Stockholm 1935; restaurant owner Kurt Haijby goes to the king to obtain the hard-to-obtain liquor license; the meeting with King Gustaf V takes an unexpected turn and soon turns into a completely different kind of relationship.

The relationship between the king and Kurt Haijby threatens to become public when Anna Haijby files for divorce; commander-in-Chief Noth does everything he can to cover up the situation and to silence those involved.

Deported from Sweden, Haijby is imprisoned in Germany; after serving his sentence, he returns to Sweden, where anything but a free life awaits him; Kurt Haijby's long battle for compensation begins.

Kurt Haijby's life is once again shattered, when the head of state Noth resumes the accusations against Haijby to keep his mouth shut; in 1952, a merciless trial begins where the sentencing is followed by the press, and the entire Swedish people.