Edward V became King of England at just twelve years old — and within months, he vanished from history.

In 1483, after the sudden death of Edward IV, the young Edward V began his journey from Ludlow to London for his coronation. But before he could be crowned, the people closest to him were arrested, his authority was stripped away, and he was placed in the Tower of London under the control of his uncle, Richard, Duke of Gloucester.

Soon his nine-year-old brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, joined him inside the Tower. The two boys were seen less and less. Then the records fell silent.

This documentary follows Edward V from his unusual childhood during the Wars of the Roses to the political crisis of 1483, the destruction of the Woodville faction, the rise of Richard III, and the mystery that became known as the Princes in the Tower.

But Edward V's story is more than a disappearance. Before the boy vanished physically, his claim to the English throne was dismantled politically and legally. How could a crowned king in waiting be removed so quickly — and why has the fate of the two princes remained one of England's greatest royal mysteries for more than five centuries?

Explore the evidence, the people surrounding Edward V, and the extraordinary chain of events that transformed a twelve-year-old king into one of the most haunting missing figures in British history.