The Lost Prince (2003) on Netflix
Prince Johnnie, youngest of King George V's children, has epileptic fits. His nanny Lalla takes him to a farm on the Sandringham estate so he will not be sent to an institution.
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Plot summary
In 1910 the British royal family stands at the center of a dynasty that reaches across Europe, and its youngest member is Prince Johnnie, a cheerful and outspoken boy whose view of the world puzzles his parents, King George V and Queen Mary. His grandfather King Edward VII admires the boy's directness. Lalla, his nanny, keeps watch over him and does not speak of how serious his condition is. When Johnnie has an epileptic seizure at the King's funeral, Queen Mary calls doctors, whose examination confirms the family's worst fears. Lalla offers to take charge of the boy so that he will not go to an institution, and she moves with him to a farm on the Sandringham estate, where he sees almost no one but his brother George and a few close relatives.
Cast
- Brock Everitt-Elwickas Prince George (younger)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Lost Prince (2003)
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SPOILER
The drama is based on the real Prince John, youngest child of King George V and Queen Mary, who had epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder; the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view, and he died at the age of 13 in 1919.- Stephen Poliakoff's Talkback Thames drama, which he wrote as well as directed, was originally broadcast in January 2003 and went on to win three Emmy Awards in 2005.
