It's 1953, the year Elizabeth is to be crowned Queen of England. Elsie Kettle can't wait to go to london with her beloved nan to see the coronation day celebrations. Then the tragedy strikes. Nan and Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis and Elsie is whisked away to children's ward of Miltree Hospital. Confined to bed for months, Elsie misses Nan desperately, and struggles to adapt to the hospital's strict rules.