The only one of us who was able to be himself

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @keithss67
    @keithss67 Рік тому +7

    The man who plays king George us one of the finest actors we have today

  • @killerbee3794
    @killerbee3794 4 роки тому +11

    Dear lovely prince. Rest in peace!

  • @renlentlesstourist7574
    @renlentlesstourist7574 8 років тому +25

    The whole film is very very emotional. and even with such a very saddening ending, the most emotional part for me is where George said, I WILL FIND YOU! I WILL FIND YOU JONNY!

  • @anniehowell7374
    @anniehowell7374 6 років тому +31

    "I don't think there will be a day that goes by for the rest of my life when i won't be thinking of Johnny" - When Lala died a picture of johnny as a toddler was found as the only thing on her bedside table
    "he was the only one of us who was able to be himself" - all the other children suffered in adulthood. david looked for a mother figure, bullied his younger brother and referred to johnny as an animal and was a nazi sympathizer, bertie was a nervous stutterer, mary junior didn't know how to show affection to her own children they have said, henry/harry was known to be very lazy and lacking intelligence probably down to the fear developed as a child, he was known to faint as a child when his father stepped into a room and georgie became hooked on drugs having lost his childhood contacts of johnny and Lala who were his sources of love. georgie was a highly creative and academic boy who was fluent in five languages and played instruments. unlike the rest of the royals he didn't shoot or hunt and preferred swimming and skiing, was anti military preferring to play music and enjoy the jazz age that was his era. he was raised more with Lala then his elder brothers as he wasn't the heir, the spare or even the spare of the spare so had more freedom and therefore was more cultured and a warmer individual. he never gave up on johnny and always visited him and was incredibly hurt when he died. but he too couldn't cope with the regal life and the lack of affection without his nanny or brother around and depended on destructive things. georgie was the next one of the queens children to die in his late thirties, queen mary outlived her two youngest children. may they be unseperated in heaven

    • @ninjanoh7014
      @ninjanoh7014 4 роки тому +8

      annie howell Bertie died a year before Queen Mary died. So she outlived THREE of her children.

    • @fairyblu6929
      @fairyblu6929 Рік тому +3

      Remember, Queen Elizabeth the 2nd's father, King George the 6th aka Berite died a year before Queen Mary herself died. So she outlived three of her kids.

  • @Beth-pq9wl
    @Beth-pq9wl 3 роки тому +12

    Lala was devastating but the Queen pushed me over the edge. Whenever you watch anything with royals you have to take their display with a pinch of salt, she's been forced to be a reserved figure her whole life. She can't display emotion, she doesn't know how because she's never been allowed. Her portrayal of that broken numbness you get with grief, you feel EVERYTHING apart from the loss of the one who has died - when she's rambling, 'I didn't think it would be Johnny... everything's changed... you did manage to remove the ivy.'
    It's not a lack of compassion, it's sheer shock at the fact he has gone and she's missed it. It's only when Lalla breaks down that she's kind of dragged out of this dazed state into reality. Lalla is telling her how Johnny made her feel as though she was the only one to experience it, I truly feel the Queen adored him but just did not know how to be the parent he needs, she was simply unable to carry the duty that came with being Queen with the duty of being a Mother.
    The Queen of England gets on her knees to clear a broken plate to save her son's nanny having to do it alone. That is not a compassionate-less woman, she's simply a product of her time.

    • @kwesiidun8512
      @kwesiidun8512 2 роки тому +3

      Beth - There hasn't been a "Queen of England" since 1707. George V and Mary of Tech were the King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And since 1922, this country has been the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland exist as well, mind!

  • @lovebird1012
    @lovebird1012 11 років тому +21

    that was so beautiful that I cried.

    • @philwilliams470
      @philwilliams470 7 років тому +2

      lovebird101 ........ We - Do This 'sort of thing' ..... SO WELL!

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 4 роки тому +1

      The hardest part was the fact that his parents sent him away and didn't love him. They had to be forced to stay and watch him play his Trumpet and then he died

    • @kwesiidun8512
      @kwesiidun8512 2 роки тому +3

      @@strugglingcollegestudent - The trouble is that you're watching this too much from a 21st century perspective. This scene was based in 1919 when attitudes in this country were different. George V and Mary of Teck WERE loving parents by all accounts, particularly George V, but at the time the royal family were seen as, and saw themselves as, figures who had to be seen as being physically and emotionally detached even behind closed doors because it was tradition. And it was the same in wider society in this country at the time. The UK hasn't always been the affectionate country that it is today. Also this is an adaptation, not a documentary. Parts of it would be exaggerated for dramatic purposes, so it's not 100% accurate. Also, epilepsy wasn't as understood then as it is today. I'm epileptic myself and if I'd been alive in the 1910s, I'd have been seen in a similar light even to myself because the awareness wasn't there at the time. And far from being shut out all his life, it's widely known that Prince John was front and centre of the royal family, especially after his father became King. There are about a million photographs of him, how could he have been cast aside? But when his seizures became more regular and stronger towards the end of his life he was moved to this outhouse in Norfolk where its quieter to keep them under control. How can anyone be expected to keep track of an epileptic child in a 700-odd room Palace in Central London at one of the most turbulent times in this country's history? It's not a case of "his parents didn't love him", it's a case of a completely different era.

  • @MarkSmith-zi9ck
    @MarkSmith-zi9ck Рік тому +1

    god bless prince john My sister also Suffers with epilepsy and autism. It’s shameful that he was right out of history.

  • @karenlee-johnston7118
    @karenlee-johnston7118 2 роки тому +5

    I understand the criticism of Queen Mary’s behaviour- but read her letter to David after Johnnie’s death! That the true grief of a mother! Like a dagger through her soul! Rest well fair Johnnie! ❤

  • @renlentlesstourist7574
    @renlentlesstourist7574 8 років тому +23

    This story was tragic and very saddening.
    even worse that even his own mother saw him as an embarrassment.
    jonnies nanny was more of a mother than the Queen!

  • @Keiri12
    @Keiri12 11 років тому +12

    Well back then the royalties must not show their emotion in public.

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 9 років тому +16

    I saw this on TV last year and I cried at this part, which, because of my autism (Johnnie might have been autistic himself), is not something I normally do. I myself don't have epilepsy or seizures but I could relate to Johnnie, what with how very honest and cutely quirky he was.

    • @renlentlesstourist7574
      @renlentlesstourist7574 8 років тому +4

      im the same, i dont cry often either with my autism... no matter how much i feel i must.

    • @elsakristina2689
      @elsakristina2689 8 років тому

      +The hard Tourist yeah...

  • @mrsensible3560
    @mrsensible3560 Місяць тому

    The way they hid him away like he was a dirty secret. It’s maddening for me.
    My little brother is severely autistic and the idea that any family would treat a child that way makes me piss blood.

  • @Markanthony89
    @Markanthony89 Рік тому +2

    It’s mad knowing I have took time finding out who prince john was then he’s own family disowned him it hurts more knowing my sister suffers with epilepsy and autism just like johnny did and I could not imagine my mother and father turning their backs on her like thay did

  • @Markanthony89
    @Markanthony89 Рік тому +2

    As a loyal royal with a 💙 I’m ashamed with how johnny was treated my sister suffers with epilepsy and autism but back in the day it was normal I suppose

  • @keithss67
    @keithss67 2 місяці тому

    You can almost feel them all, the king and queen and princes all trapped in their roles

  • @missyadams
    @missyadams 7 років тому +9

    *wiping tears* :(

  • @richardlawson4317
    @richardlawson4317 7 років тому +11

    Such was 1919. Birth defects were to be ashamed of, people who were "different" were embarrassing, to be avoided. A king was so far beyond ignorance that we can't even visualize it now. Can we move forward now? Until last November, I thought so.

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 4 роки тому +1

      It's from all that incest and inbreeding

    • @LaKellita
      @LaKellita 4 роки тому +1

      To be fair, George V was not intended to be King. He was the second oldest son. If his older brother didn't die, he wouldn't have been king. He wasn't really prepared to be king, let alone during a massive war. Especially with his cousins being brutally murdered. He had a lot going on.

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 4 роки тому

      Speaking of November, yes we can now

    • @annemary9680
      @annemary9680 3 роки тому +1

      @@strugglingcollegestudent I guess "moving forward" now involves convincing young boys that they're actually girls, giving hormone "therapy" to children without telling their parents, throwing parents into jail for not playing into the batshit insanity of using "the wrong pronouns" when referring to their children, and normalizing pedophilia by referring to degenerates as "minor attracted persons." If that's the standard of moving forward, I'd rather go backward.

    • @anonymousr1918
      @anonymousr1918 10 місяців тому

      @@annemary9680Amen

  • @TheGreg131313
    @TheGreg131313 13 років тому +18

    His nanny morned for him more than his own mother.

    • @sford557
      @sford557 7 років тому +6

      TheGreg131313 that's how it was in the royal family back then....and it's spelt mourned not morned. Just so you know.

    • @cosybully
      @cosybully 4 роки тому +2

      The Queen was brought up to control her emotions.

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 4 роки тому +5

      I know
      That was horrible. He grew up with his own parents not loving him

    • @mirjamsander9371
      @mirjamsander9371 4 роки тому +3

      @@strugglingcollegestudent i wouldnt say so. i think they loved him in they own way, but they were constricted by their time and role

    • @strugglingcollegestudent
      @strugglingcollegestudent 4 роки тому +2

      @@mirjamsander9371 They just sent him away though, he didn't fit their image of a perfect little prince so they basically erased him from existence. Nobody knew about him except his nanny. Imagine how lonely that would be.
      And they couldn't even make time to visit him...

  • @keithss67
    @keithss67 2 місяці тому

    Such fine acting

  • @keithss67
    @keithss67 2 місяці тому +1

    Poor George, he had a tough run

  • @alexandramccain2394
    @alexandramccain2394 4 роки тому +12

    The only one that truly mourned was LaLa. Everyone else seemed to shrug it off.

  • @Markanthony89
    @Markanthony89 Рік тому

    I am a loyal royal with a bigger 💙 than Harry after watching this I will not have a bad word said about the royals

  • @Sir-KenderickRoss
    @Sir-KenderickRoss 6 місяців тому

    Prince George and princess Mary and queen Mary of teck and king George V are going to miss her younger son and their younger brother prince John.😢😢

  • @ninjanoh7014
    @ninjanoh7014 4 роки тому +9

    Too bad Queen Mary has to outlive two more of her children.

    • @yuvrajgupta571
      @yuvrajgupta571 3 роки тому

      Not 2 it is 3 when Edward abdicated Queen Mary refused accept him as her son

    • @Markanthony89
      @Markanthony89 Рік тому

      Don’t call the crown I am a loyal royal 💙 QUEEN MARY was the woman what saved the royal family use thick cunts know nothing

    • @Markanthony89
      @Markanthony89 Рік тому +1

      @@yuvrajgupta571and what about Mary’s daughter have you forgot about her

  • @keithss67
    @keithss67 Рік тому

    You could see the queen just about to shatter

  • @Sir-KenderickRoss
    @Sir-KenderickRoss 4 місяці тому

    Prince Johnnie want able too see himself

  • @michaelallen192
    @michaelallen192 Рік тому +4

    Stoicism used to be one of the great characteristics of the British people, not just the monarchy.
    The emotion’s there but is courageously hidden behind the stoicism.
    The emotional incontinence of today is mere self-indulgence.

  • @alexhenderson4787
    @alexhenderson4787 9 місяців тому +1

    What’s the name of this movie?

    • @michaelcollins2030
      @michaelcollins2030 5 місяців тому

      The Lost Prince
      It tells the story of Prince John the youngest brother of the future King George (the father of Queen Elizabeth II)

  • @renlentlesstourist7574
    @renlentlesstourist7574 8 років тому +8

    i cant believe that's Miranda Richardson.... to see her in such a serious role... instead of a very childish Queen elizabeth in Blackadder.... doesnt even look like her...

    • @sford557
      @sford557 7 років тому +6

      Renlentless Tourist her versatility is what makes her so brilliant and is why she's my idol

  • @emmy-h3l
    @emmy-h3l 17 днів тому

    whats the name of the movie?

  • @yogitakapoor4901
    @yogitakapoor4901 9 місяців тому

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