The Queen's Lost Family
2019 · Channel 4 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E02 · Episode 2
Mon, 19 Aug, 5:00 am
Prince George makes a love match and marries the glamorous Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Henry gives up the married Beryl Markham and also makes a suitable marriage. Edward, meanwhile, brings married American divorcee Wallis Simpson to George and Marina's pre-wedding party at Buckingham Palace, scandalising his parents. Not long after George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations, a unifying event for the nation, the King dies and Edward inherits the throne.
About
Using never-before-seen personal letters, diaries and photograph albums, The Queen's Lost Family tells the inside story of the royal family over three turbulent decades from the 1920s to the end of World War Two.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Mon, 12 Aug· 60 minFollowing the First World War, King George V deploys his five children as part of a charm offensive to woo the public. But when he falls ill, can the five siblings pull together?
- E02
Episode 2
Mon, 19 Aug· 60 minPrince George makes a love match and marries the glamorous Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Henry gives up the married Beryl Markham and also makes a suitable marriage. Edward, meanwhile, brings married American divorcee Wallis Simpson to George and Marina's pre-wedding party at Buckingham Palace, scandalising his parents. Not long after George V's Silver Jubilee celebrations, a unifying event for the nation, the King dies and Edward inherits the throne.