The Prince

The new HBO Max animated series The Prince made headlines a few months ago when the service delayed the premiere after England’s Prince Philip died at the ripe old age of 99. But there was really no word of when the service would premiere the series. Then, suddenly, they announced the show’s July 29th premiere …. on July 28th. Yes, that’s a bad sign. But is the service’s lack of fanfare for the show justified.Prince George (Gary Janetti), the 8-year-old son of Prince William (Iwan Rheon) and Kate Middleton (Lucy Punch), is a tiny tyrant who is obesessed with social media and treats his manservant Owen (Alan Cumming) poorly, making the poor man jump through hoops at every whim. He sucks up to his “gan gan”, the Queen, while essentially ignoring his parents and grandparents. And he’s in a bitter rivalry with his little sister, Princess Charlotte (Sophie Turner).The Prince Season 1 Download

At this moment, he’s obsessed that Kelly Ripa, who he follows on Instagram, isn’t following him back. He hatches a plan to get her attention: He’ll ask the Queen to install Ripa as a Dame. All the queen is interested in is getting her favorite dessert, the Flummery tart, at the investiture ceremony. The Flummery tarts are apparently made by some wrinkly, no-eyed humanoids that have reproduced over the decades; they all live under Buckingham Palace in a pitch-dark dungeon, making the tarts by feel.

When someone asks how Prince Harry (Orlando Bloom) and Meghan Markle (Condola Rashad) are doing, we flash to their life in Los Angeles, at the “Melrose Apartments.” Harry is amazed at how the refrigerator works, and Meghan is just happy to be back, though she knows the two of them need to get jobs now.