The Lost Prince: Props and background to filming

One of the main props that we used during filming was a group of photos of the Lost Prince - titled Prince John, as this directly relates to the plot of our film which involves a photographer looking to take photos of this supposed 'Lost Prince'. Upon doing research about these real-life events, we discovered that Prince John was a royal prince to the house of Windsor, and last born son of King George V.


However, this young boy had extremely serious medical conditions such as severe epilepsy, therefore his family decided to hide him from the public view as not to damage the family name. In relation to our film, the primary location that the film is shot in is an old holiday home owned by the Royal Family that has since fallen into disrepair, but it is rumoured that this is where the Royal Prince died of an epileptic fit. As this Mansion was actually a real holiday home of Queen Victoria that she frequently visited, this same idea is used in our filming as the Mansion is an old family home, relatively remote from busy life where the Prince could have been hidden from the public in a house already owned by the Royal Family