THE ROYAL FAMILY
| Queen Elizabeth II | Claire Foy |
| Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Matt Smith |
| Queen Mary | Eileen Atkins |
| “David,” Duke of Windsor | Alex Jennings |
| Wallis, Duchess of Windsor | Lia Williams |
| King George VI | Jared Harris |
| Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother | Victoria Hamilton |
| Princess Margaret | Vanessa Kirby |
| Lord Louis Mountbatten | Greg Wise |
| Young Princess Elizabeth | Verity Russell |
| Young Princess Margaret | Beau Gadsdon |
| Prince Charles | Billy Jenkins |
| Princess Anne | Grace & Amelia Gilmour |
| Prince Ernst of Hannover | Daniel Betts |
THE WORLD OF THE COURT
| Alan Lascelles, “Tommy” | Pip Torrens |
| Michael Adeane | Will Keen |
| Martin Charteris | Harry Hadden-Paton |
| Mary Charteris | Jo Herbert |
| Peter Townsend | Ben Miles |
| Mike Parker | Daniel Ings |
| Duke of Norfolk | Patrick Ryecart |
| Lord Chamberlain | Patrick Drury |
| Cecil Mann, Crown Jeweller | John Surman |
| Margaret MacDonald, “Bobo” | Lizzy McInnerny |
| Marion Crawford, “Crawfie” | Sara Vickers |
| Chief Telephonist | John Rowe |
| Duke of Edinburgh’s Valet | Chris Gordon |
| Equerry (Buckingham Palace) | James Hillier |
| Page (Buckingham Palace) | Jonathan Newth |
| Page (Clarence House) | Thomas Padden |
| Princess Margaret’s Dresser | Angela Sims |
MOVING IN ROYAL CIRCLES
| Henry Porchester, “Porchey” | Joseph Kloska |
| Jean Wallop | Andrea Deck |
| Baron Nahum | Julius D’Silva |
| Billy Wallace | Nick Hendrix |
| Colin Tennant | David Shields |
| Commander Vyner | David Yelland |
| Lady Doris Vyner | Caroline Goodall |
| Johnny, Earl of Dalkeith | Josh Taylor |
| Judy Montague | Abigail Parmenter |
| Cecil Beaton | Mark Tandy |
| Norman Hartnell | Richard Clifford |
THE WORLD OF POLITICS
| Winston Churchill | John Lithgow |
| Clementine Churchill | Harriet Walter |
| Clement Attlee | Simon Chandler |
| Anthony Eden | Jeremy Northam |
| Clarissa Eden | Anna Madeley |
| Lord Salisbury, “Bobbety” | Clive Francis |
| John Colville, “Jock” | Nicholas Rowe |
| R. A. Butler, “Rab” | Michael Culkin |
| Walter Monckton | George Asprey |
| Harry Crookshank | Nigel Cooke |
| John Foster Dulles | Garrick Hagon |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Amir Boutrous |
HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
| Archbishop of Canterbury | Ronald Pickup |
| Archbishop of York | John Woodvine |
| Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton | Michael Cochrane |
| Lord Moran | Nicholas Jones |
| Sir John Weir | James Laurenson |
| Graham Sutherland | Stephen Dillane |
| Mlle. De Bellaigue | Héléna Soubeyrand |
| Captain F. B. Imbert-Terry | John Standing |
| Eric Sherbrooke Walker | David Clatworthy |
| Governor General of Kenya | Wayne Harrison |
| Chief Kungu Waruhiu | Yule Masiteng |
| Chief Pelipel | Treasure Tshabalala |
| Kathleen Sullivan | Amelia Bullmore |
FICTITIOUS CHARACTERS
| Venetia Scott | Kate Phillips |
| Chief Sironka | Dan Sitoe |
| Bill Matheson | Paul Thornley |
| Collins | Jo Stone-Fewings |
| Mary | Samantha Baines |
| Mrs. Wills | Catherine Lamb |
| Nancy Lewis | Clare Foster |
| Professor Hogg | Alan Williams |
| Thurman | Anthony Flanagan |
| Tony Longdon | Ed Stoppard |
| Newspaper Editor | Peter Wight |
| Newspaper Proprietor | Clive Arrindell |
| Chief Scientist (Met Office) | Simon Poland |
| Director (Met Office) | Stephen Chance |
| TV Producer | Ryan Early |