Beatrix, Orange under fire

Overview

Series about the life and work of Queen Beatrix, offering a meticulous dramatised interpretation of historical events. The series opens in the Royal tour bus, a few minutes before the attack on Queen’s Day 2009, and goes on to show other tough and fine moments in the monarch’s life. Is she really the business manager on the throne that the media often call her? What is she like as a mother and grandmother? How did she cope with her husband’s depressions and illness?

Cast

Thom Hoffman

Bernhard

Willeke van Ammelrooy

Beatrix

Mara van Vlijmen

Beatrix

Bastiaan Ragas

Willem-Alexander

Katja Herbers

Maxima

Ian Bok

Claus

Peter Oosthoek

Claus

Antoinette Jelgersma

Juliana

Eric Schneider

Bernhard

Ellen Vogel

Juliana