OT: The Lost Prince

[Steve]

Did anyone see the PBS Masterpiece Theater presentation of 'The Lost
Prince'. This is the story of King George V and Queen Mary and their
two sons George and John (Jonny). The story starts just before the
first world war. A very heart-wrenching story.

Jonny is the Lost Prince, I believe he was the youngest son and
suffered for epilepsy and probably mild autism. He was pretty much
kept hidden away. The Royal family seemed to be embarassed by his
afflictions. But he had an uninhibited wisom to him.

As I said, the story itself was wonderfully heartwarming as well as
heartwrenching. The boy died very young, I speculate at somewhere
around the age of 12 to 14.

In addition, the movie (in two parts) was followed by a documentary
about the making of the movie, and another documentary about that
period in history and it's relationship to the Royal family. Extremely
interesting and informative. I believe they are going to rebroadcast
it, so if you get a chance, it is well worth seeing.

Just passing it along.

Steve