Majesty

Oct 28, 2010

1h 40m

★ 5.8

Overview

One hour before the State Opening of Parliament, something very unusual happens. The Prime Minister appears and demands an adjustment to the Queen's speech. The speech concerns aid to Africa. Even with all the pressure around the State Opening, Beatrix goes back in time, and remembers her banishment to Canada, the visit to the victims of the Flood disaster and the turbulence suffered by her parents at Palace Soestdijk during the Hofman case.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fu Works

IDTV Film

uFilm

uMedia

Majesty Trailers

Cast

Koningin Beatrix

Carine Crutzen

Prins Claus

Jeroen Willems

Prins Willem-Alexander

Gijs Naber

Prinses Maxima

Hadewych Minis

Balkenende

Marcel Hensema

Prins Friso

Eelco Smits

Voorzitter Commissie

Ben Abelsma

Prinses Wilhelmina

Nettie Blanken

Prins Bernhard (aged 90)

Hans Croiset

Grootmeesteres

Alice Reijs

Mabel

Eline ten Camp

Secretaris Generaal

Stefan de Walle

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