Guest Stars Tony Curran as King James I Mark O'Halloran as Sir Francis Bacon Niamh Algar as Sandie Adrian Rawlins as Sir Edward Coke Emily Fairn as Jenny Rina Mahoney as Laura Ashcattle Jacob McCarthy as Kit Villiers Amelia Gething as Frances Coke Alice Grant as Susan Villiers Tom Victor as John Villiers Trine Dyrholm as Queen Anne Sean Gilder as Sir Thomas Compton Samuel Blenkin as Prince Charles Nicola Walker as Lady Hatton Lydia Fleming as Anne Turner Pearl Chanda as Countess Somerset Laurie Davidson as Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset Vlad Troncea as Scottish Gentleman Joshua James Hutchings as Scottish Gentleman David Boan as Scottish Gentleman Eoin Quinlan as Scottish Gentleman Jim Sturgeon as Dr Harvey Angus Wright as Sir David Graham Ankur Bahl as Xander the Bookkeeper Ryan Oliva as Wearstrap Declan Conlon as Richard the Market Trader