In Season 1, hotheaded Peter wasn’t above repeating a joke to intimidate courtiers into laughing ...Catherine and Peter vie for control of the palace ... Peter’s aunt Elizabeth (Belinda Bromilow) was one of his staunchest allies, until patriotism and a new heir convinced her to switch sides.
The powers behind the throne, Peter’s eccentric Aunt Elizabeth (Belinda Bromilow) and the court’s resident archbishop (Adam Godley), are seasoned political players who do their best to steer Peter by indulging his narcissistic whims ... When nobles toast to Peter III, ...
Nicholas Hoult is amazing as her husband Peter (the son of Peter the Great who is condemned to live in his father’s shadow) ...Belinda Bromilow is wonderful as Peter’s dotty Aunt Elizabeth who knows all the family secrets and whose eccentric behavior masks a keen intellect and fierce sense of dynastic pride.
The beast to her Belle is Peter, who ends their brief first meeting by saying, "I have to get back to my whores ...Harder to budge are the loyalties of Peter's aunt Elizabeth (Belinda Bromilow), his highest-ranking (and vodka-soaked) general (Douglas Hodge) and his mistress (Charity Wakefield) and her quietly suffering husband (Gwilym Lee).