Malte Gårdinger may play a royal on TV, but would never want to be one IRL

“Young Royals” imagines what it’s like to be, well, young and royal, especially at at time when social media lets the public track your every move (or close).

The Netflix show, which returned for a second season on Nov. 1, follows Wilhelm (Edvin Ryding), the fictional Prince of Sweden, at an elite boarding school who falls in love with Simon (Omar Rudberg), a fellow student from a working-class family.

In Season Two, Wilhelm is on a crusade to get Simon back while also getting revenge on his cousin August, a character that actor Malte Gårdinger (who plays him) called an “a–hole” while speaking to TODAY.

Wilhelm certainly has reason to seek revenge.