Exclusive clip from period drama A Royal Affair: watch now

Sumptuous Danish drama A Royal Affair hits UK cinemas in less than a month, and we’ve gotten our hands on an exclusive clip from the film.

Alicia Vikander stars as Caroline Mathilde, a young Brit who’s sent to Denmark to marry King Christian VII (Mikkel Følsgaard). After they’re wed, though, she falls for his trusted advisor Johann (Mads Mikkelsen).

In our exclusive clip, Caroline’s fears about her new husband – who she’s never met – are put to rest when she’s let in on a little secret. Watch below...

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The lovely Vikander chatted to Total Film recently, and you can find out what she had to say about A Royal Affair and more in the latest issue, on sale now.

A Royal Affair opens in the UK on 15 June.

Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.