Young Royals

To mark the release of Young Royals season two, Joshua Littleford explains why Netflix's teen drama is a must-watch for queer audiences.

I’m hoping for another fantastic season with as much drama (but hopefully a happier ending) as the first, and I’m sure the cast and writers will deliver. Season one ended in a quite dramatic way leaving me so ready for the new season – and I’m glad I’ve only had to wait a few months. But there is also drama that causes the relationship to fall apart, which makes you angry and frustrated at the characters all the while keeping you invested for season two. Like Charlie and Nick’s relationship in Heartstopper, the relationship between Simon and Wilhelm is a feel-good romance that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Although at a private boarding school, not all the characters are the stereotypical private school students. I used to reply with a simple “no”, even though I could have just told them I’m gay and not hidden it away – but that is hard to do.

Teen Vogue talked to Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg about Wilhelm and Simon in the context of that wild season 2 finale ending.

“He’s not supposed to be falling in love that way.” “A message we’ve constantly been trying to prove [is] that Wilhelm’s problem isn’t that he’s in love with a boy. Simon on the other hand, who lives off-campus and is not blue-blooded, does not have everything he needs, but is free to do what he wants.

After almost two years of waiting, the Swedish original creation is finally back on Netflix and what a pleasure to have finally found Simon and Prince ...

For the moment this is not the case so it is difficult to anticipate the release of the first images. To be able to think about the trailer of the season 3 of Young Royal it will first be necessary that the giant of streaming gives its agreement concerning the renewal of the fiction. So is it Simon and Wilhelm will be able to spin the perfect love in the season 3 of Young Royal ?

By the time episode five comes to an end, all of those secrets are out in the open. Both Simon and Sara finally learn that it was August who leaked the tape ...

"The one with me and Simon." After two years, they finally have each other, and it looks like they're going to need that support when the world comes for them in season three. But he's happy too, because with this surprise comes the realisation that Wilhelm won't keep him a secret. As everyone prepares for Wilhelm to give the big Hillerska speech, Sara heads off to the bus stop with a plan to leave the school forever. In fact, it looks like Wil has a plan to declare his love back in the most public way possible... "It was me in the video that was leaked last semester," he boldly declares. Wilhelm doesn't have it much better either, getting into a fight with his bigoted mum and clueless dad, the reigning King and Queen of Sweden. The Crown Prince reminds August that he has proof it was him, but his slimy second cousin has already thought of everything. But here, we start with the morning after their reunion, where Simon reminds Wil he's off to call the police on August. But as Sara rightly points out, the truth is, "You’re only protecting yourself." He’s the worst person in the world. By the time episode five comes to an end, all of those secrets are out in the open.

In Season Two, Wilhelm is on a crusade to get Simon back while also getting revenge on his cousin August, a character that actor Malte Gårdinger (who plays him) ...

The big question, right now, for every “Young Royals” fan is, “Will there be a Season Three?” “I have no idea,” said Gårdinger. “But I love a challenge,” he said. "He’s an a--hole and I know that a lot of people also agree. I feel like it's up to the viewers to decide," he said. "I don't really want to say what I think August feels or my interpretation of what he feels. Two seasons of playing a royal haven't made Gårdinger envious of his character's status. “I was super pumped at giving every character new depth, which I loved,” he said. So, not only did August ruin her brother’s life by posting the video, but he also previously dated her best friend Felice (played by Nikita Uggla). “It was fun to explore that.” Sara is Simon’s older sister and knows August posted the intimate video of her brother and Wilhelm. Weakened by feelings of guilt and regret, August lets the power takeover occur — or so it seems.

As Young Royals season two drops, co-stars Edvin Ryding and Omar Rudberg reflect on their favourite Wilhelm-Simon interaction.

“But no one is either good or bad. Eventually Simon comes to collect Wilhelm in a tender moment which Ryding describes it as a “beautiful scene”. The scene quickly became a fan favourite for its endearing nature, where Wilhelm is drunk and asking Simon about his fishes. Is he bad?’ Before he leaves, they spend one last moment together in Wilhelm’s room. But Ryding also had a second option.

Crown Prince Wilhelm continues to rebel against his royal family in the new season of the popular Swedish series.

It’s about how Wille struggles with his royal responsibilities while trying to build a life he wants and love who he wants to love. Wille’s desire to live his own life is even stronger in Season 2 and it’s what drives the show to be more than the typical YA fare. He can’t love who he wants to love, while at the same time he feels that August can’t really get what he deserves because the royal family protects its own. Creators Lisa Ambjörn and Lars Beckung have done a good job at raising the stakes in Season 2, giving Wille more of an impetus to want to live his own life and not the life his mother or her advisors want him to live. Wille knows, though, that telling Simon that August leaked the video would ripple through the school and the royal family. She’s given a ride home from the stables by a boy named Marcus (Tommy Wättring), who finds Simon singing in his room, and there’s an immediate mutual attraction; Marcus invites Simon to karaoke night at the local pub.