The Prince meets a girlfriend, a blonde in a pink puffball dress (Bryony Wood) who is a bit of an airhead. We have to laugh! There is a scene in a seedy nightclub.  The royals go the ballet where Bourne parodies fussily designed classical ballet with the Mothmaiden (Molly Shaw-Downie), escaping the clutches of three trolls.  Instead of eating snacks noisily as she did in the original, the girlfriend’s mobile phone goes off in the ballet and we understand the prince’s mother disdain for her.  A corgi trots in, a reference to our own royal family and creating amusement.   

Behind the prince’s enormous bed with its crown in red, fleetingly we have seen a swan flying through the air. Having been immersed in the tedium of existence for the prince, his meeting with the swans is an emotional highpoint as these beautiful creatures display state of the art dance.  One arm curves round the head, the other flutters straight as a wing, their faces show the dark eyes and bill and the athletic jumps convey the grace of the swans’ gliding movement. The dancers are muscular and bare chested, wearing high waisted feathered pantaloons and barefoot.  The dance of the little swans has mischievous swans cheekily invading the school playground to much joy.