Alvaro

Alvaro is a character in The Little Ladies: A Duchess Adventure. He is portrayed by David Smith. Alvaro lives in Belgravia and he is Elizabeth's advisor. He is a well-meaning guy who controls everything about Elizabeth's life so that she can have a perfect image but she gets sleepy of it and rebels against him.

## Story

One week before her coronation, Elizabeth takes a picture with her horse, Pretty Pearl. Alvaro tells the photographer to get her best angle. It begins raining so Alvaro beckons the staff over to cover Elizabeth. He asks Elizabeth if she had a good time with the photoshoot and she says yeah cause she likes rain. Alvaro tells her that the rain ruined the picture taking and she cannot be seen covered in rain cause the world holds her to a higher standard. Elizabeth wishes that the world could see her for who she is but even though she does not know who she is because of the limitations Alvaro gives her. He says that she is very young, naive and not ready to make her choices. Alvaro welcomes Elizabeth that he will protect her from herself until he thinks that she is ready to become independent. Elizabeth watches a vlog by Olivia where they look alike so she invites Olivia and her classmates to the castle. Alvaro greets them when they arrive and tells them to enjoy their stay. Professor Octavius de Mousus who accompanied Olivia and the other students, calls Alvaro handsome. They follow him inside the castle. Alvaro is secretive about Elizabeth's whereabouts. He tells everybody the west wing where Elizabeth is inside is off-limits. Before Alvaro can show the visitors to their rooms, Olivia encounters Elizabeth. Alvaro apologises on Olivia's behalf but Elizabeth asks for her and Olivia to be left by themselves. Alvaro bows and leaves. Elizabeth tells Olivia that she is very desperate to express herself but she thinks that Alvaro does not think anybody wants to know her true self. Elizabeth suggests she and Olivia trade places for one week so that Elizabeth can experience life as a normal person. Olivia agrees and Elizabeth sneaks out of the castle. Olivia goes to a yacht party in Elizabeth's place but she wears a pendant with her name on it. Alvaro shows Olivia a picture that was taken of her at the party. He removes the picture from the press pool and hopes that he was the only human who saw it. Alvaro says scenarios like this are why he should keep control at all times. Alvaro asks Olivia where Elizabeth is but she does not know. Alvaro plans to search for Elizabeth but does not want anybody to discover that she is lost so he tells Olivia to keep pretending to be the duchess. He has Olivia hand over her pendant and Olivia calls Elizabeth to tell her that Alvaro already knows they traded places. Elizabeth is confident he will not find her cause she is very good at hiding. She says she will return in time for her coronation. The following day, Alvaro wakes Olivia up and the staff prepares her for a very busy day. Alvaro accompanies Olivia to a royal horse show. He introduces Olivia to Pretty Pearl and says she must pretend to be Elizabeth or humans will know that something is weird. Alvaro introduces the horse show and he watches Olivia perform well with Pretty Pearl. He smiles and waves to Professor de Mousus who is also in the crowd. Alvaro says Olivia was wonderful at the horse show but she must also do picture taking, a royal foster home tour and gown trying. Olivia complains Alvaro must give Elizabeth more credit for making her busy schedule seem effortless and that he must listen to her more. Alvaro says that he is protecting Elizabeth but Olivia says that he is stopping her from making her choices. She asks Alvaro if he has ever asked Elizabeth what her ideas and dreams are. While discovering that he does not know, Alvaro becomes defensive and says that Elizabeth should be perfect because of her fame. A girl attempts to take a picture of Olivia while thinking that she is Elizabeth but Olivia wants to have a more personal connection instead of filming their meeting. Alvaro allows this to happen without anybody interfering. Alvaro tells Olivia to go to coronation practise with Prince Rajiv whose country is surrendering to Belgravia. Rajiv wants to be the ruler of Belgravia and notices Olivia's pendant at the yacht party. He arranges for Elizabeth to be kidnapped so that she will miss her coronation and he can become king. Olivia discovers that Elizabeth is in big trouble and she attempts to ask Alvaro what he knows. Before Elizabeth can get to Alvaro, Rajiv orders for Alvaro to be taken away. Alvaro tells Rajiv that he will not get away with this. Olivia and her best friends find Elizabeth and get her to the coronation right on time. Rajiv is arrested and Alvaro crowns Elizabeth as queen. Elizabeth says that she wants to begin a royal blog that she writes and produces herself so she can talk directly to her people. Alvaro says he supports her choice and that she is ready to be a very wonderful queen. While everybody celebrates, he dances with Professor de Mousus.

## Appearance

Alvaro has tan skin, grey hair and brown eyes. His hair is very short and he has a moustache and beard. He has very thick eyebrows and he wears glasses. For most of the film, Alvaro wears a blue suit with a white tee, a light grey vest and black shoes. For Elizabeth's coronation, Alvaro wears a blue, golden and pink sash.

## Personality

Alvaro is very serious and strict. He trains Elizabeth well so that she can be seen as the perfect duchess. He is overprotective of her to the point of not letting her make any mistakes. Alvaro is not very adventurous and he is traditional leading Elizabeth to say that he is always such a stick in the mud. However, she knows that he means well and that his protective nature is well-intentioned. He knows everything about Elizabeth so he figures out that Elizabeth is lost. Alvaro becomes uncomfortable when Olivia points out that he does not know Elizabeth's true self cause he has controlled her much. Elizabeth rebels by leaving the castle without his permission but she learns much about herself that he becomes open to letting her makes her choices. He becomes more supportive and encouraging to Elizabeth.

## Quotes

* (During Elizabeth's picture-taking) "Be sure to get her very best angle."
* (To Elizabeth) "You are very young, you have much to learn about the world."
* (Elizabeth asks when she can be independent) "When I know that you are ready. Until then, it is my job to protect you from yourself."
* "For security reasons, I can neither confirm nor deny the whereabouts of Her Royal Highness. I should insist that you respect her privacy. The west wing is off-limits."
* "Do you understand why it is very important for me to keep control of the scenario at all times?"
* (To Olivia) "A good duchess does not bother herself with details. Leave those to me. You show up, be gorgeous and make it all seem effortless."
* (About Elizabeth) "Every word she utters is heard by the whole world. That is why she should be perfect at all times. Cameras are everywhere!"
* (To Elizabeth) "A blog? You wanna start a royal blog? If this is your choice, I support it. You are ready. You are going to make a wonderful queen."