A ROYAL AFFAIR is the true story of an ordinary man who wins the queen's heart and starts a revolution. Centering on the intriguing love triangle between the ever more insane Danish King Christian VII (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard), the royal physician who is a man of enlightenment and idealism Struensee (Mads Mikkelsen) and the young but strong Queen Caroline Mathilda (Alicia Vikander), a ROYAL AFFAIR is the gripping tale of brave idealists who risk everything in their pursuit of freedom for their people Above all it is the story of a passionate and forbidden romance that changed an entire nation.