James Fox will play King George V, while Laurence Fox has been cast as his son Bertie, Edward's younger brother.

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But many of the sport's leading lights, such as Mary King and William Fox-Pitt, will have chances to overtake her when the dressage resumes on Saturday.

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"Titanic" director James Cameron hopes to show TV who's king with the Fox science-fiction drama "Dark Angel, " about a "genetically enhanced human prototype" who's on the run from her handlers.

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