Channel 4’s High Society season continues. Based on new research, and featuring photographs never seen on television before, The Windsors’ Tragic Secret reveals the truth about Prince John, the youngest of George V’s children.

Diagnosed as epileptic, he died in 1919 after a particularly severe seizure. Had he lived he would have been the present Queen’s uncle. Using testimonies of individuals with direct personal connections to Prince John, together with new research and photographs of the real “Johnny”, this documentary unravels some of the mysteries and misconceptions surrounding him.

Tuesday 18 November 2008
9:00pm, Channel 4