It is the early 1990s, and the beginning of the royal familyÕs annus horribilis. The heir to the throne has become engaged to a young French woman from the House of OrlŽans Ð their Ôroyal family in waitingÕ.
BBC producers Anna and Claire stumble on the story of Maria Stella Chiappini who, in the 1800s, claimed to have been exchanged at birth for the boy who was to become Louis-Philippe, King of the French. When they include the story in their documentary, a crisis is unleashed.
Threatened with suspension and a lawsuit, they uncover a trail of conflicting evidence, impenetrable mysteries and multiple obfuscations.
Can Anna and Claire save themselves from the fury of the powerful forces ranged against them? And was Maria StellaÕs claim that she was heir to a title and an inheritance true?
A real-life mystery of history wrapped in a modern fiction.