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The Windsors, Channel 4: Everything you need to know about the brand new Royals comedy soap opera | London Evening Standard

Brand new comedy ‘soap opera’ The Windsors, from the writers of Star Stories, sends up the Royal Family in spectacular fashion.

The Windsors, Channel 4: Everything you need to know about the brand new Royals comedy soap opera | London Evening Standard
The Windsors, Channel 4: Everything you need to know about the brand new Royals comedy soap opera

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Brand new comedy ‘soap opera’ The Windsors, from the writers of Star Stories, sends up the Royal Family in spectacular fashion.

Starring Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne and Hugh Skinner, the new Channel 4 show will put a hilarious spin on the goings-on behind Buckingham Palace’s gates.

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Penned by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore, the six-parter kicks off on Friday night with a double bill of the first two episodes.

Here’s everything you need to know:

Who’s in it?

Comedy genius Enfield will take on the central role of Prince Charles, while Drop the Dead Donkey’s Gwynne will play Camilla.

Skinner, known for his role in W1A will play Prince William, with Louise Ford playing Kate Middleton and Morgana Robinson as Pippa.

What’s it about?

The parody show will ‘take a wry look’ at what the lives and loves of the British Royal Family *could* be like.

Creators Jeffrie and Tyler-Moore said: “Our Kate we made a gypsy, just as a play on the real Kate being a commoner that married into the UK’s poshest family.

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“But we’ve painted our Camilla as an out-and-out cartoon villain, which isn’t the public perception of the real Camilla.”

When is it on?

The Windsors will be on Channel 4 at 10pm for the next five weeks.