Young Royals - Review: would you like to be a Prince?

Young Royals is a Swedish show about a prince being integrated into an elite boarding school. He is sent there, after a viral video on the Internet creates a scandal.

A teenager in the middle of an identity crisis, as any other teen. Yet, he has responsibilities. He is a Prince.

Good Characters

One thing that I’d like to highlight about this show is the quality of the characters. There are no shallow characters. Each one of them has a personal story, their pains, and their struggles. Everyone has good and bad sides. All of them need understanding.

August, the Prince’s cousin, is one of the main characters, and he is absolutely hateful. However, his complicated life story makes him more human to the viewer.

I also feel the need to reinforce the fact that the teen characters in the show are really teens. Instead of the 20’s years old actors American TV put on as teen characters, these kids are very young, with acne and all the “flaws” an average teenager has. This might look like a detail to you, but it is pretty important.

Humiliation and Bullying

Unfortunately, you can’t look at a teen show without touching the biggest problems nowadays - humiliation, bullying. They are present, and we can’t ignore them. You don’t need to exaggerate and have murders or fatal accidents to approach the topic.

Young Royals did it perfectly. And don’t forget that public humiliation and cyberbullying gain a new dimension to Wilhelm. After all, he is the Prince.

Fresh perspective

With Netflix, you can discover a series of international shows from different countries. And why should you do it? Because they always bring something new - new perspectives, new approaches, new cultures. I’m in love with watching shows from different parts of the world.

This particular show is totally worth your time. It has good characters, light, music. Everything is perfectly set to give us a great show. Besides, it only has six episodes. You watch it in a blink of an eye. Totally worth checking.

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