On Nov. 1 nearly a year and a half after season one premiered Young Royals season two was released on Netflix having been highly anticipated by fans since its announcement. Young Royals is a Swedish Netflix series that explores teenage love over the course of six 45 minute episodes.
Season one follows Prince Wilhelm Edvin Ryding Gåsmamman as he enrolls at Hillerska a fancy Swedish boarding school and learns how to fit in with his peers. Eventually he falls in love with a classmate Simon Eriksson Omar Rudberg debut and struggles to balance his personal life with his royal duties. The first season ends in heartbreak Wilhelm Wille essentially gets outed after his cousin and classmate August Malte Gårdinger will recorded and leaked a video of him and Simon. Willes status as crown prince makes the video the scandal of the century and the royal palaces urgency to cover it up leaves Simon feeling like Willes family is ashamed of him. In the final episode of the first season Wille still very much in love with Simon, tells Simon how he feels.
Simon does not return the sentiment leaving Wille heartbroken. The turn of events left fans eager to see what season two would bring for Simon and Wille hopeful that their relationship would be rekindled. Thankfully season two did not disappoint and even marked a significant step up from season one. This season gets much more emotional and contains more character development both for our two main characters Wille and Simon and several supporting characters like August Felice Nikita Uggla debut and Simons sister Sara Frida Argento m Astrid.
Season one focused much more on Willes integration into the schools culture including drug deals initiation ceremonies and parties his newfound status as crown prince Augusts financial issues and Simons relationship with his family. That world building was needed to establish a vivid background for viewers but it also meant less time was spent diving deep into each characters emotions motivations and issues. With its foundation well established Young Royals was able to get much more personal this season.
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