Netflix’s The Royals has been making headlines ever since its premiere on the platform on May 9, 2025. Starring Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar in the lead, the show follows a royal tale of love, deception and mysteries. While netizens were intrigued by its plot and impressed with its glitzy royalty, the show has found itself in a new controversy. Despite being based on a fictional tale, several people have raised questions about the portrayal of royals on the show, including The Royals Fables and Baroda’s Queen, Maharani Radhika Raje Gaekwad herself. Amid all this, the show’s director opened up about what served as an inspiration for her to create the show.
The Royals director reveals why she shot at multiple locations
Priyanka Ghose, who co-directed The Royals with Nupur Asthana, recently sat down for an interview with News 18. Before the criticism around its portrayal of Royals made rounds on the internet, Priyanka told that she had travelled extensively across India and spoke to multiple royals to understand their culture and tradition to research for the show. When she was asked whether The Royals was based on the royal family of Jaipur, given it is their shooting location, she said:
“Not just Jaipur. I had to do multiple trips of location recce because you can’t restrict yourself to one palace. I needed so many different spaces. I needed a full-blown swimming pool, somebody’s room, somebody’s Darbar Hall, some dining hall. It was impossible to find it all in one place. You have to go hunting everywhere