The Palace (Blenheim Palace) where the show was filmed was the birthplace of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
All of the titles of the episodes come from famous lines in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Some scenes for Hamlet (1996) were filmed at Blenheim Palace.
In January 2015, the E! Network announced that the show was renewed for a second season two months before the series premiere.
Elizabeth Hurley's son, Damian is a guest star. He plays a fictional, obnoxious Prince of Lichtenstein on a television soap opera.
Cyrus' (Jake Maskall's) daughters Penelope (Lydia Rose Bewley) and Maribel (Hatty Preston) were loosely based on Prince Andrew's real-life daughters Beatrice and Eugenie.