Two young men with expectations. One predicted to succeed, the other
to fail... Prince Albert Victor, heir presumptive to the British
throne, is seen as disastrously inadequate to be king. The grandson of
Queen Victoria, he is good-hearted but intensely shy and, some whisper,
even slow-witted. By contrast, Jem Stephen is a renowned intellectual, a
poet and a golden boy worshipped by all. But a looming curse of mental
instability is threatening to take it all away. Appointed as the
prince's personal tutor, Jem works to prepare him for the duty to come.
A friendship grows between them - one that will allow them to understand
and finally accept who they really are and change both of their lives
forever.