History Series / TheWindsors

The programme is notable in that ''everyone'' is considered fair game to be satirized... except [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: The show goes out of its way to avoid any mention or reference to the late Princess Diana. The only time the subject was ever touched upon was a blink-and-you-miss-it reference to the half-forgotten [[NotActuallyHisChild conspiracy theory about Harry's true paternity]].

-->'''Wills:''' ''(reading a letter)'' "Dear fuckers: It's too bastard cold. We're fucking off to that Polynesian island where I'm worshipped as a god. If anything comes up, say I've got another urinary tract infection. Fuck off. Granddad."

* SexGod: Edward, of all people, is depicted as one and has the stamina to go at least ''eight'' hours non-stop. He attributes this to the brief time he spent training to join the Royal Marines.

** The entire royal family is depicted as having absolutely no purpose beyond living idle lives with the occasional public appearance. This is Wills' main motivation for trying to leave, abolish, or do more than just live in the monarchy.

** The opening credits parody the opening sequence of ''{{Series/Dynasty1981}}''.

[[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Prince Charles]] (Harry Enfield) is impatiently waiting for his mother to die so that he can finally get a chance to be king. Camilla (Haydn Gwynne), meanwhile, is scheming to find ways to become the true ruler of the British Isles. William (Creator/HughSkinner) and Kate (Louise Ford), on the other hand, just want to live semi-normal lives without the pressure of being royalty. Harry (Richard Goulding, Tom Durant-Pritchard), an illiterate fool, is carrying on an affair with Pippa (Morgana Robinson), who is trying to manipulate everyone into supporting her lavish lifestyle.

'''Wills:''' ''Because'' you're a gypsah.

%%* AcceptableTargets:

* OncePerEpisode: Wills or Kate will have a vision from an historic British Monarch/Head of State who will give them advice.

The programme is notable in that ''everyone'' is considered fair game to be satirized... except [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethII the Queen]] and the late Princess Diana.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: The York family is hit with this particularly bad. Beatrice and Eugenie spend their time attempting to be social-media influencers (with little success) while Jack Brooksbank (Eugenie's husband) is depicted as being so lacking in marketable skills that all he can do is provide free tequila samples to his rich acquaintances.

* UpperClassTwit: The entire royal family is depicted as having absolutely no purpose beyond living idle lives with the occasional public appearance. This is Wills' main motivation for trying to leave, abolish, or do more than just live in the monarchy.

** Beatrice and Eugenie are depicted as TheDitz who are unable to hold down a job, despite in reality being two of the few British royals who are consistently employed.

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* ThermalDissonance: Princess Anne's appearances are often accompanied by the sounds of a chill wind and people inexplicably exhaling fog, as if it were suddenly very cold.

* UpperClassTwit: The entire royal family is depicted as having absolutely no purpose beyond living idle lives with the occasional public appearance.

* {{Narcissist}}: Meghan. She's still obsessed with her time acting on ''Series/Suits'' and references it whenever possible. So great is her obsession with her public image that she brags quite a bit about being a "strong independent woman", which she [[ImmediateSelfContradiction immediately contradicts]] by wanting to be a princess and marry Harry.

* {{Narcissist}}: Meghan. She's still obsessed with her time acting on ''[[Series/Suits]]'' and references it whenever possible. So great is her obsession with her public image that she brags quite a bit about being a "strong independent woman", which she [[ImmediateSelfContradiction immediately contradicts]] by wanting to be a princess and marry Harry.

* {{Narcissist}}: Meghan. She's still obsessed with her time acting on ''[Series/Suits]]'' and references it whenever possible. So great is her obsession with her public image that she brags quite a bit about being a "strong independent woman", which she [[ImmediateSelfContradiction immediately contradicts]] by wanting to be a princess and marry Harry.

* {{Leitmotif}}: A sultry saxophone riff plays whenever Pippa shows up or she comes up with a scheme.

* ManipulativeBitch: Camilla and Pippa, in shades.

* StealthHiBye: Princess Anne is capable of appearing out of nowhere, the only warning sign of her arrival being a sudden drop in temperature that freeze's people's breath.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Sultry woodwinds play whenever Pippa shows up or she comes up with a scheme.

* StealthHiBye: Princess Anne is capable of appearing out of nowhere, the only thing signalling her arrival being a sudden drop in temperature.

* AcceptableTargets: The almost

* EvilPlan: Trump has a surprisingly cunning plan to [[spoiler:hegemonize Britain as America's 51st state by installing Charles or William as king so that he could turn it into a chlorinated chicken farm and frack it for oil. And blows it by giving his MotiveRant before Charles is crowned.]]

* AlphaBitch: Theresa May even manages to intimidate Camilla.

* RaceLift: Kate and Pippa are reimagined as members of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers Travelling community]].

** The first episode features a scene where a vindictive British woman tricks a [[TheIngenue naïve newcomer]] to the household into humiliating herself at a lavish costume ball. Hmmm...why does it sound [[{{Literature/Rebecca}} vaguely familiar]]?

The programme is notable in that ''everyone'' is considered fair game to be satirized... except the Queen and the late Princess Diana.