The Lost Prince

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A sensitive screenplay portrayal of the extraordinary story of Prince John, epileptic youngest son of King George V. Born in 1905, John was institutionalised at the age of twelve to save the Royal Family from public embarrassment, and died a year later. With a seventy-page factual introduction, this is the tale of a unique family at a time of historic upheaval.Stephen Poliakoff lives in London. The Lost Prince was made into a major BBC drama.


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"The Lost Prince follows the life and times of Prince John, the youngest son of George V and Queen Mary whose short life spanned one of the most momentous periods in British history." The story starts in the late Edwardian period when the British king is at one with all the major dynasties in Europe. Within just a handful of years, George V is at war with his German cousin, prepared to refuse sanctuary to another, and under pressure to give up his 'Germanic' family name. His son Johnnie is diagnosed as epileptic and hidden away, along with Lalla, a devoted nanny, to protect the family from public embarrassment.


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