The Windsors

The Windsors wedding special preview

I am on set at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire, which is being used as a stand-in for a number of regal residences. The crew are filming the wedding reception in the banqueting hall. The tables are buckling under the weight of gigantic chickens. There are enough bottles of champagne to satisfy Harry's thirstiest pals, while from the walls, stern, ermine-clad aristocrats look on disapprovingly.

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Season two of the reliably rude royal spoof has been building to a constitutional climax only slightly dafter than the rake-stepping self-sabotage of our real-world Brexit. With the PM in a vegetative state, Charles (Harry Enfield) is poised to become absolute monarch after the rather convenient discovery of a new Magna Carta. Can he secure the endorsement of a divisive world leader who looks like a Wotsit and is keen to press the flesh with Camilla?

Preview - The Windsors: series 2 finale

The finale of the second series of the royal spoof sees power go to the heads of certain future monarchs.

No royal goes unmocked as the family plan a gathering at Balmoral. Camilla (Haydn Gwynne) wants revenge on Theresa May, and Charles (Harry Enfield, giving it the bumbling brilliance) makes waves in Scotland when it's revealed he's wearing "nae skiddies" beneath his kilt. Prince Harry's relationship with Meghan Markle reaches new heights when the actor gets a part in Hollyoaks, but Pippa plans to scupper their love. Gloriously silly stuff.

Prince Charles's "sustainable toy town" Poundbury isn't all it seems in The Windsors this week, with Prince William finding that everything appears to be made from polystyrene and the toilets don't flush properly. But that's the least of his worries. A ghost - well, the owner of a boxing gym - comes back not only to haunt Kate Middleton but also throw the legality of her marriage into jeopardy. Meanwhile, Fergie is struggling with her third lot of memoirs.

To Sandringham, for shooting! In the world of The Windsors, that means visiting Princess Anne (Vicki Pepperdine), whose shtick - a scurrying housekeeper - is among the show's funniest. Its other standout performer is Harry Enfield as Prince Charles, and this week the writers find a way to double his screen time. In the adequate subplots, Harry accidentally agrees to a duel, and Beatrice and Eugenie give a motivational talk to Port Talbot steelworkers.

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Interview with The Windsors director Adam Miller

The Windsors is currently charming audiences every Wednesday night on Channel 4.