A Royal Night Out

A Royal Night Out is a 2015 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Julian Jarrold and written by Trevor de Silva and Kevin Hood. The film stars Sarah Gadon as the teenaged Princess Elizabeth, who, with younger sister Princess Margaret (Bel Powley), ventures out of Buckingham Palace to enjoy the VE Day celebrations.
== Plot ==
On VE Day – 8 May 1945 – as London celebrates the end of World War II in Europe and peace being declared across the continent, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed to join the celebrations, against the Queen's wishes. The King, impressed by Elizabeth's pleading, asks her to report back on the people's feelings towards him and his midnight speech on the radio.
Each girl, incognito, is chaperoned by an army officer with an itinerary to be back at Buckingham Palace by 1 a.m. Soon realising the Queen's planned itinerary does not fulfill their expectations of fun and meeting the ordinary people, Margaret is the first to slip away from her escort, followed by Elizabeth.
The princesses are separated on two different buses. Margaret is befriended by a naval officer seeking to take advantage of what he believes is just an ordinary girl, and Elizabeth by an airman named Jack who is absent without leave. Margaret is led by her naval officer into a world of Soho nightclubs, gambling, spiked drinks and brothels. Elizabeth and her airman have their own adventures trying to catch up with Margaret, which take them far beyond the 1 a.m. deadline into the early hours of the following morning.
== Cast ==
* Sarah Gadon as Princess Elizabeth
* Bel Powley as Princess Margaret
* Jack Reynor as Jack Hodges
* Rupert Everett as King George VI
* Emily Watson as Queen Elizabeth
* Roger Allam as Stan
* Ruth Sheen as Joan Hodges
* Jack Gordon as Lieutenant Burridge
* Jack Laskey as Lieutenant Pryce
* Geoffrey Streatfield as Jeffers
* Sophia Di Martino as Phoebe
The character of Pryce is credited as a Lieutenant, but is shown as, and referred to as, Captain Pryce throughout the film.
== Relation to the true events ==
The two officer escorts and the airman in the screenplay were fictional creations. In reality, the princesses in an organised group of 16 went out at 10 p.m. to mingle with revellers, and returned to Buckingham Palace at 1 a.m.
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