![]() A queer love affair between the President’s son and the Prince of England would likely incentivize bigots to spew even more hate and vitriol. In real life, the stakes of this story would be insurmountable. (Also, it should be said that these sex scenes are actually sexy.) It’s a celebration of queer joy By the time the two get intimate for the first time in the White House, it feels more than earned. In one scene, Henry says Alex smells like Le Labo Santal 33 - a comment that could read as either a personal dig or an attempt at flirting. The banter between Alex and Henry is at times reminiscent of studio comedies from a bygone era (Perez does his best Cary Grant), yet the exchanges are pointedly 2023. Truthfully, it’s hard to feel bad for a royal, fictional or otherwise, but Henry is too pretty to be sad. And these clandestine hook-ups with Alex across the Atlantic are saving him and eating him alive in equal measure. He’s buckling under the weight of the crown and his sexuality. 2 in line - a royal rich kid who spent his formative years in a haughty boarding school, yet there’s a softness to Galitzine’s portrayal. The character is “literally entitled” - he’s not the heir to the throne, but still no. Galitzine, with his chiseled jawline, leans into Henry’s vulnerability. There’s an instant spark between Alex and Henry that wouldn’t work if Perez and Galitzine weren’t so damn charming together. But that’s also what makes their chemistry so incendiary. Composed, self-serious, and careful with his words, Prince Henry exhibits a level of restraint solely reserved for British people and Olympians. A heart-to-heart in the Oval Office.Īnd Perez, with his wispy eyelashes and mega-watt charisma, makes Alex easy to root for, especially as he falls in love with Henry, someone who, on paper, is his complete opposite. He’s smart, ambitious, and passionate about what - and who - he believes in. An optimist who believes politics can positively impact marginalized communities! He wears the key to his childhood home in Texas around his neck so he never forgets where he came from! He’s the proud son of working-class parents (Clifton Collins Jr. He’s golden-hearted! He has messy emotions. But his most off-putting personality trait is that he’s a bit of a music snob (his love of Bad Bunny is valid). Every year he hosts a New Year’s rager on White House grounds. We are told that Alex is a bit of a wild child, the kind of guy who gets drunk at a royal wedding and causes a geopolitical headache for his mom, the President of the United States (Uma Thurman, sporting the twangiest of twangs). Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine's sizzling chemistryĪs Alex Claremont-Diaz, Perez embodies the slickness of sandpaper. In AO3 terms, it’s "enemies to lovers," "boys in love," "bad at feelings," and "royalty AU." If those tags speak to you, or if you’re in serious need of a feel-good rom-com, then here’s why you should add Red, White & Royal Blue to your weekend watch list. I mean this in the best way possible: If you often find yourself scrolling through the fanfiction site Archive of Our Own before bed, then Red, White & Royal Blue will make you feel things. The palpable push-and-pull between love and royal duty anchors the film (names like Diana, Harry, and Meghan might come to mind), but what keeps it entertaining is that it leans into the genre’s inherent corniness, thanks to director Matthew López’s mastery of elevated Hallmark (affectionate). In this unabashedly gay rom-com adapted from Casey McQuiston’s novel of the same name, a swoon-worthy romance blossoms between the president’s reckless son and the imperial spare following a staged media friendship. ![]() ![]() They hate each other, they love each other, and they can’t keep their perfectly manicured and moisturized hands off each other - in the words of the Extremely Online, we’re so back. Such is the case for First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz and HRH Prince Henry, the stately studs at the center of Amazon Prime Video’s movie Red, White & Royal Blue. It’s a delicious kind of tension that builds over petty banter and stolen glances. ![]() Of all the rom-com tropes, there is none more satisfying than enemies-to-lovers.
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