Channel 4 crowns cast of satirical soap The Windsors

16 February 2016

By (not quite) Royal Appointment, casting has today been announced for Channel 4’s new comedy soap opera The Windsors. Filming begins on the new six part series that will be broadcast on Channel 4 in the spring.

Comedic royalty Harry Enfield will be crowned as HRH Prince Charles with Haydn Gwynne (Drop the Dead Donkey) as Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall. Hugh Skinner (W1A) is heralded as Prince ‘Wills’ William, Duke of Cambridge with Louise Ford (Crashing) his Queen consort-in-waiting, ‘Kate’, the Duchess of Cambridge.

Morgana Robinson (The Morgana Show) will star as Kate’s sister, Pippa and Richard Goulding (Fresh Meat) takes his place fifth in line to the throne as Prince Harry. Ellie White (House of Fools) and Celeste Dring (Josh) are pronounced as Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, while Katy Wix (Miranda) and Tim Wallers (You, Me & The Apocalypse) will command the duty of their doting parents Fergie and Prince Andrew, with Matthew Cottle (Man Down) decreed as Prince Edward.

Written by the co-creators of “Star Stories”, Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, The Windsors will put our beloved Royal Family into the comedy spotlight. The series is a wry take on what the soap opera of their lives (and loves) might just be like. Delving behind the headlines and gossip columns, The Windsors lets our imaginations run riot in this ludicrous parody.

Imagine, who really controls the sceptre in Charles and Camilla’s marriage? What do the Royals really think of Kate? Does Wills really want to be King? Will Harry ever take Pippa up the aisle or will they end on a bum note? And what do Beatrice and Eugenie actually do for a living?

Phil Clarke says; “In The Windsors, our much-loved Royal family is re-imagined through the lens of a soap opera, and although the stories are completely fictional, some are inspired by real events. As a result, writers Bert and George have outdone even the funniest, most ludicrous issue of Hello! magazine ever.”

Executive producer for Noho Film and TV, Robert Wulff-Cochrane says; “Infused by our gossip-fuelled sense of what we think we know about them, The Windsors is a joyous weekly peek behind the curtains of Britain's most famous family.”

Commissioned by Head of Comedy Phil Clarke and Deputy Head of Comedy Nerys Evans, the new original 6 X 30’ series will be directed by Adam Miller (Mongrels) and made by Noho Film and TV (Tennison), executive produced by Camilla Campbell and Robert Wulff-Cochrane and produced by Izzy Mant (Harry & Paul).