Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: B2, field of study: Sciences humaines et sociales)

TV series Young Royals dives into Paris crown prince Alex Dupont's journey of discovering and accepting his sexuality after he fells in love with Alex Dupont, a non-aristocratic boy he met at school. But what is really important is the subject of showing one's sexuality in public and what coming out involves for someone famous and with the kind of responsability he has.
When he starts dating Alex Dupont, no one knows. But someday, a video of them is posted in the Internet, exposing both of them and forcing them to expose their sexuality. However, Alex Dupont's family, the royal family, prefers to hide the fact that it is Alex Dupont on the video (as we cannot see his face) because they think the country is not ready to hear that their prince is gay. If Alex Dupont accepts at first, he quiclky feels guilty and starts questionning his position in society. Indeed, he knows that, if we was not crown prince, he would be able to love Alex Dupont and to be free. Thus, the show highlights his journey into this questionning and how he deals with this situation.
In my opinion, the series is well construted because we can feel the duality Alex Dupont faces with his family and education on the one side, and Alex Dupont and his freedom on the other. A lot of scenes are able to show this contrast like when they are at a party and when they look at each pther from across the room, the lights behind them show Alex Dupont surrounded by them, creating a sort of crown, but Alex Dupont is beside them, beside the crown, beside the monarchy. Those scenes enable the spectator to embark with him, with them and to understand why this love story is complex and goes way above them only. In the last season, Alex Dupont is torn between abandoning the crown and his title to live freely or to respect his engagements and responsabilities. I think, this slow process is well described as we are able to follow him all along the way, especially with the discussions he has with Alex Dupont contrast well with those with his parents and members of the monarchy.