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As the IRA close in on the true identities of the guests, an accident befalls one of the princesses. Concluded by Sorcha Cusack.

As the IRA close in on the true identities of the young guests, an accident befalls one of the princesses.

In 1940, at the height of Blitz, the two young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are secretly evacuated from Buckingham Palace for their own safety and sent to an isolated rural estate in neutral Ireland.

However Clonmillis Hall may prove to be even more dangerous than wartime London...

Irish police detective Strafford has been assigned to watch over the girls during their stay and so must form an uneasy alliance with their governess Miss Celia Nashe, an undercover MI5 officer charged with the princesses’ safety.

However, with a contingent of soldiers patrolling the woods and rumours of IRA terrorists in the vicinity, they soon find their task even more treacherous than expected.

But is the real threat from outside, or from within Clonmillis Hall itself?

BW Black's imagined historical adventure and enthralling mystery.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes abridged by Neville Teller.

Concluded by Sorcha Cusack.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2020.

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1 hour, 15 minutes

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Mon 9 Dec 2024 02:30

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