En cours de chargement...
1933. Progressive young teacher Marion Crawford arrives as governess to the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Home becomes a succession of royal palaces ; Buckingham, Balmoral, Sandringham, Windsor. But `Crawfie' soon grows concerned at the girls' remoteness from real life. Determined to give her pupils a fun and normal childhood, she takes them on buses, swimming at public baths and Christmas shopping at Woolworths.
She holds the future of a nation in her hands. During her seventeen years at the heart of the royal family, Crawfie has a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the twentieth century. The drama of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the trauma of World War II. But her devotion and loyalty count for nothing when a perceived betrayal brings everything crashing down ...