A Royal Secret
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4 episodes
1. Episode 1
1. Episode 1
The year is 1932, and in a final attempt to save his failing restaurant, former con man Kurt Haijby appeals for a private audience with King Gustav V of Sweden. To his wife Anna’s great surprise, he is granted one.
45min
Dec 31, 2020
2. Episode 2
2. Episode 2
When Kurt Haijby’s wife and restaurant co-owner discovers that he’s having an affair with the king, she seeks a divorce and refuses to speak to Kurt. It’s not long before Governor Nothin receives the information.
45min
Dec 31, 2020
3. Episode 3
3. Episode 3
Haijby is thrown into a Gestapo prison for 18 months after being caught in a sexual act with a male prostitute. When he’s released in 1941, Nothin’s colleagues are waiting to collect him from the train in Stockholm.
45min
Dec 31, 2020
4. Episode 4
4. Episode 4
In Kurt Haijby's dramatic 1950s trial, he stood accused of blackmailing the royal court, and many witnesses were called. This was his lawyer Henning Sjöström´s first case, and he then wrote a book about it.
44min
Dec 31, 2020
