2013 Christmas special episode of the award-winning ITV costume drama following the lives and loves of those above and below the stairs of an English stately home. Summer has come to Downton Abbey, and it's the time of year when the family's social obligations must be met. While Lady Rose (Lily James) prepares for her 'coming out', an event which will give her the chance to rub shoulders with the Prince of Wales (Oliver Dimsdale) at Buckingham Palace, Robert (Hugh Bonneville) must deal with a problem which could destroy his whole family's reputation...