Red, White & Royal Blue was one of 2023's biggest surprise hits. Based on Casey McQuiston's popular (and #BookTok-beloved) queer romance novel of the same name, the Prime Video rom-com tells the love story of Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), son of the first female U.S. President, and Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) of the United Kingdom. After the two total opposites are forced to fake a friendship following an international incident involving a royal wedding cake, they fall for each other and must keep their romance a secret.
Over two years since RWRB made its streaming debut, the film adaptation is still one of Prime Video's top three most-watched rom-coms, so it was no surprise when Amazon MGM Studios confirmed that another installment is on the way. Below, read on for everything we know about the Red, White, and Royal Blue sequel so far.
Has a 'Red, White & Royal Blue' sequel been announced?
On October 16, 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that a follow-up to Red, White & Royal Blue is officially greenlit. The news comes with a new title for the sequel: Red, White & Royal Wedding (!!!).
According to the release, Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez are set to reprise their roles as Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz. Matthew López, who directed the original film, returns to write the screenplay alongside My Lady Jane creator Gemma Burgess and book author McQuiston. Jamie Babbit, who helmed the queer classic But I'm a Cheerleader, will direct the film.
The sequel was first teased in May 2024, when the creative team spoke about the possibility of a second film during a fan screening in Culver City, California.
Speaking with Teen Vogue in August 2023, López teased that he was open to continuing Alex and Henry's love story, saying, "I would love to do a sequel—if we have the right story."
He continued, "I think there has to be a better reason than simply the desire to make one. There has to be a compelling story reason. I don't think a sequel is a bad idea, but I don't think a sequel for the sake of doing a sequel is necessarily sufficient. What I will say is the movie is 72 hours old. Before I can start thinking of sequels, I’m still trying to understand the impact this movie has had on the world. And I'm incredibly grateful that it has been received with so much love and warmth and enthusiasm."
Based on his past comments, he and McQuiston must have a compelling continuation of Alex and Henry's romance in store!
When will the 'Red, White & Royal Blue' sequel be released?
Though the release window for Red, White & Royal Wedding is still anyone's guess, there have been some promising updates. On January 18, 2026, Zakhar Perez and Galitzine announced the start of filming via an Instagram clip captured during the first day of production.
As for a possible release date, some good news is that rom-coms tend to have quicker production timelines. For example, Red, White, & Royal Blue debuted just a year after filming took place between June and August 2022. Now that production's underway, Red, White & Royal Wedding could arrive as soon as early 2027.
Who is in the cast of 'Red, White, & Royal Wedding'?
Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed that most of the LGBTQ+ rom-com's main cast will return for the sequel. In addition to Galitzine and Zakhar Perez, Uma Thurman (President Ellen Claremont), Sarah Shahi (Zahra Bankston), Rachel Hilson (Nora Holleran), Ellie Bamber (Princess Beatrice), Clifton Collins Jr. (First Husband Oscar Diaz), Stephen Fry (King James III), Thomas Flynn (Prince Philip), Aneesh Sheth (Amy Gupta) and Malcolm Atobrah (Percy Okonjo) are all set to return.
Meanwhile, four actors have been added to the cast in undisclosed roles: Saturday Night Live alum Chloe Fineman; Game of Thrones star Lena Headey; Danish actor Alex Høgh Andersen; and Henry Ashton, who previously appeared in My Lady Jane and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
What will 'Red, White & Royal Wedding' be about?
Though plot details for Red, White & Royal Wedding are still under wraps, the stars have already responded to a big fan theory. Despite widespread speculation that the titular wedding will be Alex and Henry's, Zakhar and Galiztine confirmed in the January Instagram post that the second royal wedding is actually Bea's. For those who haven't read the book, Princess Beatrice is Henry's younger sister.
Though Alex and Henry's wedding is still a "long ways off at this point," per the clip, the sequel will likely see the pair consider their own relationship as they witness Bea's nuptials. RWRB 2 could also touch on the challenges Alex and Henry have faced while dating in the public eye, and how Henry's duties as a senior royal changed as the first openly gay member of the Royal Family.
Red, White & Royal Blue's book-accurate ending only hints at the couple's future domestic bliss, but fans can get an official peek at their life after the film's events by turning to a special version of the book. Red, White & Royal Blue: Collector's Edition, published in 2022 three years after the original was released in 2019, includes an exclusive chapter set after the novel's events, told through Henry's point of view. (Alex narrates the rest of the book.)
In the special chapter, Alex and Henry move to Brooklyn after traveling for several months. The two briefly live in separate apartments before moving into a brownstone together. Alex goes off to law school, while Henry starts a nonprofit, gets into cooking, and travels back and forth to London for various royal engagements. They get engaged(!) and eventually plan to move to Austin, where they can have a quieter life away from the paparazzi.
Will there be another 'Red, White & Royal Blue' book?
Since the novel published in May 2019, author Casey McQuiston, who uses they/them pronouns, has hinted that Alex and Henry's story could continue in a new installment. In a September 2019 interview with Hello!, they said, "I will say that I have plenty of ideas for stories set in this world and would love a chance to explore one of them someday. I would be surprised if you've seen the last of Alex and Henry."
In the meantime, movie fans can check out the novel to spend more time with the RWRB characters.
McQuiston has also written other books: One Last Stop is an N.Y.C.-based queer romance about a love that literally transcends time, while I Kissed Sara Wheeler is a YA rom-com about high school girls growing up queer in a Christian school in the South. Their bisexual romance, The Pairing, came out in August 2024.
