{"id":119837,"date":"2024-05-03T15:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1690617"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:21:32","slug":"who-was-the-lost-prince-king-charles-neurodivergent-uncle-the-royal-family-allegedly-tried-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/who-was-the-lost-prince-king-charles-neurodivergent-uncle-the-royal-family-allegedly-tried-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was \u2018the Lost Prince,\u2019 King Charles\u2019 neurodivergent uncle the Royal family allegedly tried to hide?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are many tragic stories in Royal Family<\/a><\/strong> history that the public knows all too well, but several have been forgotten in time<\/a> too. One of the saddest is surely the heartbreakingly short life of Prince John, often nowadays dubbed “The Lost Prince.” <\/p>\n

As the sixth and youngest child of King George V, Prince John was the little brother of George VI, Queen Elizabeth II’s father, meaning that he is King Charles’ great uncle. As the offspring of a king’s second son, he should’ve been able to remain out of the spotlight, but when Edward VII died unexpectedly in 1910 his father George became king, and John became fifth in line to the throne at the age of just 5. <\/p>\n

John \u2014 known by family and friends as Johnny \u2014 was always a spirited child. As his father once told a visiting President Theodore Roosevelt<\/a> “all my children are obedient, except John.” George V was noted to have been something of a strict father, but John alone escaped punishment from his father, despite being the most unruly of the bunch. Nonetheless, the Royal family was frustrated with his tendency to be “painfully slow”<\/a> and for his outbursts. For this reason, he was kept away from his father’s coronation, as the family feared the embarrassment that could come from his acting out in public at such an auspicious event. <\/p>\n

Deemed<\/a> not “presentable to the outside world,” John was kept out of the public eye at Sandringham House, living essentially on his own at the outlying Wood Farm, “a satellite<\/a> with his own little household,” where he was cared for by his loving governess, Charlotte “Lalla” Bill.<\/p>\n

What was Prince John’s diagnosis and what happened to him?<\/h2>\n
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The only official diagnosis John received during his lifetime came in 1909 when he was found to have epilepsy, as he suffered from seizures. However, given what we know of his behaviors, he was almost certainly what we would now classify as neurodivergent, with the prevailing theory being that he may have been autistic. <\/p>\n

Due to the way John was kept out of the public eye and lived in almost isolation, not seeing much of his parents of siblings, many have criticized the Royal family for being ashamed of the young boy. 2003 TV film The Lost Prince<\/em>, which won three Emmy Awards, helped foster this attitude in pop culture. Some historians refute this claim, however, and maintain that George V and in particular his mother, Queen Mary, were very loving towards their youngest son<\/a>. <\/p>\n

For instance, when told of her son’s loneliness by Lala, Mary broke with tradition and invited local children to Wood Farm to become his playmates. John’s closest friend was a young asthmatic girl named Winifred Thomas, with the pair spending much of their time in Queen Alexandra’s garden, which she had given to her grandson as a gift and was noted to have been his favorite place. <\/p>\n

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