A Royal Affair Page #2

Do you have any idea why?

I like to drink.

I like hookers with big breasts,

and I like fighting.

What's wrong with that?

I am King!

What if you weren't King.

What would make you happy?

"To sleep, perchance to dream."

"Often expectation fails and most

often there, where most it promises."

"All the world's a stage, and all

the men and women merely players."

"They have their exits

and their entrances -

and one man in his time

plays many parts."

"What a piece of work is a man."

"There's something rotten in the

- I don't like that one. Pick another.

Come!

A horse

"My kingdom for a horse."

"The web of our life is of

a mingled yarn, good and ill together."

COPENHAGEN, 1769

Your Majesty,

there's a slight confusion about -

when and where

the French tenor will sing.

In the dining hall, following dessert.

But wait until the tables are cleared.

Is everyone by the main stairs?

- Shortly, Your Majesty.

Then we'll call upon You

and the ministers.

That was all, Your Majesty.

Lord Chamberlain

Did you remember Gourmand?

- The dog. Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

Where is the people?

Is there no one to cheer

the return of the King?

We thought Your Majesty

would be tired from the long journey.

I want to be greeted by my people.

Get them.

Get the people here now!

Otherwise I'll jump in the canal.

Do you hear me?

I'll jump in the canal!

A splendid idea, Your Majesty. A nice

swim in the canal would do You good.

Aha.

You really think so?

- Absolutely.

Shall we?

A little later, perhaps.

Come.

Can you believe that His Majesty

has terminated Reventlow.

The tutor who's been with him

since he was a child.

I think the new physician

is a bad influence.

He is said to be an amoral libertine,

who drags His Majesty to whore

Are you not spending the evening

with the King?

He is giving Doctor Struensee

a tour of the castle.

Struensee! You follow politics, right?

- It happens.

You must join me in the council today,

or I shall be terribly bored.

It is a rather harmless satire,

Mr. Guldberg.

To call satire that mocks the nobility

'harmless' is unfortunate.

What is next. The Court?

The King? The Church?

I am not inclined to put anyone

in prison for a poem about -

the size of a nobleman's derrire.

A fine and a year's ban

on publishing will suffice.

He has spent his apanage

for the entire year in only 4 months.

He will not leave us alone

till we respond.

As the letter shows, she was quite

pleased and asked us to give -

the Russian delegate

a token of our appreciation.

Extensive acreage

which is a forest area

If we don't, the people may

cannot allow primitive pirates

to humiliate our fleet.

What is it?

- Just sign it, Your Majesty.

Agricultural reform is

strikers to be thrown in

and our naval officers.

We have reached a decision.

They all think I'm crazy.

Hi!

What the hell is going on,

why haven't we heard from you?

It's good to see you too, Rantzau.

Brandt.

So, now we use first names?

What the hell are we doing here?

Aren't we good enough for Court?

- Come on in.

Rantzau! Brandt!

Your Majesty.

- I missed you. Welcome home.

Why does Copenhagen reek of sh*t?

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t I have the smell

of sh*t in my nose, sh*t on my shoes.

I am the King of Shitty Town.

Your Majesty,

have a drink with us.

Do you find it appropriate to visit

whorehouses and drink every night?

For everyone to see.

Your Majesty, the people don't mind.

- I'm not interested in your opinion.

Christian?

I apologize, Mother.

Why did I have to end up

with that boring cow?

The world is full of princesses,

and I got stuck with the grumpy one.

When she's not playing Queen,

she's in her room sleeping.

Perhaps she's ill?

Of course! She must be ill.

No one can be that boring.

Attend to her, Struensee.

- I don't think the Queen likes me.

But one of your Court doctors

- No, no. It has to be you.

Make her fun.

I want a fun queen.

I'll send her to your chambers.

I find nothing wrong, Your Majesty.

- I could have told you that.

It is your spirits.

Pardon?

- Your mood.

You're in a bad mood.

Do you get enough fresh air?

And hobbies?

I hear you're an accomplished pianist.

You heard wrong.

Are we done?

I will recommend to the Court that

we move to the summer residence.

With your approval, of course.

Rousseau.

"Man is born free,

and everywhere he is in shackles."

May I borrow this?

Holstein, Germany

The loser

gets thrown in the water!

No!

Yes! King Christian the 7th,

Ladies and Gentlemen.

I hear there's a smallpox epidemic

coming in Copenhagen.

What do you say, Struensee?

- Let's hope it's a small one.

You've charmed our entire nobility,

Struensee.

Perhaps we should acquire more?

You have an interesting

book collection.

One day you have to tell me

how you got it into the castle.

Do You ride, Your Majesty?

Not if I can help it.

It feels so clumsy.

That is because

You use side-saddle.

As Your new physician, I'd hate

for You to get iii, Your Highness.

It reminds me of England.

Locke and Voltaire are excellent.

But some of the Enlightenment's ideas

are a bit extreme, don't you think?

Rousseau's notion of abandoning

civilization and living in trees.

He knows it's not actually possible.

- But still.

I agree that some of society's norms

prevent people from living their lives.

How so?

Religion. Marriage. Anything that

takes away from personal freedom.

Don't have children, Struensee.

I hadn't planned to.

So what do you want?

I want to travel the world,

Your Majesty -

and see places

you only read about.

That sounds like a good life.

What is that?

- A wooden horse.

Don't be afraid.

Don't

Is he dead?

- Yes.

He was punished by his master

Why was this done to him?

Why?

I don't know. Perhaps he stole

something or was in the wrong place.

But someone thought

he should be tortured to death for it.

There's nothing we can do.

The Court owns estates

in this area.

These peasants probably

belong to someone we know.

Brandt, have you seen Struensee?

Yes, he returned to Copenhagen.

Something about a smallpox epidemic.

Copenhagen, 1769 I don't know what to do.

We don't have enough room.

How many dead?

- Almost 20 today.

Who's he?

I've seen him before.

He's a servant at the castle, Doctor.

You're out of your mind, Struensee.

Experimenting on the people

is one thing -

but to risk the Crown Prince's life?

I am trying to safeguard his life.

- What is he even doing out there?

His Majesty's personal physician has

no business roaming city hospitals.

More than 700 people have died.

Most of them children.

Today the epidemic crossed the

canals and reached Christiansborg.

Have you previously tested

this inoculation?

Yes. On myself as well.

- What is the survival rate.

There's always some risk

- 'Some risk'!

But if it goes well, and I'm confident

that it will, he will be immune.

The Crown Prince is the heir

to the throne! He's protected by God!

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