On the wrong side of the royal blanket
Finding mum
At the age of nine, Angela's mother died, her father had a breakdown and Angela lost all contact with her surviving family. Raised by nuns, she never knew her own family, but aged fifty seven, began a search for her lost family. Find out more in finding mum.
In Alison Pierce’s family, stories of a ‘royal connection’, of a child being born ‘on the wrong side of the blanket’, have persisted for generations.
And take the photograph of a little girl called Annie out of her family album, and place it alongside a picture of Edward VII...and the resemblance is striking!
This is the intriguing story about illegitimacy in late Victorian times, of a possible ‘upstairs-downstairs’ alliance between servant and master…or even a cover up for a royal mishap!
The film follows 51-year-old Alison as she attempts to get to the bottom of a story that was passed down to her by her Great Aunt Connie, just before she died. The mystery centres on Alison’s great grandmother Naomi Kaye, who was in service as a cook in a grand house in Kent, and involves the birth of her illegitimate daughter, known in the family as ‘Annie Hardinge’.
Content last updated: 07/12/2005
