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-James Fox (King George V) and Laurence Fox (Prince Albert / King George VI) are father and son in real life. The former's elder brother Edward Fox had previously played King Edward VIII / the Duke of Windsor, the eldest son of King George V, in Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978).
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-Wallis Simpson was a patron of the Paris couture house of Madeleine Vionnet in the 1930's. Her original orders are still held in the companies archives, and recreations of four of those gowns were made by the fashion house for this film.
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-Fashion house Christian Dior recreated three dresses for this film that it had previously made for the real Wallis Simpson.
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-Ewan McGregor was cast as King Edward VIII, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
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-Laurence Fox previously played King George VI's grandson Prince Charles in Whatever Love Means (2005).
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-Amy Adams was considered to play Wallis Simpson. (!!! on l'a échappé belle)
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-The song "Masterpiece", which won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, was deemed ineligible for the Academy Awards because it appeared only as the second piece of music during the credits.
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-Ewan McGregor, Vera Farmiga, David Parfitt, Nina Gold, and Margo Stilley all exited the film during various stages of the production.
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-The majority of the film's budget was self-financed by Madonna, in addition to a UK tax credit.
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-Vera Farmiga was cast to play Wallis Simpson, but dropped out.
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-An
entire day's worth of filming was spent on a scene in which Abbie Cornish emerges from a bathtub.
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-Madonna thanks Leni Riefenstahl in the closing credits.
