Martha is pressured to exploit her friendship with the president, who defies isolationists to push the Lend-Lease act. Martha and the children get a surprise Christmas present.

In Crossing the Atlantic, while bombs fall on Olav and the king in London, Martha and the children are in the U.S., where President Roosevelt extends a special invitation.

A princess steals the heart of the president of the United States in this epic, eight-part drama based on the World War II relationship of Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha in Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece.