The late Sue Townsend wrote the definitive fantasy satire about the royal family. Townsend was a strong opponent of gross inequalities of wealth but her books worked because they were written with an element of imaginative sympathy. 'The Windsors' can be seen as another effort in the same vein, but it's not nearly as successful. It's completely over-the-top, repetitive, tediously uses bad language to fill in any gaps in the dialogue (heavy music also covers up the flimsiness of the writing), and doesn't try to inveigh any of its characters with substance. There are a few funny 'Airplane'-style gags but the relentless one-dimensional nature soon grates. It feels like a series of sketches ill-advisedly stitched together into a series. Somehow I don't feel like there'll be a second one.
Review of The Windsors
