As if King Charles III didn’t have already got sufficient drama in his life, between his logorrheic son Prince Harry and disgraced brother Prince Andrew, comic Harry Enfield is ready to unleash a little bit extra chaos forward of the coronation in May.
Enfield’s Channel 4 comedy “The Windsors” is returning for a coronation particular, with the comic set to reprise his function because the monarch.
“Charles’ entire life has been constructing as much as this second and he needs the U.Ok.’s first coronation in seventy years to be a spectacular affair with all of the pomp and circumstance he deserves,” reads the logline. “As does his Queen Consort Camilla (Haydn Gwynne), who can’t wait to drape herself in diamonds and fur. Sadly, the U.Ok. is in the midst of a value of residing disaster and Wills (Hugh Skinner) thinks the coronation ought to mirror these extra straitened instances.”
The particular additionally guarantees cameos from Harry and Meghan within the type of Richard Goulding and Kathryn Drysdale, who – reportedly like their real-life counterparts – are weighing up whether or not to make an look on the coronation or give it a miss.
Other returning characters embody the Duchess of Cambridge (performed by Louise Ford), Princesses Beatrice (Ellie White) and Eugenie (Celeste Dring), Charles’ siblings Anne (Vicki Pepperdine) and Edward (Matthew Cottle) and Kate’s little sister Pippa (Morgana Robinson).
“The Windsors” is produced by Noho Film and TV with Camilla Campbell and Robert Wulff-Cochrane exec producing. Bert Tyler-Moore returns as author. The present is commissioned by Charlie Perkins, head of comedy at Channel 4, Joe Hullait, commissioning government and Andy Brereton, senior commissioning editor at Channel 4.
“Any channel price its salt has a landmark present with the phrase coronation within the title,” mentioned Hullait. “For the BBC it was the world’s first televised Coronation in 1953. For ITV it’s the world’s longest operating cleaning soap ‘Coronation Street.’ We at Channel 4 are delighted to announce that we now have our personal record-breaking Coronation jewel on the coronary heart of our broadcasting crown: the funniest present on telly throughout a momentously historic week for Britain.”
“The Windsors” first launched in 2016 and has since spawned three seasons, two specials (together with the coronation) and a success musical stage present, which performed within the West End in 2021.
