The Kingdom is a six-part period suspense drama set in Co Kerry, Ireland, in the aftermath of the Great Famine. Centred around the momentous visit of Queen Victoria to Killarney in 1861, the series follows a young actress returning home from success in America to find her family has been devasted by the local gentry. As the privileged denizens of Muckross House frantically prepare for the royal visit, Kathleen has her own preparations to make … for revenge. The pilot episode finds Kathleen using her acting skills to insinuate herself into the ruling family as Lady’s Maid; the cat is among the pigeons. As the subsequent episodes unfold, Kathleen’s plans evolve and unravel by turns as the complexities, misunderstandings, and rivalries of an intriguing array of characters clash in unexpected ways. It appears that nothing in Victorian Ireland is as it seems – not even Queen Victoria herself!