The Windsors
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2016 - 2023
- 21 episodes (3 series)
Comedy soap opera based upon the lives of the Royal Family. Stars Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Morgana Robinson and more.
- Due to return for Series 4
Streaming rank this week: 3,937
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1
Further details
Prince Charles refuses to help secure a trade deal with the Chinese. But when Camilla withholds his conjugal rights, Charles agrees to host a banquet. Pippa is preparing to marry Johnny: 'He's got billions, not millions'.
When Harry introduces girlfriend Meghan Markle to the family, Meghan mistakes Camilla for the Queen: 'You don't look anything like ninety.'
Will Harry have to abdicate, like Great Uncle Edward on The Crown?
Beatrice and Eugenie cater the banquet in the hope Aunty Anne will let them back on the sovereign grant.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 5th July 2017
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Harry Enfield | Charles |
| Haydn Gwynne | Camilla |
| Hugh Skinner | Wills |
| Louise Ford | Kate |
| Morgana Robinson | Pippa |
| Ellie White | Beatrice |
| Celeste Dring | Eugenie |
| Katy Wix | Fergie |
| Kathryn Drysdale | Meghan Markle |
| Matthew Cottle | Edward |
| Vicki Pepperdine | Princess Anne |
| Richard Goulding | Harry |
| Gillian Bevan | Theresa May |
| James Henri-Thomas | Andy Murray |
| Jim Liu | Chinese Interpreter |
| David Newman | Richard The Lionheart |
| Harriet Webb | Emma |
| Bert Tyler-Moore | Writer |
| George Jeffrie | Writer |
| Adam Miller | Director |
| Izzy Mant | Producer |
| Robert Wulff-Cochrane | Executive Producer |
| Camilla Campbell | Executive Producer |
| George Jeffrie | Executive Producer |
| Bert Tyler-Moore | Executive Producer |
| Mark Williams | Editor |
| Mo Holden | Production Designer |
| Nadira Seecoomar | Casting Director |
| June Nevin | Costume Designer |
| Greg Duffield | Director of Photography |
| Lulu Hall | Make-up Designer |
| Ian Masterson | Composer |
| Malcolm Davies | 1st Assistant Director |
Video
Pippa places a gypsy curse on Kate
Pippa is angry that Kate is the new patron for Wimbledon, so she places a gypsy curse on her!
Featuring: Hugh Skinner (Wills), Louise Ford (Kate), Morgana Robinson (Pippa) & James Henri-Thomas (Andy Murray).
Press
The Windsors are back on our box, welcomely, and still happily unfettered by such restrictive critical considerations as, for instance, taste. The satirical royal soap takes a blunderbuss approach to its humour: precisely how sharp might you have to be to take the rip out of Charles's ineffectuality or Theresa May's bullying incompetence? But the delights arrive with the minor royals: a vicious Pippa, casting gypsy curses, or Beatrice and Eugenie (Celeste Dring and Ellie White), mangling every posh diphthong available into a gargoyled simulacrum of the English language and thus gently, gleefully, reminding us of that old head-scratching question: what are they all, y'know, for?
Euan Ferguson, The Guardian, 9th July 2017The Windsors review
Charles boasts about breaking every taboo with Camilla, while Beatrice and Eugenie steal every scene.
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 6th July 2017Many of the laughs derive from absurdly elongated vowels, but The Windsors is never less than a right royal knees-up. This second series adds the exquisite Vicki Pepperdine to the regular cast as a Mrs Danvers-esque Princess Anne. Meanwhile, Harry is worried that his love for American divorcee, Meghan Markle, will cause an Edward VIII-style family rift. Where does this newfound historical perspective come from? "Yah, I'm watching The Crown on Netflix."
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 5th July 2017Preview - The Windsors
The comedy spoofing the lives of the Royal Family in the style of an American soap opera returns for a second series.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th July 2017The Windsors review
All the subtlety and nuance of a Donald Trump tweet.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 5th July 2017Camilla & May's Brexit clash dubbed 'TV moment of 2017'
The Windsors returned tonight with a second series, with viewers already dubbing one particular scene the "TV moment of the year".
Rory O'Connor, The Daily Express, 5th July 2017How long before The Windsors wears thin?
My only qualm is this: I'm not sure the premise is sustainable for an entire series. There's only so many times you can make jokes about Wills being dim, Kate being descended from gypsies, and Harry watching The Crown to educate himself about his ancestors. Sooner or later, I suspect, the gags will wear as thin as the hair on poor Wills' head.
Chloe Hamilton, i Newspaper, 5th July 2017The Windsors - Haydn Gwynne interview
If you're a producer with a new television comedy to sell, may I strongly recommend Haydn Gwynne.
The Daily Express, 2nd July 2017