History Characters / RedWhiteAndRoyalBlue

* HeroicBSOD: Has a massive FreakOut after finding out about Alex and Henry's relationship. In the movie, it takes her a minute to relearn how to form words due to her shock and horror (which has nothing to do with homophobia and ''everything'' with the earthshaking PR crisis she's just had dropped in her lap).

* OpenMindedParent: When Alex comes out to her as bisexual, she's very accepting -- [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents arguably too much so]]. Her issues with his relationship with Henry have nothing to do with the latter being a man and everything to do with him being one of the heads of a foreign state.

* HeroicBSOD: Has a massive FreakOut after finding out about Alex and Henry's relationship. In the movie, it takes her a minute to relearn how to form words due to her shock and horror.

* UptownGirl: In any other relationship, Arthur would've been the party in superior station as a wealthy and highly-regarded stage and film actor. (Un)fortunately, the woman he fell in love with is Catherine, who is a ''literal'' princess.

* PresentAbsence: Even though he's been dead for quite some time, his death still casts a heavy cloud over his family. Most notably, he's the reason why Henry and Alex's first meeting at the Rio Olympics went so badly. [[spoiler:Henry fell for Alex at first sight, but couldn't handle the sudden rush of those feelings so soon after Arthur's death. That led to him trying to get Alex out of his presence as soon as possible, which led to the other developing his grudge against Henry]].

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Inserted in place of the Queen from the novel to further distance the fictionalized Royal family from the real one (the same reason their family name was changed for the movie). Ironically since Queen Elizabeth's death occurred between filming and release, this actually brought them closer to the real Royal Family as it coincided with the coronation of King Charles.

* AdaptationNameChange: The movie changes his last name from Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor to Hanover-Stuart-Fox, possibly to avoid any connotations to the real-life British royal family's surname.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: He's been in denial about his attraction to men since at least high school. In fact, what clues Alex into realizing that he's not straight after Henry and his first kiss is the fact that he's spending so much time trying to convince himself he is.

* AdaptationNameChange: The movie changes his last name from Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor to Hanover-Stuart-Fox.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler: It's revealed that he has a long history of sexual assault, primarily of the women in his employ but Rafael reveals he tried it on him as well.]]

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[[folder:King James III]]
The current British monarch and grandfather of Phillip, Henry, and Beatrice.

* OpenMindedParent: Doesn't mind at all that Henry is gay. [[spoiler:The first thing she tells him after he's outed by the leaks is to tell him he could've told her and she would've understood]].

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Well a heart of ''bronze'' maybe but, while he's a HeteronormativeCrusader, he also clearly cares for Henry and a lot of his insistence at presenting a "traditional Royal image" is born out of worry for Henry; as when he softly asks if Henry is sure before Henry outs himself but then ultimately letting him do it without much fuss, when he could have easily forced him not to.

* ConflictingLoyalty: Upon realizing that Alex is about to [[LoveConfession confess his feelings]], he abruptly leaves as he suddenly feels torn between his status as royalty or his wish to be with Alex openly. [[spoiler:He eventually decides to stand up to his family (particularly his grandmother (book)/grandfather (film) and his brother) and chooses Alex after seeing the outpouring of public support for their relationship]].

* ConflictingLoyalty: Upon realizing that Alex is about to [[LoveConfession confess his feelings]], he abruptly leaves as he suddenly feels torn between his status as royalty and his wish to be with Alex openly. [[spoiler:He eventually decides to stand up to his family (particularly his grandmother (book)/grandfather (film) and his brother) and chooses Alex after seeing the outpouring of public support for their relationship]].

* ObliviousToLove: He's very obtuse when it comes to romantic matters. In addition to missing Henry's attraction to him (and his own attraction to Henry), it took him years to figure out he was bisexual even after he spent a good portion of high school watching porn and fooling around with his very male best friend Liam. To say nothing of how he obsessed over June's J-14 magazine picture of Henry for several years, before he even got the chance to meet Henry himself.

* JealousRomanticWitness: When attending Alex’s New Year’s Eve party, Henry is obviously jealous upon seeing Alex kissing random girls who throw themselves at the latter. Unable to deal with it, he immediately leaves, much to Alex's confusion.