A Royal Affair Page #2

What position is that?

The King's personal physician.

Believe it or not, Brandt and I

were at the very top of the Court.

High enough to be sniffing the chaste

minister wives between the legs.

When King Frederik died, Bernstorff

removed the ones he didn't like.

So here we are

in the world's a**hole.

Sorry about that.

- We miss life at Court.

The King is in Hamburg right now

on his grand tour of Europe.

But they're stuck.

He's too ill to continue.

What's wrong with him?

The Court is now searching

for a personal physician -

to take care of the King

on the rest of his journey.

We could get your name

onto the list of candidates.

You'd definitely need a new suit.

They would never let me

near the King.

Why not?

- I'm a small-town doctor.

And you had no trouble uncovering

that I'm a man of the Enlightenment.

So are we!

- I am. Rantzau just thinks he is.

Just don't talk about it at Court. Keep

mentioning your father, the priest.

The Court loves that crap.

And in the unlikely event

that I get the job? What then?

You use your position to get Brandt

and me back into the inner circle.

What does a personal physician do?

Blow the King's nose or ...?

Lick his feet, wipe his ass.

Who cares? It's the King!

No!

No!

I don't want to!

Johann Struensee?

You may have heard that the King

has certain moods.

Only rumors.

Do you have a theory?

He's been difficult since childhood.

But I think most of his problems

stem from excessive masturbation.

You may enter.

Your Majesty, my name is

- I don't need a doctor!

The Court thinks you need a doctor

Do you have any idea why?

I like to drink.

I like hookers with big breasts,

and I like fighting.

What's wrong with that?

I am King!

What if you weren't King.

What would make you happy?

"To sleep, perchance to dream."

"Often expectation fails and most

often there, where most it promises."

"All the world's a stage, and all

the men and women merely players."

"They have their exits

and their entrances -

and one man in his time

plays many parts."

"What a piece of work is a man."

"There's something rotten in the

- I don't like that one. Pick another.

Come!

A horse

"My kingdom for a horse."

"The web of our life is of

a mingled yarn, good and ill together."

COPENHAGEN, 1769

Your Majesty,

there's a slight confusion about -

when and where

the French tenor will sing.

In the dining hall, following dessert.

But wait until the tables are cleared.

Is everyone by the main stairs?

- Shortly, Your Majesty.

Then we'll call upon You

and the ministers.

That was all, Your Majesty.

Lord Chamberlain

Did you remember Gourmand?

- The dog. Thank you, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

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