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The Royals Love Triangle Picks Their Shipper Names—Does Creator Mark Schwahn Approve?

What should we call Ophelia and Liam? And Gemma and Liam? The cast dishes on their favorite names

By Kristin Dos Santos, Sydney Bucksbaum Mar 23, 2015 3:00 AMTags
Watch: "The Royals" Love Triangle Picks Top "Shipper" Names!

After only one episode of The Royals, a new shipper couple was born!

E!'s first scripted series debuted Sunday night and immediately introduced viewers to star-crossed lovers Liam (William Moseley), aka the future King of England, and his new crush Ophelia (Merritt Patterson), the American daughter of the King's head of security. They come from different worlds, he's poised to take over the throne, but their feelings are just too strong to ignore, yadda yadda yadda...we all know where this going, and we can't wait to go on the ride!

But in this Sunday's all-new episode of The Royals, the romantic Liam-Ophelia love story hits a major roadblock, and that roadblock's name is Gemma (Sophie Colquhoun).

Liam's ex-girlfriend is everything a future King could want in a future wife, and both Ophelia and Gemma know it. Plus, it doesn't exactly help Ophelia's case that the Queen herself (Elizabeth Hurley) is Team Gemma, rooting for the titled, wealthy ex to win back her son's heart as she's more "appropriate" for the throne than the naive American.

Now that viewers know about the show's central love triangle, what should the shipper names be for each of the couples? Check out what The Royals stars Moseley, Patterson and Colquhoun think Liam-Ophelia and Liam-Gemma should be called! Spoiler alert: they're hilarious and oh-so-perfect.

Plus, what does creator Mark Schwahn think of their chosen shipper names? Press play on the video above to find out now!

The Royals airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on E!

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