Filming of the historical series “The Royal Mob” (directed by Fraser McDonald) by “Sky History” channel will take place in Rundāle Palace and its garden from 4 to 6 July. Therefore visitors are kindly asked to be aware that the visit to Rundāle Palace may take longer than expected. There may also be changes in the interior arrangement of some rooms.
“The Royal Mob” is a sprawling story told through the eyes of Queen Victoria’s four favourite granddaughters – the Hesse sisters, who married into Europe’s most powerful royal courts. We reveal how family tensions set sister against sister and cousin against cousin, leading to WWI, the Russian Revolution and the deaths of more than 20 million people. The chink of champagne glasses and the rattle of royal jewellery gave way to the blast of bombs, war and murder, and the world was never the same again.