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A Royal Affair

Duration: 2 hours, 10 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

At the tender age of 15, Caroline Matilda, the youngest sister of George III, is betrothed to her cousin Christian VII, King of Denmark. Almost immediately aware of her young husband's mental illness, she falls under the charismatic spell of Christian's new doctor, Johann Struensee, a German with dangerously liberal views which soon make him enemies at a court unused to having its authority challenged.

In Danish with English subtitles. Show less

Contributors

Caroline Matilda:
Alicia Vikander
Johann Friedrich Struensee:
Mads Mikkelsen
Christian VII of Denmark:
Mikkel Boe Folsgaard
Juliane Marie:
Trine Dyrholm
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg:
David Dencik
Schack Carl Rantzau:
Thomas Waern Gabrielsson
Enevold Brandt:
Cyron Bjorn Melville
JHE Bernstorff:
Bent Mejding
Augusta Princess of Wales:
Harriet Walter
Hartmann:
Soren Malling
Louise von Plessen:
Laura Bro
Director:
Nikolaj Arcel

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