Lillie — Season 1, Episode 4: The New Helen
Drama • 51 min • 1 season, 13 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
Although Lillie hasn't requited his attention, King Leopold, like many others, is enthralled by her charm and beauty. His daily early morning visits to her home abruptly conclude when his advances are flatly rejected. But will this royal snub stunt Lillie's climb up society's ladder? A reception at the palatial home of Lord Suffield will answer without a doubt. With her place assured, Lillie goes about impressing another set of royals, who select her for introduction to the Prince of Wales.
About Lillie
The affair that shook Victorian society to its core: he was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.