History Series / TheLostPrince

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nobody can be quite sure what is wrong with John as far as his learning disability. Today the best guess is autism. Autistics often have seizure disorders of one kind or another, doctors are still not sure why.

* ParentalSubstitute: Though George V and Queen Mary obviously love their son very much (in their quiet, English royal way), his primary caregiver is his nanny, Charlotte "Lalla" Bill, who loved him dearly (as he did her).

* ReassignedToAntarctica: John and his nanny are moved to Wood Farm in an obscure corner of the Sandringham Estate [[note]]This is where the Duke of Edinburgh has lived since his retirement in 2017.[[/note]], the latter wondering aloud if anyone remembers them.

** Tsarina Alexandra is portrayed as disdainful of the British and their palaces, as having never seen Osborne House before, and as having a thick Russian accent. In reality Alexandra -- before her marriage known as Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine -- was Queen Victoria's favourite granddaughter[[note]]through Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's third daughter[[/note]] and was as solidly English as her redoubtable grandmother. She had also been to Osborne House many times before and was very comfortable there, and spoke fluent English with a flawless British accent.

** The Grand Duchesses are portrayed as in their late teens. In reality, at the time of the visit in 1908, the eldest, Grand Duchess Olga, was only twelve, and the youngest, Grand Duchess Anastasia, only six.

** The Grand Duchesses are portrayed as in their late teens. In reality, at the time of the visit in 1908, the eldest, Grand Duchess Olga, was only thirteen, and the youngest, Grand Duchess Anastasia, only seven.

* UnfortunateName: John shares his name with King John of England, a tyrannical ruler. The British royal family often consider the name alone to be unlucky.

** Tsarina Alexandra is portrayed as disdainful of the British and their palaces, as having never seen Osborne House before, and as having a thick Russian accent. In reality Alexandra -- before her marriage known as Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine -- was Queen Victoria's favourite granddaughter[[note]]through Princess Alice, Queen Victoria's third daughter) and was as solidly English as her redoubtable grandmother. She had also been to Osborne House many times before and was very comfortable there, and spoke fluent English with a flawless British accent.

* WellDoneSonGuy: George V is heartened to see that John eventually makes some progress.

* NightmareFuel: Young John's epileptic fit and his manful effort to hold it off until he can get to a private place. His agonized climb up the stairway is heartrending. Daniel Williams should have won an award for that sequence.

A two-part telemovie about The Prince John, youngest son of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King George V]] who suffered epilepsy and mental disability.

* TroubledChild: The titular prince has developmental difficulties and spends much of his early childhood unable to interact normally with those around him. He's aware of what's going on, but between his epilepsy and his perceptual and sensory differences, he can appear to be much more out of it than he is.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Nobody can be quite sure what is wrong with John. Today the best guess is autism.

* InsistentTerminology: George V insists that Princes George and John should play war games between planets rather than Earth countries. Edward VII doesn't seem to mind.

* NightmareFuel: Young John's epileptic fit.

* TroubledChild: The titular prince has developmental difficulties and spends much of his early childhood in a trance-like state unable to interact normally with those around him.

* VagueAge: John's teacher counts on this to get into the army.

** This also makes for a minor case of DawsonCasting, as Prince John is thirteen and a half years old when he dies at the end of the film and yet Thomas, who was fourteen at the time of filming, plays the character from about age nine.

* AmbiguousAge: John's teacher counts on this to get into the army.

* BigLittleBrother: After the time skip, John is noticeably taller and fatter than George.

A two-part telemovie about The Prince John, youngest son of [[UsesfulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor King George V]] who suffered epilepsy and mental disability.