About this programme

The story of Prince Philip's mother Princess Alice, a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria who married into the Greek royal family, but was forced into exile when revolutionaries overthrew the monarchy. She then suffered a severe nervous breakdown, which led to spells in mental hospitals and experimental treatment from psychiatrists including Sigmund Freud. The trauma had a shattering effect on her marriage and led to a fractured childhood for her only son. However, she eventually won her battle with mental illness and became an unlikely hero during the Second World War, risking her life to hide a Jewish family from the Nazis, before dedicating the rest of her life to working with the poor in Greece.