The long-awaited film adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s guide “Red, White & Royal Blue” is lastly right here, and it is the right rom-com for these hazy late-summer days. Starring Taylor Zakhar Perez as first son Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine because the British Prince Henry, the Prime Video film follows the 2 males’s journey from rivalry to pretend friendship to actual love. As with every guide adaptation, the film might make just a few adjustments from the unique guide, however for those who’re curious to know extra in regards to the total storyline, we have all of the spoilers from the guide proper right here.

“Red, White & Royal Blue” Abstract

The guide takes place in an alternate timeline, the place Ellen Claremont of Texas gained the 2016 presidential election and have become the primary lady president of america. Within the lead-up to her re-election marketing campaign, the Claremont presidency has a little bit of a PR nightmare: the primary son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, will get into an altercation with Prince Henry, the youthful British prince, on the royal marriage ceremony of Henry’s older brother Philip. The cake-covered fiasco between them results in a global press flurry, so their two PR groups hop into overdrive with a canopy story, claiming that Alex and Henry are literally the very best of mates and the accident was only a pleasant joke gone improper. To make the story stick, the 2 males must fake to be mates — which is an issue, as a result of they really cannot stand one another.

Each Alex and Henry have family and friends of their respective corners, making an attempt to assist clean the way in which. Alex has his sister, June, and his greatest pal (and the vp’s granddaughter) Nora, plus two senators: his father, Oscar Diaz, and Rafael Luna, the youngest member of the Senate and one thing of a pal and mentor to Alex. Henry, in the meantime, leans on his sister, Princess Beatrice, and his greatest pal Percy “Pez” Okonjo, an eccentric philanthropist. Henry and Alex’s fake friendship will get off to a rocky begin, however finally, they begin to open up to one another little by little, particularly in texts and emails.

When Henry and his mates are invited to the White Home for the New Yr’s Eve celebration, issues rapidly get sophisticated. In a personal second, Henry impulsively kisses Alex, and within the aftermath, Alex realizes that he is bisexual. Alex and Henry start a secret relationship, starting from intercontinental booty calls to more and more tender and romantic emails. For some time, they’re principally in a position to maintain their relationship non-public, with solely their closest mates (and, finally, Alex’s mother and father and one very irritated aide named Zahra) realizing the reality.

Then, the presidential marketing campaign will get messy when information leaks that Senator Luna has agreed to help Jeffrey Richards, the right-wing opponent of President Claremont. Alex, who appears to be like as much as Luna, doesn’t take the information properly, and in his offended confrontation, comes out to his former mentor. After spending a peaceable weekend with Alex and his household at Alex’s father’s house, Henry briefly ghosts Alex, main Alex to fly out to England to confront him. They reconcile, working collectively to beat Henry’s fears about their relationship.

Every little thing blows up, nonetheless, when the non-public emails between Henry and Alex are leaked in full. Richards leaps on the chance to go after President Claremont, each on the “private email server” and the “family values” speaking factors, and Henry’s household, all the way in which as much as his grandmother, the queen, are livid on the scandal. The queen, insisting that the general public won’t ever settle for a homosexual prince, even suggests they attempt to declare the emails and pictures had been faked. Philip sides with their grandmother, however Henry’s mom and Beatrice aspect with him and Alex, revealing the large stage of help that the couple has behind them.

In the end, Alex and Henry resolve to face up for themselves and for his or her relationship. Alex makes a speech from the White Home with Henry at his aspect, popping out to the entire world and speaking in regards to the which means of affection — for household, for nation, and for important others. With the assistance of an nameless hacker, Nora figures out that Richards was behind the stalking of Alex and Henry, and, in flip, Alex figures out that the “anonymous” hacker was Senator Luna performing as a double agent, who reveals that Richards has been preying on interns for many years. On election evening, President Claremont wins re-election, and as their family and friends rejoice, Alex and Henry slip away to speak in regards to the future and take a second only for them.