The Hesse sisters, Queen Victoria's granddaughters, dive headfirst into passionate, doomed love affairs across Europe's royal courts as family tensions boil over.
As the Tsar nears the end, Nicky marries Alix and quickly inherits the throne; they are invited to Balmoral to visit the Queen.
At the turn of the century, Queen Victoria dies, and George V is crowned king; the sisters reunite at the wedding of Willy's daughter.
Victoria, Alix and Ella are in Russia when war breaks out; Victoria flees to Britain but learns that Alix, Nicky and their children were executed.
Michele Dotrice
Queen Victoria
Gary Oliver
Bertie
Kat Ronney
Princess Alexandra of Hesse and by Rhine
Richard Winsor
Prince Louis of Batternburg
Josie Dunn
Princess Victoria
