Majesty

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.

Cast

Carine Crutzen

as Koningin Beatrix

Jeroen Willems

as Prins Claus

Gijs Naber

as Prins Willem-Alexander

Hadewych Minis

as Prinses Maxima

Marcel Hensema

as Balkenende

Eelco Smits

as Prins Friso

Ben Abelsma

as Voorzitter Commissie

Nettie Blanken

as Prinses Wilhelmina

Hans Croiset

as Prins Bernhard (aged 90)

Alice Reijs

as Grootmeesteres

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