Le prince Charles, Régent de Karpathie, petit royaume d'Europe Centrale, vient représenter son pays aux cérémonies du couronnement de George V, à Londres, en l'année 1912. Le prince assiste alors à la représentation d'une revue légère où il tombe sous le charme d'une jeune actrice américaine. Guindé et portant monocle, il semble pourtant se réveiller à la vie, au contact de cette délicieuse chorus girl...
Dans une principauté balkanique survient un anglais, Rudolph Rassendyll, qui est le sosie du roi. Il arrive la veille du couronnement alors que le demi frère du roi l'a drogué. Il est substitué au monarque.
From double BAFTA nominated Writer and Director John Walsh. Monarch is part fact, part fiction and unfolds around one night when the injured ruler arrives at a manor house closed for the season.
This is the story of how a prince became a king, a revealing portrait of our new monarch across the seven decades he spent as heir to the throne. It’s a journey from cradle to crown told almost solely in his own words, from film and television recordings to private home movies and featuring a wealth of material, some of which has never been seen before. As well as drawing on home movies from the Royal Collection, the film-makers were given exclusive access to sequences featuring the prince, shot for the landmark 1969 film Royal Family, including private unseen moments.
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
A destitute, bored monarch falls in love with a chorus girl.
On the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, a special documentary featuring contributions from HM King Charles III, her children, public figures, and those who worked with her. With previously unseen archive footage from the Queen's collection.
A presidential candidate and his wife organize a dinner to establish relations with political interests. But not everything will go as planned...