I'm loving "The Royals" but why would you end it this way? I want more...
91 Reviews
I can't believe they ended that way!
kileemonica23 September 2018
Not your typical royal family instead it's life of wild times, sex and blunt and provocative ways!
blanbrn24 April 2015
Been watching this new series the very first one ever made for the E! network and I must say "The Royals" does deliver! True this probably is not how the typical royal family acts in England, but still this series is feel good feel free fun! The series no matter how good is fiction and it has plenty of family drama as it follows the times of this British royal family not just thru London, but thru the world of their travels! And even though this family tries to keep tradition they have plenty of their own vices from heavy drinking to having a lot of sex! True keeping the price of fame is a royal job all together while facing public scrutiny! Anyway the real eye candy treat is seeing the still hot and beautiful Elizabeth Hurley play the cougar type Queen Helena! Mrs. Hurley anytime I see her it's such an eye candy treat as she is the wings and shoulders of this series! So check out "The Royals" it's a feel good time and it's good to see Mrs. Elizabeth in a series.
They need to make a season 5
sagaleyonberg16 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I really liked the show! It was a lot of drama and cliffhangers which made you constantly want to continue watching. I'm just so angry with how it ended. They have to make a season 5 because it's not okey to end a show like that.
I also have a complaining with how it in the serie seemed "okey" to sexually harass someone. Cyrus forced maids to have sex with him several times and I find it really disturbing that he never got confronted or in trouble for that and it's just slipped away like if it's nothing. I think women many times got very sexualized in the show, men did too but more often women.
I also have a complaining with how it in the serie seemed "okey" to sexually harass someone. Cyrus forced maids to have sex with him several times and I find it really disturbing that he never got confronted or in trouble for that and it's just slipped away like if it's nothing. I think women many times got very sexualized in the show, men did too but more often women.
love
skyewashburn27 April 2015
this show is the cherry on top of my weekend after a long week. Absolutely love the over the top writing. Sometimes there is a need to escape the reality of carpools,sports,bedtime stories etc and consume yourself with some good "not so" old fashioned fun. With so much violence and negative/repetitive 24/7 news, this show is refreshing. Too much political correctness these days. Hoping for a season 2 with just as much scandalous antics and drug and sex fueled episodes that are far from the royal reality. My four children know that mom is not to be interrupted for one hour on Sunday evenings. At the end of the show I come back to the real world and kiss my children goodnight. If The Royals does not get picked up for a second season, well, FML. ha
Bring it BACK! I'll never watch your network again!
christophersarles17 September 2019
I NEED closure
cravalhog7 August 2019
I loved this series from episode 1. My guilty pleasure. Recently got to re-watch the entire series thanks to Amazon Prime. But...I need closure. Season 4, and final season, left me hanging. So many questions and no answers. When I found out the Royals was not renewed for season 5, I was in disbelief. Please finish this series E! Even if just a few short episodes, which is impossible, considering all that was left up in the air at the conclusion of season 4. Give us something, it can't end...with no ending.
We are waiting for the next season!!!
DrSchwartau11 August 2018
Oddly amusing; total kitsch.
sweety_pi21 March 2015
It's kind of painful to watch with the pop music underscore. I wonder if it's more painful to watch for a British citizen or an American? I wouldn't write it off just yet. There are some subtle actions and dialog that make it interesting. Can people be so on/off with their feelings and behavior? How can I get ten lines out of this? Of course the settings are beautiful. Almost there. I wonder if the writers will handle the question of funding the ongoing Royal lifestyle versus the private wealth that they hold. All sorts of other interesting aristocrats to add to the mix. Can they make the commoners interesting? They can also handle royal privilege versus duty versus common privilege and duty.
Humorous - brats with money and power
jamesrcunliffe31 March 2015
I've enjoyed every minute thus far. The writing is witty and while at times predictable, it's a real laugh to watch the kids get even or get back at those that cross them.
The acting is good and I think believable. I especially like the fresh faces (William Moseley, Alexandra Park) and the choice of Elizabeth Hurley as Her Majesty.
The show thrives on the conflict between family, royalty, responsibility and the vagaries of youth and mischievousness.
If you've seen The Tudors, it has that feeling with a modern day twist.
This does not represent the real Royal Family in any way but it is still fun to watch.
Elizabeth Hurley should be listed first in 'Stars', not Joan Collins.
The acting is good and I think believable. I especially like the fresh faces (William Moseley, Alexandra Park) and the choice of Elizabeth Hurley as Her Majesty.
The show thrives on the conflict between family, royalty, responsibility and the vagaries of youth and mischievousness.
If you've seen The Tudors, it has that feeling with a modern day twist.
This does not represent the real Royal Family in any way but it is still fun to watch.
Elizabeth Hurley should be listed first in 'Stars', not Joan Collins.
Guilty Pleasure
nivetham-3625028 January 2019
Fictionalized soapy drama. Its funny and interesting to watch what a modern and scandalous royal family would be. Sometimes the plot has ulterior motives and you really can't judge a character if they are good or bad. Acting could have been better at few places. It's a shame that it didn't live to see 5th season.
WHAT A JOKE OF AN ENDING
moniqueschoeman-1543821 June 2022
Second opinion - i love it
despina-petrovska2 February 2017
I must admit when i saw the first episode i was thinking to stop watching because it seams to me like some terribly show whit all this first page sex scandals, princes whit drug addiction, prince who sleep whit employee. But i give a second chance, and i was surprise that i actually love this show. I love all the drama that it going on there. I love the characters especial Prince Liam , Jasper, The King Simon. Some may say that this is an waste of time show, whit no story, but i can assure you that there is a story, about love (between Jasper and Eleanor),about family (between Liam and Eleanor), about power (between Cyrus and Helena), and about honesty no matter what ( King Simon ) . It is a nice show , whit a good story, good actress, and a message to chose love every time , because the power will just destroy us . So this is why i love this show and i'm looking forward for new episode and a new season i hope . Enjoy
..definitely benefits from multiple episode viewing
bjarias5 August 2015
This might be for many a tough one to get into right out of the box. But once you wade through a couple-three episodes you know pretty much what you're getting yourself into... and it actually gets somewhat better as time goes by. And possibly by the end of S1, you just might find yourself surprisingly looking forward to S2. The casting job is top notch.. as are the performances of most all the actors. There is a flavor here for most everyone, and the ones worth looking at.. are really worth looking at (notably Poppy Corby-Tuech.. she's just absolutely gorgeous)! Is it well over the top.. undoubtedly.. and that's exactly the point. Actually, looking at what they are trying to accomplish is nowhere near easy.. and yet they pull the majority of it off pretty darn well. Doesn't always pay off, but sometimes hanging in there gives just reward.
Trash
nitikajain-6097317 July 2017
The title should be changed to Rags to Riches. The manner of speaking, behavior, just about everything is created to serve low IQ humans who will watch anything you show them. Save your time and don't watch this. There was nothing royal about then, it just seemed like a rich family being over dramatic.
Most promising show ever I LOVE IT
katiaatsss31 March 2015
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totally obsessed with it!it is one of the shows that drag you within the first minute!!love the actors (besides the Queen-thought that her role on Gossip Girl was much better but anyways i like her cold-blood side)...every episode makes me more and more of a fan and i am sure that we will experience great time with this show!love the harmony that comes with the face and the presence of the King (really nice choice of an actor),the purity of the King-to-be,love the intrigue, the plot ,the fight between Queen and Princess ,the weird cousins, the desperate-for-attention uncle (the anarchy in the monarchy) but mostly the thing between Jasper and Princess Eleanor i am sure she will fall for him at the end...i am saying this with my hand on my heart each second of the 45 minutes IS TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!MUST SEE
totally obsessed with it!it is one of the shows that drag you within the first minute!!love the actors (besides the Queen-thought that her role on Gossip Girl was much better but anyways i like her cold-blood side)...every episode makes me more and more of a fan and i am sure that we will experience great time with this show!love the harmony that comes with the face and the presence of the King (really nice choice of an actor),the purity of the King-to-be,love the intrigue, the plot ,the fight between Queen and Princess ,the weird cousins, the desperate-for-attention uncle (the anarchy in the monarchy) but mostly the thing between Jasper and Princess Eleanor i am sure she will fall for him at the end...i am saying this with my hand on my heart each second of the 45 minutes IS TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!MUST SEE
Amazing show!
fyrt21 February 2019
E! Destroyed it all
tgleandro16 June 2019
Footballer's Wives!
Sophie_895 April 2015
This show reminds me of a show that was on a few years ago called Footballer's Wives because there's lots of bitchiness, the characters are very rich, there's a lot of glitz and glamour, it's very sexy and debauched and there's lots of getting drunk, taking drugs and scheming. It's funny at times and I just cannot take it seriously! It's very very British, obviously, being about a 'pretend' British monarchy. It's ridiculous and as I was watching I was thinking none of this would ever happen. It's complete and utter trash but I just couldn't stop watching! So basically pretty much exactly how I felt about Footballer's Wives at the time it was out, but it was dangerously addictive and so is The Royals! You just have to keep watching to find out what crazy stuff is going to happen next! It's ultimate guilty pleasure viewing, I don't think you're supposed to take it seriously because the show itself doesn't take itself seriously either! Well that's what Footballer's Wives was like anyway and The Royals seems to be similar too in that way. The acting is pretty dire especially Elizabeth Hurley, awful!
love it; brilliant
mkhyde26 March 2015
As Canadians, we love to hate the British monarch. I've watched 2 episodes of The Royals and found the writing to be brilliant. Yes, it's a cheesy, campy satire that pokes fun of everything we hate about the monarchy which makes the show loads of fun. So far, the show 'captures' all of the gossip, innuendos and life events of the real royals. My mother was a devout royal watcher so I'm aware of the similarities between the show and the real royal family. If you weren't so aware of these events/gossip, the show wouldn't have as much meaning. The actors are spot on to their ''real life' counterparts AND I can't believe they found an actress to play Eliz. Hurley's daughter who looks exactly like her! I'm holding out giving the show 9 stars as I wait and see if they can keep going with the brilliant writing (they certainly have enough 'real life' royal debauchery situations to write about).
Horrific!!!!
lisajoann31 March 2015
I saw the adverts, I thought the show would be sassy and interesting
in fact it's offensive to the British!
I ain't at all a fan of the English royal family...
Yet I thought the show was despicable!!!!!
It's making the worst of the worst iinuations!!!! The "so called fiction" characters are clearly based on our actual royal family! There is no respect and I can't believe anyone liked this rubbish!!!!
Makes me ashamed to be English when seeing this production!!!!!! The actual royal family have dealt with enough Especially after Diana passed... Her kids do not need this bile on TV Making the, out to be drug fulled idiots!
in fact it's offensive to the British!
I ain't at all a fan of the English royal family...
Yet I thought the show was despicable!!!!!
It's making the worst of the worst iinuations!!!! The "so called fiction" characters are clearly based on our actual royal family! There is no respect and I can't believe anyone liked this rubbish!!!!
Makes me ashamed to be English when seeing this production!!!!!! The actual royal family have dealt with enough Especially after Diana passed... Her kids do not need this bile on TV Making the, out to be drug fulled idiots!
Disappointment
ssa_auvi025 April 2015
Warning: Spoilers
The first three episodes are more like some mock dives before the original dive into the main story line. The base of the story line seems to be quite weak and there are many reasons behind. After the death of Prince Robert, the family seemed to be shattered but somehow recovered really fast to attend all the tea parties to mourn for the Prince. A Princess, a British royal, always finding a way to get high and drunk and showing her private part in public and embarrass the whole family, never felt like can happen in any royal family. A common security guard getting involved with the Princess and has the audacity to blackmail her to sleep with her seems impossible even in the wildest of dreams. The affection going on between a commoner and the young Prince didn't looked that arguable though. The most downside was the fight between the Queen and the Princess about holding a fashion show. No one in this world would ever think a Queen to rule the fashion world and to involve in a fight for the place to hold the fashion show with her daughter. The King (Vincent Regan) seemed to be more realistic about the death of the Prince though it seemed a bit odd that he was so easy going with all the workers around the palace. The lust of the King's younger brother for the throne was quite obvious, as we all see this common feature in all royal families. The makers tried to too much modernize the whole story. Elizabeth Harley was as sensual as always. Alexandra Park did quite a good job to give life to the Princess's character. She could have given a little bit more when it came to the scenes where she needed to be high, it seemed a clinch of over trying. Lets hope the story has something more interesting in the nest few episodes.
Actually quite funny but let down by English actors speaking American
rickforbes-5944115 April 2015
I'm finding this quite amusing as a deliberately trashy spoof.
The actors play their characters well but are let down by screen writing giving them phrases they would never use. E.g. Queen: "Where were you raised" (brought up) Guy on motorbike: "Do you need a ride" (lift)
.... as well as a multitude of basic mistakes using lines we never use here.
It seems unlikely that the large cast of English actors didn't point these out but I suppose they were ignored.
It will be interesting to see if the characters start "reaching out" to each other, saying "like" every few words or go the whole hog and turn into Bill and Ted. Awesome Dudes!
The actors play their characters well but are let down by screen writing giving them phrases they would never use. E.g. Queen: "Where were you raised" (brought up) Guy on motorbike: "Do you need a ride" (lift)
.... as well as a multitude of basic mistakes using lines we never use here.
It seems unlikely that the large cast of English actors didn't point these out but I suppose they were ignored.
It will be interesting to see if the characters start "reaching out" to each other, saying "like" every few words or go the whole hog and turn into Bill and Ted. Awesome Dudes!
Unusual take for a fictional modern Royal Family drama
cho_chang_ph18 March 2015
When the first time I heard about The Royals, I was thinking of the Tudor-type drama but it turned out to be a modern day Royal Family arrangement, with significant relations that we knew today.
I was very intrigued on the TV Trailers and to know more on the main characters in general perspective. Likely they put it more in twist so that it would not look like the real Royal Family. So when I first watched the pilot episode, there are so many twist and turns that the mystery would be unfold for the later episodes. And in the end you will want more of it.
I was admired on Elizabeth Hurley's portrayal of Queen Helena - something that I never saw her like that on TV. And also London playing the character city in order to embrace the essence of the story.
I would give this TV series a chance to show it what it made of, and to prove that it is not cheesy enough to watch it in the first place.
I was very intrigued on the TV Trailers and to know more on the main characters in general perspective. Likely they put it more in twist so that it would not look like the real Royal Family. So when I first watched the pilot episode, there are so many twist and turns that the mystery would be unfold for the later episodes. And in the end you will want more of it.
I was admired on Elizabeth Hurley's portrayal of Queen Helena - something that I never saw her like that on TV. And also London playing the character city in order to embrace the essence of the story.
I would give this TV series a chance to show it what it made of, and to prove that it is not cheesy enough to watch it in the first place.
Total crap for a 'comedy'
sorinvlasiu-173424 May 2022
Waste of a great casting for a crappy comedy. It's just insulting and plain of vulgarity. Stupid and insulting fiction. I love a lot 'Naked Gun' series and Monty Pythons humour but 'The Royals' is just a crappy fiction.
Sadly no finale
dsweeting-838-64293617 September 2023
The Series was great but the fact that it left so many unanswered questions made me regret wasting my time. The last episode is worded as it is a finale; which was misleading. It is so sad for the viewers to invest their time into these series & then we are left with so many unanswered questions. I believe this is why so many people don't bother when a new series starts because they don't want to get invested and have the show cancelled. I rated most of the episodes with a 10; the ones that I rated at 9 & 8 had more to do with the Royal family horrible treatment of each other. It's hard for me to watch family treating each other in that way.
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