Rueben's Ramblings

The PBS movie King Charles III will debut on May 14 at 9 PM.

The hit Broadway show has been adopted for TV with Tim Pigott-Smith (Downton Abbey and The Hour) reprises his role of Prince Charles, who has waited his entire life to ascend to the British throne. But after the Queen’s death, he immediately finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law.

With the future of the monarchy under threat, protests on the streets, and his family in disarray, Charles must grapple with his own identity and purpose, to decide whether, in the twenty-first century, the British crown still has any real power.

Here is a trailer for King Charles III: