instructed the bishops to raise his brother's tomb from the ground and place it into a more fitting place.
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