The Lost Prince

Storyline

Based on the true story of Prince John, the youngest son of England's King George V (Tom Hollander) and his wife, Queen Mary (Miranda Richardson), who suffered from epilepsy. When he is diagnosed with the condition, along with learning difficulties, John's situation is so poorly understood by medical experts that the Royal Family heed their advice and send John to live on one of their countryside estates far from public view. From this unique position, the "lost prince" is able to watch the downfall of the Old Order as the First World War sweeps away his powerful cousins from their thrones in Germany, Austria and Russia. It is also a story of John's personal growth and the very different love offered to him by his repressed but honourable mother the queen and his impulsive, emotional nanny (Gina McKee.)