Undercover Princes is a BBC Three reality TV show which took three royal claimants from foreign cultures and placed them in Brighton where they had to 'live and date' like normal people. The idea for the programme came from the 1988 Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America. The contestants were Remigius Jerry Kanagarajah, in exile from the kingdom of Jaffna; Africa Zulu, a Zulu chief from South Africa; and Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla in north west India. The three men lived in a house together and the primary focus is on their search for a 'princess' in the UK whilst at the same time getting used to having to do things for themselves. All three ultimately failed to find a lasting relationship. The series was narrated by Dawn Porter. A female counterpart, Undercover Princesses, was made.
The princes return to their kingdoms to await the arrival of their partners. Prince Africa is joined by Donna, a stable-girl from Sussex, with whom he is increasingly smitten. Prince Remigius finally makes a decision about whether he can pursue a relationship with a commoner in the shape of Melissa, the NHS worker, and Prince Manvendra finds a public relationship in India with his first love, Mike, is not as easy as he'd imagined.
At the end of their time in the UK, the princes surprise their chosen ones by revealing their true identity and whisk them back to their kingdoms. Prince Manvendra declares that he has fallen in love with the most unlikely of suspects, Prince Remigius looks set to defy royal protocol and announce he has fallen for a commoner and, from having no-one at all to date, Prince Africa Zulu finds himself with two women to choose from.
The princes get help from the experts, including learning the art of the chat-up line, and have to cook a meal for two single girls who come to visit, which involves a lot of raw meat and a microwave.
The princes set up home and begin their jobs as barman, waiter and hotel chambermaid.
Undercover Princes is a BBC Three reality TV show which took three royal claimants from foreign cultures and placed them in Brighton where they had to 'live and date' like normal people. The idea for the programme came from the 1988 Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America. The contestants were Remigius Jerry Kanagarajah, in exile from the kingdom of Jaffna; Africa Zulu, a Zulu chief from South Africa; and Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla in north west India. The three men lived in a house together and the primary focus is on their search for a 'princess' in the UK whilst at the same time getting used to having to do things for themselves. All three ultimately failed to find a lasting relationship. The series was narrated by Dawn Porter. A female counterpart, Undercover Princesses, was made.
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