| The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to its core. He was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Francesca Annis | Lillie | 13 |
| James Warwick | Hugo de Bathe | 13 |
| Ann Firbank | Princess Alexandra | 13 |
| Anton Rodgers | Edward Langtry | 13 |
| Peggy Ann Wood | Mrs. Le Breton | 13 |
| John Barcroft | Francis Knollys | 13 |
| Adam Bareham | Clement Le Breton | 13 |
| Michael Shannon | Freddie Gebhard | 13 |
| Anton Rodgers | 9 | |
| Peter Egan | 8 | |
| Brian Deacon | 7 | |
| Denis Lill | 7 | |
| Jennie Linden | 6 | |
| Don Fellows | 5 | |
| David Gwillim | 4 | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | 3 | |
| Alex Scott | 3 | |
| Nicholas Jones | 2 | |
| David Dixon | 2 | |
| John Castle | 2 | |
| Simon Shepherd | 2 | |
| Anthony Ainley | 2 | |
| John Justin | 2 | |
| John Bryans | 2 | |
| Simon Fisher-Turner | Reggie Le Breton | 2 |
| Anthony Stewart Head | 1 | |
| Cheryl Campbell | 1 | |
| Carmen Silvera | 1 | |
| John Bennett | 1 | |
| Joanna David | 1 | |
| Desmond Llewelyn | 1 | |
| David Rintoul | 1 | |
| Michael Sheard | 1 | |
| Annette Crosbie | 1 | |
| William Hootkins | 1 | |
| Clare Clifford | 1 | |
| Patrick Ryecart | 1 | |
| Jenny Laird | 1 | |
| Freda Dowie | 1 | |
| David Healy | 1 | |
| John Phillips | 1 | |
| Stephanie Cole | 1 | |
| Tommy Duggan | 1 | |
| Hana Maria Pravda | 1 | |
| Terence Davies | 1 | |
| Paul Herzberg | 1 | |
| Peter Birrel | 1 |