0:00:02 > 0:00:04Guard! Royal salute! Present arms!
0:00:04 > 0:00:06BOOTS STOMP
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'Some people are born more fortunate than others.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'Such was the case with me.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58'But as a child, I was convinced of quite the opposite.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03'What little girl does not dream of growing up as a princess?
0:01:05 > 0:01:09'But some palaces are not at all what you'd think.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12'Even a palace can be a prison.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21'Mama never explained why she would have someone taste my food,
0:01:21 > 0:01:24'why I couldn't attend school with other children
0:01:24 > 0:01:26'or read popular books.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35'When my father died,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40'Mama and her adviser, Sir John Conroy, created rules.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42'He said they were for my protection,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45'and he called it the Kensington System.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47'I could not sleep in a room without Mama
0:01:47 > 0:01:51'or even walk downstairs without holding the hand of an adult.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59'I learned the reason for all this when I was 11.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02'My Uncle William was the King of England.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07'Yet he and his three brothers could boast only one living child.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11'And that was me.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14'Sir John's dream was that the King would die
0:02:14 > 0:02:16'and there would be a Regency,
0:02:16 > 0:02:22'where my mother would rule England and he would rule my mother.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26'So I began to dream of the day when my life would change...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29'and I might be free.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32'And I prayed for the strength to meet my destiny.'
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- WHISPERS:- I will be good.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38MUSIC: "Zadok the Priest" by George Frideric Handel
0:03:02 > 0:03:05ALL: God save the Queen!
0:03:05 > 0:03:08God save the Queen! God save the Queen!
0:03:16 > 0:03:20BELL TOLLS
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Sign it!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Are you sure that we're doing the right thing?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30We've waited long enough.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Now, for the last time, you WILL sign this order.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I will not sign it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I say you will!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- And I say I will NOT! - How dare you, you...!- Sir John.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46We were just...
0:03:46 > 0:03:48It's time for the Princess's medicine.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Shall I...?- I'll do it.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Well, if you're sure.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Good night, mein Liebling.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Good night, Mama.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12How are you?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I've received a letter from England.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32My sister says Victoria won't sign the order for her Regency.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34And why would she sign it?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38The Princess is nearly 18. Why would she sign away her own powers?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Because she is an ignorant baby.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Because she needs guidance and time to prepare for her role as Queen.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49Until then, my sister will take her place as Regent.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Sir John Conroy would be Regent.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Unfortunately, the Duchess is controlled by her controller.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59It may be in Your Majesty's interests
0:04:59 > 0:05:03to consider abandoning Conroy and your sister before it's too late,
0:05:03 > 0:05:05and support the future Queen instead.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Of course, the Duchess won't like it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Baron, I was born the younger son of a penniless duke.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Now I'm King of the Belgians.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Such journeys are not managed without hard decisions.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Besides, who controls a young girl most?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Now go to Germany and finish my nephew's training.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Albert!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I suppose you want to walk with me this afternoon.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Really? Just the two of us alone?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51What would Mama say?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55SHE CHUCKLES
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Hold still or I'll never get your nose right.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11DOG WHINES
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Oh, I give up! I give up.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18You are impossible. You are impossible. You are impossible.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Victoria, your mother's waiting.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Come on!
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Dash!
0:06:48 > 0:06:49Where is the Duchess?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51In the drawing room, Your Royal Highness.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01It will take them three days to arrive by coach from Coburg.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03- Dashy!- How did you come downstairs?
0:07:03 > 0:07:04I walked.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- Not alone?- No, not alone. Lehzen was with me.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- She held your hand?- She did. Though why she still has to is...
0:07:12 > 0:07:15Because not everyone in England wishes you well.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Put the book down, please.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31England is the key to peace in Europe.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Your uncle's throne is six years old and born of civil war.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40He only took the crown of Belgium because England pledged her support.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44And if he's to survive, he must have English force at his disposal.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Favourite novels.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48IN GERMAN:
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Sie hat nicht viele Romane gelesen.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54English. Always English.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59She has not read many novels. They were forbidden until last year.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00But she did like...?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- The Bride of Lammermoor.- By? - Sir Walter Scott.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Other recreations?
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Drawing. The famous dolls, of course.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Piano. Music, generally.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10It's hard to believe she knows so little Schubert.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Never mind Schubert. She likes modern composers.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Is she permitted the theatre?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Only the opera and ballet.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Which opera does she like best?
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Norma?
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I Puritani!
0:08:27 > 0:08:29HE SINGS AN ARIA
0:08:32 > 0:08:35'In order to maintain control over Princess Victoria,
0:08:35 > 0:08:39'Sir John and the Duchess keep her away from King William's court.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43'Thus when she does make a public appearance,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45'her mere presence causes quite a stir.'
0:09:02 > 0:09:06'You must win her favour before anyone else has the chance.'
0:09:15 > 0:09:16You still don't look well.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20- Maybe we should go away for August. - No, Mama.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22What do you mean, "No"?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We missed the Queen's birthday. We will not miss the King's.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27We have accepted. We're going.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Really, Victoria, don't issue orders to me.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I'm not a servant.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37Well, you've already disobeyed about the extra rooms. That's enough.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Are we to live like rabbits, crammed in a hutch?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41We do live in a palace, Mama.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43We're a lot better off than most people.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46The rooms which I took were empty.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Keeping us out of them was...
0:09:48 > 0:09:50almost immoral.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- So Sir John says. - I knew he'd have a part in it.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00My dearest child, he only wants what's best for you.
0:10:00 > 0:10:01I wish you could believe that.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09I've invited the Coburg brothers to come and stay.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- You ought to know them better than you do.- Why?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Because you should.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Uncle Leopold thinks it's a good idea.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27You stick one more pin in me, I swear I will call the guard.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Your first visit will be the most important.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34We cannot have any mistakes.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And always remember, you're first a Coburg.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43The King of the Belgians is a Coburg.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47The King of Portugal is a Coburg, so is the Queen of England's mother.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And you are the next piece in the game!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52'Now go to England and make her smile.'
0:10:56 > 0:10:57Is this all the luggage?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00What if she wants to dance?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It's your first visit. She won't.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- Your Serene Highnesses, welcome to England.- Thank you.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I'm Sir John Conroy, controller of the Duchess's household.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20This way, please.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36The Duchess is in the drawing room.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Ah! May I present her Royal...
0:11:46 > 0:11:47Hello.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53I am Ernst, ma'am. This is my brother, Albert.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I hope we haven't interrupted your studies.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04No, not at all.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- How was your journey? - Long, but not too bad.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09We had books to keep us busy.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13As matter of fact, I passed the time reading The Bride of Lammermoor.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18By Sir Walter...Scott.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20Yes.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Do you want to come and meet Mama?
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Of the modern composers, I suppose Vincenzo Bellini is my favourite.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48What a coincidence! So is mine.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Oh, which of his operas do you enjoy most?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53No, wait, let me guess. I Puritani?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54As a matter of fact, yes.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I used to like it too. Now I prefer Norma.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00DASH BARKS
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Dashy! Go fetch it! Fetch it, Dash!
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Aye, aye, aye, aye.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Have I offended you in some way?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15No.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And Schubert.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24I like Schubert.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I think... I think perhaps you don't...
0:13:29 > 0:13:30but I do.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I don't mind Schubert.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Good.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Do you ever feel like a chess piece yourself?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11In a game being played against your will?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Do you?
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Constantly.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19I see them leaning in and moving me around the board.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22The Duchess and Sir John?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24Not just them.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Uncle Leopold.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29The King. I'm sure half the politicians
0:14:29 > 0:14:32are ready to seize hold of my skirts
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- and drag me from square to square. - SHE LAUGHS
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Then you had better master the rules of the game
0:14:41 > 0:14:43until you play it better than they can.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49You don't recommend I find a husband to play it for me?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54I should find one to play it with you, not for you.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Why don't we ring for some music? And then we could dance.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I've recently discovered the waltz and I am quite in love with it.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Waltzing is not really my forte.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Oh, dear.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16What a shame.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26You know the King wants me to marry my cousin, George?
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Hm.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32What's he like at chess?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36SHE LAUGHS
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Victoria.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53It's all right, Lehzen, Albert can take me up.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56You'll have to hold my hand. Mama insists. I hope you don't mind.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Not in the least.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08What did you want to say?
0:16:10 > 0:16:15Only that I understand more than you think of what your life is.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Do you?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21My childhood wasn't easy either. I lost my mother when I was a boy.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22I know. She died.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26No, er... That is, she did die eventually, but...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29She was sent away long before that.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30There was some difficulty.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36It was all hushed up and... no-one talks of it now.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40But I know what it is to live alone inside your head,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43while never giving a clue as to your real feelings.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Did Uncle Leopold ask you to tell me that?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51No. Er, he actually told me never to mention it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54SHE LAUGHS
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Well, how little he knows me.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58Hm.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15May I write to you?
0:17:41 > 0:17:44VICTORIA HUMS
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I expect you'll miss the princes when they're gone, ma'am.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Don't be impertinent.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58VICTORIA GIGGLES
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Those boys pester you. - Oh, please, Lehzen.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04You don't think I've come this far
0:18:04 > 0:18:06to walk straight into another jail, do you?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11You must marry one day.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Well, I don't see why.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17And if I do, I shall please myself,
0:18:17 > 0:18:22not Mama or Uncle Leopold or the King or anyone else. Trust me.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24SHE HUMS
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Must I?- Yes, you must.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Be on your guard.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43We are going to Windsor for my uncle's birthday party.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- In the castle of the enemy. - YOUR enemy, Sir John, not mine.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Agree to nothing. - What should I say about the rooms?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51You needed the space.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Appeal to the Queen. It's ridiculous.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55I wish you were coming with us.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08You're very intent, Baroness. Are you making a study of me?
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Someone should.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- Present Prime Minister?- Melbourne.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23LORD Melbourne.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Liberal leader who'll probably be in power when the Princess succeeds.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- He may be troublesome.- Why?
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- Because he puts the interests of England above those of Europe. - Which is bad?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Which is not useful to us.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41He wouldn't spill one drop of English blood
0:19:41 > 0:19:43to save a foreign throne.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- ANNOUNCER:- 'The Viscount Melbourne.'
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Why would he save a foreign throne if it wasn't in England's interest?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56That is just the kind of thinking your Uncle Leopold is afraid of.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Which is why he's content to find his niece
0:20:04 > 0:20:06as the future Queen of England.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08'The Duke of Wellington.'
0:20:08 > 0:20:11In the public mind, the leader of the Conservative opposition
0:20:11 > 0:20:15is their pet hero, Napoleon's conqueror, the grand old Duke of Wellington.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- But not in fact.- No.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- You look in very good health, sir. - Thank you, sir.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- I wish I was. Enjoy the meal. - Thank you.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28The next Tory Prime Minister will be Sir Robert Peel.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30'..and Lady Peel.'
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Which side does Victoria favour?
0:20:36 > 0:20:41She's a Liberal. Above all, she favours Lord Melbourne.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44And he'll take full advantage of it.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49'Her Royal Highness, Princess Victoria of Kent.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57'Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59'The Lady Flora Hastings.'
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Hello, Uncle.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Look at that demure little head.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11And all of us wondering what's inside it.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15We'll find out soon enough.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19Lord Melbourne will make her fall in love with him. It's his method.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Don't underestimate Victoria.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Don't underestimate Melbourne.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27My dearest niece.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Aren't you going to you greet your cousin, George?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Good evening, George.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36How can my niece and nephew have grown up so when I wasn't looking?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Whereas you are quite unchanged and as handsome as ever.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43If I put my head very close to yours and speak softly,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- they'll suspect us of hatching a plot.- Yes.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- If I look a little surprised... - SHE GASPS
0:21:48 > 0:21:52- ..well, then they'll know it. - THEY BOTH LAUGH
0:21:52 > 0:21:56I wish we saw more of you. But then, nor you nor I are to blame for that.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02The plain fact is, madam, you have stolen 17 rooms!
0:22:04 > 0:22:09One cannot steal a room, sir. The rooms are where you left them.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Now they are used, whereas before they were empty.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14I see. So I have no say in my own palaces?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Why not move in here and bring your Irish tinker with you?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20The Queen and I will be happy enough in the lodge!
0:22:21 > 0:22:26So would I be, sir, if I thought that people there would be POLITE to me!
0:22:26 > 0:22:28- How dare you talk...!- Enough!
0:22:30 > 0:22:32You have exhausted the topic.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Conroy tried to force the Princess Victoria's agreement to a Regency.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I gather she wouldn't sign it, sick as she was.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44That says something for the girl's spirit.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Your next birthday will be quite a landmark.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I hope it means we'll see more of you at Court.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I hope so too, Lord Melbourne.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16You know, should you ever need an ally...
0:23:16 > 0:23:18you have one in me.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21The Prime Minister has more important calls upon his time.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Not at all. I knew the late Duke of Kent.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Naturally, I take an interest in his daughter.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28You knew my father?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Yes.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I'm sorry. Is it difficult to speak of him?
0:23:34 > 0:23:38No. I love to hear from someone who knew him. For I never did, you see.
0:23:39 > 0:23:45Well... He was a great gentleman. Of that you can be sure.
0:23:45 > 0:23:46Indeed I am.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Excellent company like his brother, the Regent,
0:23:49 > 0:23:51but not quite so extravagant.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55And kind, like his brother, the King.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00But perhaps not so talkative. SHE LAUGHS
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Well, you make him sound as though he were the best of them.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Oh, I think so, ma'am.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Your leader is hard at work, Duchess.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15You see him hover with his net to catch the pretty butterfly.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18And when your party is back in power, Duke,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20will you not do the same?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Not nearly as well as Melbourne.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Unfortunately, I have no small talk. Peel has no manners.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32And I would have a hard time praising her father.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35The most brutal officer I ever encountered.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:25:01 > 0:25:03THE MUSIC DIES
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Erm...
0:25:23 > 0:25:25- SLURRED:- I thank you...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27for your good wishes on my birthday.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34It has been a long life... and an interesting one.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38But I shall be content with only a short while more.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Just enough...
0:25:41 > 0:25:46to dispense with any thought of a Regency...
0:25:47 > 0:25:52..so that I may pass the Royal Authority
0:25:52 > 0:25:54directly to that young lady.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58And not...
0:25:58 > 0:26:02to the hands... of a person now near me...
0:26:03 > 0:26:07..who is surrounded by evil advisers
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and who cannot act with propriety
0:26:11 > 0:26:14in the station in which she's been placed!
0:26:14 > 0:26:17I have been insulted!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Grossly and continually insulted!
0:26:20 > 0:26:28She has kept her daughter, MY BROTHER'S CHILD, from MY Court!
0:26:28 > 0:26:33But from now on, I'd have her know that I AM KING!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36And I will not be flouted or disobeyed by her
0:26:36 > 0:26:40or by the jackanapes she keeps about her!
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Are you all right?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52DOOR SLAMS
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Families. Who'd be without them?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33IN GERMAN:
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Are you listening?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44What?
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Well?- It was a messenger, ma'am, and you do have a letter,
0:27:58 > 0:28:00but it's not from Germany, it's from the King.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05So it is. Thank you, Watson.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Don't you see what he wants?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17He increases my income once I'm 18
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and he asks to see me at Court, what is wrong with that?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22The King wants to separate you from your mother.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24He wants to control you,
0:28:24 > 0:28:28to take you from those whose sole aim is trying to protect you!
0:28:28 > 0:28:29There's no need to shout.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32The people of London will find out our business soon enough
0:28:32 > 0:28:34without hearing it from your lips.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Tell her. Make her understand.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42What Sir John means is that you are unprepared for the task ahead of you.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45And if I am, whose fault is that?
0:28:45 > 0:28:46You're too young!
0:28:46 > 0:28:48You've no experience!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50You're like a china doll walking over a precipice!
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Well, then, I must smash! For it's too late to mend my ways now!
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- So if you'll excuse me. - But I will not excuse you!
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Now this is what you will do!
0:29:01 > 0:29:03You will refuse the money
0:29:03 > 0:29:05and demand instead that it be given to your mother.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Next, you will appoint me your private secretary from today.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Finally, you will agree to be co-regent with the Duchess
0:29:12 > 0:29:14until your 25th birthday.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17Neither she nor I will accept less!
0:29:17 > 0:29:20You may do what you like with the money.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Now, get out of my way!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31And if you think that I will ever forget
0:29:31 > 0:29:35that you just stood by silent and you watched him treat me thus,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37you are dreaming!
0:29:42 > 0:29:44DOG WHIMPERS
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Is there no limit to this disobedience?
0:30:01 > 0:30:05Mark my words! The reign of King Conroy is coming!
0:30:06 > 0:30:09My poor sister-in-law. What is the hold that wicked man has over her?
0:30:10 > 0:30:15What about her uncle in Brussels? Could he not be of some assistance?
0:30:15 > 0:30:19King Leopold is as slippery as a barrel full of eels.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21If he did dislodge Conroy,
0:30:21 > 0:30:23it'd only be to tighten his own grip on the girl.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Mightn't there be some benefit if I pay Princess Victoria a visit
0:30:28 > 0:30:31before Conroy has a chance to usurp her?
0:30:34 > 0:30:35Very well.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Lord, in your mercy, get me past May!
0:30:43 > 0:30:46That way she'll be of age
0:30:46 > 0:30:48and we'll have killed off the Regency at least.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55I tell you, Lord Melbourne, his behaviour to me
0:30:55 > 0:30:59makes it impossible to keep him in any post near my person.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Any post whatever.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05You don't think it more dangerous to cut him loose?
0:31:05 > 0:31:10I know things that mean I could never have confidence in him.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Now, I see I must endure Lady Flora. Mama can hardly appear at court
0:31:15 > 0:31:18without a lady-in-waiting, but I draw the line at Conroy.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21And once I'm queen, I do not wish to look upon his face again.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Well, we can't prevent the Duchess
0:31:24 > 0:31:26from keeping him in charge of her own affairs.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29That will be her mistake, not mine.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33'My dear Victoria, when I think...
0:31:36 > 0:31:40'Dearest Victoria, if ever you should need...'
0:31:51 > 0:31:55What? Like a vulture? To hover at the edge until the King is dead?
0:31:55 > 0:32:00And, ma'am, you needn't worry.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I'll be your private secretary. For now, at least.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Thank you, Lord Melbourne. That is a great comfort to me.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10- HE SPEAKS IN GERMAN - Ernst! English, please!
0:32:11 > 0:32:16When he is dead, there'll be more than one vulture to contend with.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19We should consider the new appointments,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21your ladies-in-waiting and so forth.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Perhaps the Duchess of Sutherland for Mistress of the Robes?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Oh, I don't really know her.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30She's a dear friend of mine. You'll enjoy her enormously.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I should be lost without your guidance.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- I hope you know how grateful I am. - I'll draw up a list.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39What is it? Don't you like her?
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Yes, I like her.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44More than I dared hope.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47But it's not up to me, is it?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50What do you call a man who waits for a rich woman
0:32:50 > 0:32:52to decide whether or not she wants him?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Then, why not tell her how you feel?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14'My dear Victoria,
0:33:14 > 0:33:17'these days will be full of sadness
0:33:17 > 0:33:19'since I know the King is dear to you.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23'Will you allow me to offer my support, albeit at a distance?
0:33:23 > 0:33:26'If I cannot be with you,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30'then I pray you will hear my voice in the music that I send.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32'You know my love of Schubert.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35'This is his Swan Song.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38'And I play it with you in my heart.'
0:33:39 > 0:33:44- Is he ready? - Well, he may be, but she isn't.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50Let her enjoy succession and the freedom it'll bring.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55We must wait for disillusion and the loneliness that follows.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Victoria.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25You must come now.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Long live the Queen.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55DOOR CREAKS
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I'm going back to bed.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08I imagine Lord Melbourne will be here quite early.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Would you make sure he has everything he needs
0:35:11 > 0:35:14if I am not ready to receive him?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Of course, Your Royal...
0:35:18 > 0:35:19Your Majesty.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Victoria, wait. I will hold your hand.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33No. Thank you, Mama.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34And, Lehzen, in the morning, could you arrange
0:35:34 > 0:35:37for my bed to be moved into a room of my own?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Surely there's no need... - As soon as possible, Lehzen.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10The Council is assembled, Your Majesty.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Her Majesty the Queen!
0:37:00 > 0:37:02CLEARS THROAT
0:37:08 > 0:37:10It is with a sense of reverence and honour
0:37:10 > 0:37:13that I address you, my Privy Councillors,
0:37:13 > 0:37:15as your Sovereign and Queen.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22I mourn sincerely the death of my dear uncle, the King,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24but I know I may count on you
0:37:24 > 0:37:28to serve me as loyally as you served him.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40I am young, but I am willing to learn.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43And I mean to devote my life
0:37:43 > 0:37:47to the service of my country and my people.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I look for your help in this.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I know I shall not be disappointed.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Thank you.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05She starts on your watch, Lord Melbourne.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Guard her well and keep her safe from harm.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09DOOR SLAMS
0:38:28 > 0:38:32As a matter of interest, will a time come when I read them first?
0:38:32 > 0:38:37You'll enjoy this. She has a real flair for description.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39MAN: Present arms.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41'Dearest Albert,
0:38:41 > 0:38:44'on Tuesday, I went to inspect Buckingham Palace.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48'It is only just finished and I shall be the very first sovereign
0:38:48 > 0:38:50'to live there.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55'As I stepped out of the carriage,
0:38:55 > 0:39:00'for the first time in my life, I felt freedom.'
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Splendid, is it not?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Yes!
0:39:11 > 0:39:14You'll have to decide on a husband soon.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16What about Leopold's candidate?
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- I can't marry the man they want me to marry.- Oh!
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Every suitor will come with strings attached.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29Can't I be my own mistress for a while, haven't I earned it?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Dear Lord M, he's so very kind. I couldn't have asked for a better tutor.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36You may dream of independence, but you won't get it.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40From now on, everyone will push you and pull you for their own advantage.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Melbourne more than the rest.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Just remember, you are the Queen, he's a politician.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49And politicians, whatever their creed,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51always resent the monarchy.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54They pass through. You stay.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59So just keep dear Lord M in his proper sphere.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02He's already chosen the new household.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04About my ladies in waiting...
0:40:04 > 0:40:08Yes, I'll have a list brought over to you later today. They've all accepted.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14Only my aunt advised me not to be... Well, too partisan in my choice.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17With respect, Your Majesty,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21I think I understand these things at least as well as the Queen Dowager.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22I... I know that, of course.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26And we want our friends around us, of course.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Surely, as we begin our labours, we don't want to find Sir John Conroy
0:40:30 > 0:40:32sneaking his feet back under the table.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36No. Not if we have to line up every friend we both possess.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Well, quite, ma'am.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41It's very cold in here. Why haven't they lit the fires?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Well, it seems the fires are laid by the Lord Steward's department,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46but lit by the Lord Chamberlain's,
0:40:46 > 0:40:48and no-one knows which footman should do it.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50It's not very sensible.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Ma'am, if that's the way things are done, I shouldn't meddle.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56We must improve where we can.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00If I've discovered anything from touring England
0:41:00 > 0:41:03it's the suffering that needs my help.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05Oh, never try to do good, Your Majesty.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- It always leads to terrible scrapes. - SHE LAUGHS
0:41:07 > 0:41:11Lord Melbourne, that is not what is preached from the pulpit.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14It's not, and that's exactly why I never go to church.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- One always hears the most extraordinary things. - SHE LAUGHS
0:41:29 > 0:41:31I've made no promise to him.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36But sometimes I feel quite alone in the world.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Never while I'm here, Your Majesty.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46'Lord Melbourne is akin to a miracle.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49'He has proved to be most generous and sensitive,
0:41:49 > 0:41:52'quite wondrous in a politician.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54'Someone I trust and hold dear,
0:41:54 > 0:41:58'he is the best company imaginable.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01'Sometimes we laugh so much it's as if we were naughty children!
0:42:01 > 0:42:06'Oh, Albert, I so look forward to the day
0:42:06 > 0:42:09'when you can know and value him as I do.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15'Yours affectionately, Victoria.'
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Plenty of praise for Lord Melbourne and not much of anything else.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Everything comes to he who waits.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28And if nothing comes, what then?
0:42:29 > 0:42:32You've played with me, Baron.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36And now it is enough. I'm going back to England.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39There must be a reason if you wish to visit Her Majesty.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Then find me a reason.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44HE SPEAKS GERMAN
0:42:47 > 0:42:50So, are you going to propose?
0:42:53 > 0:42:57What? What am I supposed to think? You're going to London to enjoy the weather(?)
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I'm going to spend some time with her, that's all.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Besides, I'm forbidden.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07It has to come from her, apparently.
0:43:07 > 0:43:12So I could not propose, even if I wanted to.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14And do you want to?
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Walk on! Up, up!
0:43:39 > 0:43:42Please hold still. I'm afraid I always find noses a challenge.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Am I permitted to talk?
0:43:49 > 0:43:51Yes, but you can't move.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03There's nothing to rival an English garden.
0:44:03 > 0:44:07Of all my life in Kensington, it's the only part I'll miss.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10But the gardens at Buckingham Palace, surely...?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- You're moving!- Oh.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Now you're smiling.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18SHE LAUGHS
0:44:18 > 0:44:22Impossible! You're worse than him!
0:44:26 > 0:44:30I believe we have a duty to those in need of our protection.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32It is the business of every sovereign
0:44:32 > 0:44:35to champion the dispossessed, for no-one else will.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Take housing. May I show you?
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Industry is expanding so fast
0:44:44 > 0:44:48that people are not considering where the workers will live.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50But I've been experimenting.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53By building these in units of two, you can build safe, clean homes
0:44:53 > 0:44:57for two families for less than the cost...
0:44:58 > 0:45:00I'm sorry. I don't mean to preach.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03No, there's no need to apologise for being passionate.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07It seems I have a lot to learn...
0:45:10 > 0:45:12..with all my duties and...
0:45:12 > 0:45:14And I do take them very seriously.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18- I know you do. - But there are plenty of people who will expect me to fail.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21And there are even more trying to take advantage
0:45:21 > 0:45:23of my youth and inexperience and...
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Then they don't know you like I do.
0:45:30 > 0:45:31May I keep this?
0:45:44 > 0:45:48So, remember, the first thing is to find an anchor point.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51So take your hand back to beneath your chin.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54Good. This is where it will come every time.
0:45:54 > 0:45:55Now, release the bow.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58Your hand must cover the leather, like this.
0:45:58 > 0:46:01And make a firm claw. One finger, two fingers.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03- "Claw". - Yes, and back to beneath the chin.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07Bend this arm slightly. Rotate to catch the arrow.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Good.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Very good. Now, try with an arrow.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:46:24 > 0:46:28- Ah. He's still here? - At my mother's insistence.
0:46:28 > 0:46:29Certainly not mine.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33- DUCHESS OF KENT:- Where am I to live?
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Am I to be abandoned here?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39Or am I to beg along the highways for a crust?
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Come now. You will move into the palace with the Queen.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45But she's arranged a separate apartment for you.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48It will allow you both more privacy.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52I... I don't want privacy from my own child!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55To exclude us entirely will launch the new reign in a cloud of scandal.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I know your game, my lord.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02You want to be her father, her mother, and who knows what else.
0:47:02 > 0:47:07If I'm not to be her private secretary, there must be something else.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11I'm sorry. I can see that I am not speaking clearly.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16You have played the game and lost.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23The Prime Minister is here, Your Majesty.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Thank you, Duchess.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Have I ever thanked you properly for accepting the post?
0:47:29 > 0:47:32I'm afraid it will involve a good deal of inconvenience.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34To be Mistress Of The Robes is a great honour, ma'am.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36I'm only anxious to prove worthy of it.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39Well, Lord Melbourne thinks you'll be perfect.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49How is Albert's visit going?
0:47:49 > 0:47:53He writes that Victoria is still under Melbourne's control. The prince is frustrated.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Then he must stay in England
0:47:55 > 0:47:58until the Queen thinks more of him than she does of Melbourne.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01LORD MELBOURNE: Queen Elizabeth never married.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03It didn't spoil things for her.
0:48:05 > 0:48:07Are you familiar with the coronation chair
0:48:07 > 0:48:09and the ancient Stone of Scone?
0:48:09 > 0:48:10Familiar, yes...
0:48:11 > 0:48:14..but quite in awe.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18I'm terribly afraid of disappointing on the day. I so want to do it perfectly.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26Just be yourself. Your instincts are always to your credit.
0:48:28 > 0:48:29MAN CLEARS THROAT
0:48:31 > 0:48:35Yes, I'm sorry, ma'am. They're preparing the abbey for the ceremony.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I'm told they asked permission for a glimpse of Your Majesty.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42- Don't be sorry. - God bless, Your Majesty.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I do want to help them, whatever you say.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53And not just the labouring poor, but the hungry and the homeless.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54There are people who are lost.
0:48:54 > 0:48:56Whose business is it to see to their welfare?
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Well, in my experience, ma'am,
0:48:58 > 0:49:01it's best to let these things develop naturally.
0:49:01 > 0:49:04If you interfere, you risk overturning the cart.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Prince Albert doesn't agree.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09He's made a study of the working man's condition.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12He's full to the brim with ideas for their improvement.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Is he indeed? How inspiring.
0:49:16 > 0:49:17Well, good.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21He sounds like a young man ready to take charge at the first opportunity.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34Then you had better master the rules of the game
0:49:34 > 0:49:36until you play it better than they can.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Are you quite sure about that, ma'am?
0:49:55 > 0:49:56Make your move.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01CHESS PIECES CLATTER
0:50:15 > 0:50:16Well?
0:50:24 > 0:50:29You...may not accompany me to the proclamation ceremony.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34You may not attend the coronation.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41MUSIC: "Zadok The Priest" by Handel
0:50:48 > 0:50:49Perfect.
0:50:54 > 0:50:57- DUCHESS OF KENT:- 'You're unprepared.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00- CONROY:- 'You've no experience! You're too young!
0:51:00 > 0:51:03ALBERT: 'Then they don't know you like I do.'
0:51:13 > 0:51:15DISTANT APPLAUSE
0:51:30 > 0:51:32GLASS SHATTERS
0:51:41 > 0:51:46Don't look so surprised. A queen has many different duties.
0:51:46 > 0:51:48It's heartening to see she won't neglect the least of them,
0:51:48 > 0:51:50even on Coronation Day.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52I don't think Dash would allow it.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Try to get some rest before the ball.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58I will...since I firmly intend to dance until dawn.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00SHE HUMS
0:52:07 > 0:52:09ORCHESTRA TUNES UP
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Her Majesty the Queen.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Are you sure this is wise?
0:52:46 > 0:52:48ORCHESTRA PLAYS
0:54:23 > 0:54:25MUSIC STOPS
0:54:27 > 0:54:30It's been quite a day. Are you tired?
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Oh, no. Ah, well, not really. It's just...
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Well, I'm stronger than I look.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39- How much longer are you in London? - Only until Friday.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44Then home via Brussels. Uncle Leopold must have his report.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46SHE LAUGHS
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Oh, dear. I have a quadrille with the Prince of Prussia next.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54My poor little toes. I feel sorry for them already!
0:54:56 > 0:54:57Your Majesty.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20I've had a letter from King Leopold.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24He proposes extending this visit of Prince Albert.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- And what have you answered? - Nothing yet.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31Well, perhaps you should tell your uncle
0:55:31 > 0:55:34you need to focus on your new duties right now.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36THUNDER ROLLS
0:55:38 > 0:55:39THEY LAUGH
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Thank you for being my messenger. I hope I've given my uncle enough detail.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50You can fill in anything that I've missed.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54- He takes a great interest in you. - Yes. Don't I know it.
0:55:54 > 0:55:57You should see the questions he asks by every letter.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59It's like this never-ending examination.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05- Lord Melbourne calls him... - SHE LAUGHS
0:56:05 > 0:56:08What about Lord Melbourne?
0:56:09 > 0:56:11Nothing.
0:56:12 > 0:56:17- The French ambassador is here, ma'am.- Right, erm...
0:56:18 > 0:56:20I wish you a good journey.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Victoria...
0:56:29 > 0:56:31HE SIGHS
0:56:31 > 0:56:34I would so like to be useful to you.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38If there is ever an opportunity...
0:56:38 > 0:56:39I know you would.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43But not yet.
0:57:19 > 0:57:20Have you read this?
0:57:20 > 0:57:22No, sir.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28It seems she does not think it appropriate
0:57:28 > 0:57:32to discuss politics in our otherwise "delightful correspondence".
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- Which was dictated by Melbourne. - Damn it!
0:57:37 > 0:57:41- LEOPOLD:- Do something! - STOCKMAR:- I can't get past Melbourne.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Then get him past Melbourne! Get him into her bed!
0:57:47 > 0:57:50ALBERT: 'My dear Victoria, Uncle Leopold is full of ideas
0:57:50 > 0:57:53'of how you and I may spend more time together.
0:57:53 > 0:57:57'And I must say, I hope that some of them at least will come to pass.'
0:57:57 > 0:58:00BELL CHIMES
0:58:09 > 0:58:11IN GERMAN:
0:58:14 > 0:58:17- VICTORIA:- 'Dear Albert, you've been keeping secrets.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20'When did you learn to dance so beautifully?
0:58:20 > 0:58:24'Lord M assures me the next several months
0:58:24 > 0:58:27'will be particularly gruelling and busy for me as a new queen.
0:58:27 > 0:58:31'Thus, I am not certain when I shall see you again.
0:58:34 > 0:58:36'I look forward to your every letter,
0:58:36 > 0:58:40'enjoying the detail of life in Germany, and wishing to share more.
0:58:43 > 0:58:46'Yours affectionately, Victoria.'
0:58:46 > 0:58:48Ah, this quite inoffensive little game
0:58:48 > 0:58:50can turn into an effective weapon!
0:58:50 > 0:58:53THEY LAUGH
0:58:53 > 0:58:56Lord Melbourne says French doctors kill their patients.
0:58:56 > 0:58:59- English ones just let them die! - THEY LAUGH
0:58:59 > 0:59:01I rather thought he might be here tonight.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04Oh, he's thrown me over for Lady Holland.
0:59:04 > 0:59:08- I expect Your Majesty will miss him. - Not too severely. He'll be back tomorrow.
0:59:08 > 0:59:11No, no, no. I meant when he's out of power.
0:59:11 > 0:59:12What?
0:59:14 > 0:59:16Well, only... I don't wish to crow,
0:59:16 > 0:59:19but I thought it was common knowledge
0:59:19 > 0:59:21that he's about to lose the vote.
0:59:29 > 0:59:32Schatzi, I thought you were in your bedroom.
0:59:43 > 0:59:46VICTORIA SOBS
0:59:52 > 0:59:54Never mind.
0:59:55 > 0:59:57Shh. Shh.
0:59:59 > 1:00:03- You won't desert me, will you? - Never, mein liebes schatzi.
1:00:10 > 1:00:14Every one of your ladies is the wife of a friend of Lord Melbourne.
1:00:14 > 1:00:16Surely you can see how that looks.
1:00:16 > 1:00:19You should not set such store by appearances, Sir Robert.
1:00:19 > 1:00:20I'm only asking for a token, ma'am.
1:00:20 > 1:00:23For two ladies, maybe even one, who supports my cause.
1:00:23 > 1:00:27Otherwise, it must seem as if Palace and Parliament have fallen out.
1:00:27 > 1:00:29- I want to go in. - I beg your pardon, ma'am,
1:00:29 > 1:00:33but Her Majesty is with the Prime Minister and cannot be disturbed.
1:00:33 > 1:00:36But that will not apply to her mother.
1:00:36 > 1:00:38I'm very sorry, ma'am.
1:00:39 > 1:00:41Let me understand you.
1:00:41 > 1:00:44Are you telling me it is now the Prime Minister who selects my household?
1:00:44 > 1:00:46Has the law changed in this regard?
1:00:46 > 1:00:50- No, no, of course not, ma'am. - Then there cannot be much more to be said on the subject.
1:00:53 > 1:00:55BELL RINGS
1:00:56 > 1:00:58Good day, Sir Robert.
1:01:03 > 1:01:06Could you please ask Lady Portman to come in as you leave?
1:01:07 > 1:01:08Yes, ma'am.
1:01:19 > 1:01:22I wonder if you could have a note delivered to Lord Melbourne.
1:01:22 > 1:01:23Of course, ma'am.
1:01:35 > 1:01:38# What power... #
1:01:38 > 1:01:41- WOMAN:- Mrs Melbourne!
1:01:43 > 1:01:47- Good God! What are we coming to?! - Who was it? I didn't see.
1:01:48 > 1:01:53The Duchess of Montrose. That's the end of her career at court, I hope.
1:01:56 > 1:01:59If I ban everyone who thinks me wrong,
1:01:59 > 1:02:01you and I will be alone in the ballroom.
1:02:04 > 1:02:07With sorrow, I must inform the House
1:02:07 > 1:02:09that I have been unable to persuade the Queen
1:02:09 > 1:02:13that her ladies should not solely adhere to the views
1:02:13 > 1:02:15of my political opponents.
1:02:15 > 1:02:17I have therefore informed Her Majesty
1:02:17 > 1:02:22that I am not qualified to form a government, if I do not enjoy her confidence.
1:02:22 > 1:02:24CROWD SHOUTS
1:02:24 > 1:02:25Mr Speaker,
1:02:25 > 1:02:27are we to understand that the great Sir Robert Peel
1:02:27 > 1:02:30has been frightened off by a few frilly petticoats?
1:02:30 > 1:02:33LAUGHTER
1:02:33 > 1:02:35Prime Minister!
1:02:35 > 1:02:38Mr Speaker, what frightens me
1:02:38 > 1:02:41is to see the Crown used as a shuttlecock
1:02:41 > 1:02:44in the game of politics!
1:02:44 > 1:02:48Which, apparently, Lord Melbourne plays better than you!
1:02:48 > 1:02:50Order!
1:02:50 > 1:02:52Constitutional crisis!
1:02:52 > 1:02:56Queen flouts Prime Minister! Threat to bring down Tory government!
1:02:56 > 1:02:57- Order!- Constitutional crisis!
1:02:57 > 1:03:00You should be ashamed of yourself, sir.
1:03:00 > 1:03:03If the Queen has been foolish, she can plead her youth.
1:03:03 > 1:03:05You are old enough to know better.
1:03:05 > 1:03:09What troubles you is that Lord Melbourne is Prime Minister again.
1:03:09 > 1:03:10I do hate a bad loser.
1:03:10 > 1:03:15We are all losers in this, sir. Most especially the Queen.
1:03:15 > 1:03:17You have to understand, you reign by right of Parliament.
1:03:17 > 1:03:20You must work with the voters' choice.
1:03:20 > 1:03:24- Well, Lord Melbourne says... - He says what suits his interest.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26He has used you to punish his enemies
1:03:26 > 1:03:28without a thought for the damage to the Crown.
1:03:28 > 1:03:31The Queen is in the clutches of Melbourne, the great seducer!
1:03:31 > 1:03:34And when he is silent, who does she listen to?
1:03:34 > 1:03:36Her German mother.
1:03:36 > 1:03:38I'm glad he THINKS I listen to Mama.
1:03:39 > 1:03:44You are confusing stubbornness with strength, my dear.
1:03:44 > 1:03:47And I warn you, the people will not like you for it.
1:03:47 > 1:03:49SHOUTING
1:03:51 > 1:03:56She's brought down a government over a handful of ladies?
1:03:56 > 1:03:58- Apparently.- Then she's a fool.
1:03:58 > 1:04:02No, she is not a fool. But she has listened to a fool.
1:04:02 > 1:04:05Then she had better change her advisor.
1:04:05 > 1:04:08Or things will get worse before they get better.
1:04:19 > 1:04:20Open the door.
1:04:20 > 1:04:23"Not all the water in the rough, rude sea
1:04:23 > 1:04:25"can wash the balm off from an anointed king."
1:04:28 > 1:04:30"The breath of worldly men
1:04:30 > 1:04:35"cannot depose the deputy elected by the Lord."
1:04:35 > 1:04:36DISTANT SHOUTING
1:04:36 > 1:04:38"For every man..."
1:04:38 > 1:04:39Sir John, what are you doing here?
1:04:39 > 1:04:42- I must speak to the Queen. - You know that's quite impossible.
1:04:44 > 1:04:46HE WHISPERS
1:04:46 > 1:04:51"Welcome, my lord. How far off lies your power?"
1:04:51 > 1:04:54An armed man has been found in the gardens.
1:04:54 > 1:04:58- What?!- He said he wished to harm the Queen.
1:04:58 > 1:05:00"..discomfort guides my tongue
1:05:00 > 1:05:03"and bids me to speak of nothing but..."
1:05:03 > 1:05:05GLASS SHATTERS AND LADIES SCREAM
1:05:19 > 1:05:20SHOUTING OUTSIDE
1:05:20 > 1:05:24They think I have interfered in matters that do not concern me.
1:05:27 > 1:05:30It'll pass, ma'am, you'll see.
1:05:32 > 1:05:36'My dear Victoria, while these days may feel endless,
1:05:36 > 1:05:39'please do not lose faith in yourself or your people.
1:05:39 > 1:05:42'We are all allowed to make mistakes,
1:05:42 > 1:05:45'most especially when we have looked to others for guidance.'
1:05:45 > 1:05:50'The storm still rages outside the palace walls.
1:05:50 > 1:05:54'I wonder now if everyone was right.
1:05:54 > 1:05:59'Perhaps I am too young and inexperienced for my position.'
1:06:03 > 1:06:05'Open your mind, examine your choices,
1:06:05 > 1:06:09'and your honesty will take you through the storm.
1:06:09 > 1:06:13'I promise that you can do this work and do it well.
1:06:13 > 1:06:16'You have courage and heart, and you said yourself,
1:06:16 > 1:06:18'you're stronger than you look.'
1:06:21 > 1:06:25FOOTSTEPS
1:06:25 > 1:06:27A letter from your mother.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32'My dearest child.
1:06:32 > 1:06:36'You will not let me come to you, and that I may deserve,
1:06:36 > 1:06:40'but however you resent me, however I have failed,
1:06:40 > 1:06:43'I am still and always your mother.
1:06:43 > 1:06:47'What troubles you, troubles me.
1:06:47 > 1:06:50'What pleases you, pleases me.
1:06:50 > 1:06:54'I love you and my only prayer is that one day
1:06:54 > 1:06:58'you will understand how much.
1:06:58 > 1:07:02'Goodnight, mein Liebling. Your own Mama.'
1:07:08 > 1:07:10SHE SOBS
1:07:11 > 1:07:14'My dearest Albert.
1:07:14 > 1:07:19'You asked me once if you could be of help to me,
1:07:19 > 1:07:22'and I, so proud and confident of my great powers,
1:07:22 > 1:07:25'replied, "Not yet".
1:07:26 > 1:07:30'But since that day so much has changed.'
1:07:38 > 1:07:43- I'm not forgiven yet. - Not yet, but soon.
1:07:43 > 1:07:44Just wait for unseasonal weather
1:07:44 > 1:07:47or the news of some elopement and it'll all be forgotten.
1:07:47 > 1:07:51You don't have a very high opinion of ordinary people,
1:07:51 > 1:07:52do you, Lord Melbourne?
1:07:52 > 1:07:57With respect, I have lived longer than Your Majesty.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59I said once I didn't understand
1:07:59 > 1:08:02whose task it was to see to the public welfare.
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Ma'am, in my lifetime,
1:08:05 > 1:08:06I have seen with my own eyes
1:08:06 > 1:08:09what happens when the rabble is empowered...
1:08:09 > 1:08:11Lord Melbourne,
1:08:11 > 1:08:13I want a report on living conditions,
1:08:13 > 1:08:16on parish benefits,
1:08:16 > 1:08:18housing, all of it.
1:08:18 > 1:08:21And by the end of the month.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24And one more thing,
1:08:24 > 1:08:26I have invited Prince Albert for another visit.
1:08:26 > 1:08:28Very good, Your Majesty.
1:08:30 > 1:08:34When you get there, don't be a spy or Uncle Leopold's puppet.
1:08:34 > 1:08:36It's your life, Albert. Live it.
1:08:36 > 1:08:39For yourself and for Victoria.
1:08:41 > 1:08:44Our uncle wouldn't thank you for that.
1:08:44 > 1:08:46I don't care.
1:08:53 > 1:08:56- I should have worn the red. - You look beautiful, Your Majesty.
1:08:59 > 1:09:02His Serene Highness,
1:09:02 > 1:09:06Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Your Majesty.
1:09:57 > 1:09:58I only just got your note.
1:10:00 > 1:10:02I was riding.
1:10:04 > 1:10:06Sit. Please.
1:10:16 > 1:10:19- The park is marvellous. - I'm so pleased you like it.
1:10:21 > 1:10:24I do want you to feel quite at home.
1:10:27 > 1:10:31I'm sure you're aware why I wished you to come here.
1:10:33 > 1:10:37Because it would make me happier than anything...
1:10:37 > 1:10:41too happy, really, if you would agree to what I wish.
1:10:41 > 1:10:45- And stay with you? - And stay with me.
1:10:45 > 1:10:46And marry you?
1:10:46 > 1:10:48And marry me.
1:11:19 > 1:11:22Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife?
1:11:23 > 1:11:26To live together after God's ordinance,
1:11:26 > 1:11:29in the holiest state of matrimony?
1:11:29 > 1:11:30I will.
1:12:20 > 1:12:23Now I am quite married.
1:12:27 > 1:12:30- You know when we're old... - Hmm?
1:12:30 > 1:12:32..and surrounded by our children...
1:12:35 > 1:12:38..we will remember this as the day our lives began.
1:12:38 > 1:12:40Not too surrounded, please.
1:12:47 > 1:12:49And not too soon.
1:12:51 > 1:12:54Oh? I should warn you that I am expecting a very large family.
1:12:54 > 1:12:56SHE GIGGLES
1:13:02 > 1:13:04- Good morning, wife. - (Good morning).
1:13:10 > 1:13:12VICTORIA GIGGLES
1:13:12 > 1:13:15Have you woken Her Majesty?
1:13:15 > 1:13:18- No, ma'am. - Don't you think you should?
1:13:18 > 1:13:21No, ma'am. Not this morning, I don't.
1:13:28 > 1:13:31Let's take a little tour together and visit Scotland.
1:13:31 > 1:13:34I hear if any part of Britain is like Germany,
1:13:34 > 1:13:36- it's the Highlands of Scotland. - Yes, we must one day.
1:13:36 > 1:13:39No, I mean straight away. Now.
1:13:39 > 1:13:41- Now?!- Only for a few weeks.
1:13:41 > 1:13:44You're a bride. They can't expect you back before that.
1:13:44 > 1:13:47Dearest, I may be a bride but I am also a queen.
1:13:47 > 1:13:50I cannot be away for more than three days at the most.
1:13:54 > 1:13:56What are you doing?
1:13:56 > 1:13:58Well, if we've only got three days...
1:14:01 > 1:14:05So tell me, will the weather be this fine for all of the three days?
1:14:05 > 1:14:07Yes!
1:14:19 > 1:14:22Albert, where are you going?
1:14:22 > 1:14:24SHE LAUGHS
1:14:27 > 1:14:29BOTH LAUGH
1:14:36 > 1:14:38- But seriously, is it always like this?- Yes!
1:14:42 > 1:14:45VICTORIA LAUGHS
1:15:31 > 1:15:34We will take care of each other, won't we?
1:15:34 > 1:15:37Always.
1:15:58 > 1:16:01CROWDS CHEER OUTSIDE How changeable they are.
1:16:02 > 1:16:06They hate you. They love you. They hate you.
1:16:06 > 1:16:10They punished her, but they never hated her.
1:16:10 > 1:16:16And now she's a bride and back on top. Until the next mistake.
1:16:19 > 1:16:21What on earth have I done with my life?
1:16:23 > 1:16:27I have many gifts, you know.
1:16:27 > 1:16:30As a boy, I was tipped for success.
1:16:33 > 1:16:35You have served me well.
1:16:42 > 1:16:43What is that?
1:16:46 > 1:16:49CLAP OF THUNDER
1:16:49 > 1:16:53DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES
1:16:56 > 1:16:59SHE GIGGLES
1:17:03 > 1:17:08- LEOPOLD:- 'Dear Albert, why haven't you responded to my last two letters?
1:17:08 > 1:17:10'I must be kept informed of your progress.
1:17:10 > 1:17:13'I need help - England's help -
1:17:13 > 1:17:16'and you must and will secure it for me.
1:17:16 > 1:17:18'Never forget that you are first a Coburg.
1:17:18 > 1:17:21'Your Uncle Leopold.'
1:17:31 > 1:17:35- What is it? - Just a question for Lord M.
1:17:35 > 1:17:37Could I help?
1:17:37 > 1:17:39It'll keep.
1:17:53 > 1:17:55Why are these windows so dirty?
1:17:55 > 1:17:59- I can hardly see out. - Same as the fires, I'm afraid.
1:17:59 > 1:18:02The departments can't agree to wash inside and out at the same time.
1:18:02 > 1:18:06- Why don't we do something about it? - I quite agree.
1:18:06 > 1:18:08Because that's the way things are done here
1:18:08 > 1:18:10and it's worked well for many years.
1:18:10 > 1:18:14Meanwhile, we live in a filthy, freezing house.
1:18:14 > 1:18:16We live as guests of the Queen.
1:18:17 > 1:18:20Thank you, Baroness, for reminding me that I am a guest here.
1:18:30 > 1:18:32Let him go.
1:18:33 > 1:18:36How is Albert settling in?
1:18:36 > 1:18:38Why? What have you heard?
1:18:42 > 1:18:46He says he wants to reorganise the way the palaces are run.
1:18:46 > 1:18:49Well then, for Heaven's sake, let him!
1:18:49 > 1:18:52He says that Lord Melbourne controls me,
1:18:52 > 1:18:54and he says that Lehzen controls me.
1:18:54 > 1:18:57It seems that everyone controls me except him.
1:18:57 > 1:19:00A man who has no work becomes ridiculous.
1:19:00 > 1:19:04And a poor man with a rich wife must work twice as hard as anyone else.
1:19:04 > 1:19:08Besides, you have chosen well.
1:19:08 > 1:19:11My Uncle William chose well.
1:19:11 > 1:19:14You did not take on half his duties.
1:19:14 > 1:19:18You don't know that. You don't know what I did.
1:19:29 > 1:19:30What is this for?
1:19:30 > 1:19:33Your Royal Highness.
1:19:33 > 1:19:36The Red Room dinner service, sir. For the officers guarding the King.
1:19:38 > 1:19:40What king?
1:19:40 > 1:19:43King George III, sir.
1:19:43 > 1:19:46And how often do we provide this dinner
1:19:46 > 1:19:49for a king who has been dead for 20 years?
1:19:49 > 1:19:51Every night, sir.
1:19:54 > 1:19:59I cannot believe I'm being subjected to this interrogation.
1:19:59 > 1:20:03You're not being subjected to anything, Sir John.
1:20:03 > 1:20:06You have been in charge of the Duchess's finances for many years.
1:20:06 > 1:20:10Indeed, you have made public statements testifying to their health.
1:20:10 > 1:20:12- Yes, I have.- I am so grateful.
1:20:12 > 1:20:16All I am asking is that you will be so good as to tell us
1:20:16 > 1:20:19exactly where the money has gone?
1:20:28 > 1:20:30Are you sure?
1:20:42 > 1:20:44SHE LAUGHS
1:20:48 > 1:20:50- APPLAUSE - Congratulations, ma'am.
1:20:50 > 1:20:54Mein liebes Schatzi! I'm so happy.
1:20:54 > 1:20:59- Mein Liebling!- Heavens, Mama, don't crush me.
1:20:59 > 1:21:02You'll let me know at once if there's anything you need?
1:21:07 > 1:21:09You're not going already?
1:21:09 > 1:21:13I cannot leave too soon for my daughter.
1:21:13 > 1:21:16Anyway, I have a lot on my mind.
1:21:16 > 1:21:18Something I could help with?
1:21:23 > 1:21:25Congratulations.
1:21:27 > 1:21:32Your Highness. There's your opening, if you'll take my advice.
1:21:32 > 1:21:34Lord Melbourne,
1:21:34 > 1:21:37forgive me, but...you seem to have confused me
1:21:37 > 1:21:38with a member of your club.
1:21:39 > 1:21:44I am not your drinking companion, nor your whist partner.
1:21:44 > 1:21:47I am the husband of your sovereign.
1:21:47 > 1:21:50And as such, I will make my own decisions,
1:21:50 > 1:21:53and I neither seek, nor invite, your advice.
1:21:53 > 1:21:55Good evening.
1:21:59 > 1:22:01So... VICTORIA LAUGHS
1:22:01 > 1:22:04- Are you discussing names? - We're discussing the help.
1:22:04 > 1:22:09He writes that he'd prefer not to talk politics in his letters,
1:22:09 > 1:22:12but only to discuss news of the family.
1:22:12 > 1:22:15I have planned this marriage for 20 years!
1:22:15 > 1:22:17And now I'm supposed to accept that I have failed?!
1:22:17 > 1:22:21On the contrary, Your Majesty, we must accept it.
1:22:21 > 1:22:23The birds have flown.
1:22:54 > 1:22:56Your Majesty.
1:23:03 > 1:23:05DOOR SLAMS
1:23:41 > 1:23:43I've been boring Sir Robert and the Duke
1:23:43 > 1:23:45with my ideas for encouraging the Arts.
1:23:45 > 1:23:49- Hmm. Does Sir Robert care for such frivolity? - I have many interests, ma'am.
1:23:49 > 1:23:52And my government would support the Prince's plans wholeheartedly.
1:23:52 > 1:23:55Your government? What government is this?
1:23:55 > 1:23:59I meant, if I should be fortunate enough to form another government, ma'am.
1:23:59 > 1:24:03And when he does, there'll be no repeat of the old problem.
1:24:03 > 1:24:06Some of your ladies have already agreed to resign.
1:24:06 > 1:24:10And Sir Robert will ask for no more change than that.
1:24:14 > 1:24:16Thank you, Sir Robert.
1:24:25 > 1:24:28How dare you speak to me in that way before them?!
1:24:28 > 1:24:33How dare you...talk across me, as if I were a child?
1:24:33 > 1:24:37- I... I did no such thing. - Oh, no?
1:24:37 > 1:24:40Well, you've sorted this, you've sorted that.
1:24:40 > 1:24:43You and Sir Robert. You and the Duke, and all without reference to me!
1:24:43 > 1:24:48- Victoria, I thought you'd be pleased.- I will tell you what you thought.
1:24:48 > 1:24:50You thought that I was a woman!
1:24:50 > 1:24:54To be petted and passed over and ignored!
1:24:54 > 1:24:59Would it were so simple, then we might avoid more scandals of your making.
1:24:59 > 1:25:00Have you lost your mind?!
1:25:00 > 1:25:02Do you wonder at it?
1:25:02 > 1:25:05Less than three years on the throne, and you and your precious Melbourne
1:25:05 > 1:25:08have pushed this monarchy to the brink of an abyss!
1:25:08 > 1:25:11I have told you before and I will tell you again -
1:25:11 > 1:25:14you are my husband here, and that is all!
1:25:14 > 1:25:16And that is quite enough, believe me!
1:25:16 > 1:25:19I will not have my role usurped!
1:25:19 > 1:25:20I wear the crown.
1:25:20 > 1:25:23If there are mistakes, they will be my mistakes,
1:25:23 > 1:25:24and no-one else will make them.
1:25:24 > 1:25:26No-one! Not even you!
1:25:32 > 1:25:35I'm leaving, before you excite yourself and harm the child.
1:25:35 > 1:25:38You will go when I dismiss you.
1:25:38 > 1:25:43I am your Queen, and I am telling you to stay!
1:25:45 > 1:25:47Goodnight, Victoria.
1:25:47 > 1:25:50You may not go.
1:25:50 > 1:25:54You may not go! I order you to stay here in this room! Albert!
1:26:01 > 1:26:04Guard, royal salute. Present arms!
1:26:20 > 1:26:22There is no need for you to accompany me.
1:26:22 > 1:26:25I said I would come with you, so I will come with you.
1:26:25 > 1:26:27Walk on. Hup!
1:26:43 > 1:26:47For pity's sake, smile, woman. Anyone would think we'd quarrelled.
1:26:47 > 1:26:48Don't talk to me.
1:26:50 > 1:26:52GUNSHOT ECHOES
1:28:20 > 1:28:23There's nothing more I can do here. The Prince needs rest.
1:28:25 > 1:28:26Your Majesty.
1:28:36 > 1:28:38SHE SOBS
1:28:40 > 1:28:41I'm so sorry!
1:28:44 > 1:28:47I thought I was going to lose you.
1:28:49 > 1:28:52- I don't think he was a very good shot.- Why did you do it?
1:28:52 > 1:28:56You're so stupid! Why did you do it?
1:28:58 > 1:29:00I had two very good reasons.
1:29:01 > 1:29:05First, I am replaceable and you are not.
1:29:05 > 1:29:08- You are not replaceable to me.- Shh.
1:29:09 > 1:29:14Second, you are the only wife I've got, or ever will have.
1:29:14 > 1:29:17You are my whole existence.
1:29:17 > 1:29:20And I will love you until my last breath.
1:29:35 > 1:29:37We're told the man was mad.
1:29:37 > 1:29:41Is that reassuring? I can't decide.
1:29:43 > 1:29:44May I be honest, ma'am?
1:29:46 > 1:29:49Even a politician can be honest sometimes.
1:29:49 > 1:29:50SHE LAUGHS
1:29:51 > 1:29:57My...guidance... hasn't always been faultless...
1:29:57 > 1:29:59and I'm sorry for it.
1:30:01 > 1:30:04But I speak to you now as a true friend.
1:30:04 > 1:30:05I know.
1:30:07 > 1:30:10The Prince is a good man.
1:30:11 > 1:30:12A better man than any of us knew.
1:30:14 > 1:30:19I know he does not think as well of me. My vanity is not the issue here.
1:30:21 > 1:30:22He is able.
1:30:22 > 1:30:24He is clever.
1:30:25 > 1:30:27And he is faithful.
1:30:28 > 1:30:31Let him share your work.
1:30:40 > 1:30:42There is one task more Your Majesty must face,
1:30:42 > 1:30:46if the Prince is to feel truly welcome here.
1:30:51 > 1:30:54I needed her so much as a child.
1:31:09 > 1:31:12I hope you don't mind, I had your desk brought in.
1:31:16 > 1:31:17- Don't I have a say in this?- No!
1:31:17 > 1:31:19SHE LAUGHS
1:31:35 > 1:31:37SHE LAUGHS
1:31:39 > 1:31:40BABY GURGLES
1:31:46 > 1:31:47Good morning, wife.
1:31:47 > 1:31:49Good morning.
1:33:13 > 1:33:18His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty the Queen.
1:34:07 > 1:34:10MUSIC: "Only You" by Sinead O'Connor
1:34:16 > 1:34:18# My love
1:34:19 > 1:34:20# Your love
1:34:20 > 1:34:24# Has opened up a world I've never known
1:34:27 > 1:34:30# All hope
1:34:30 > 1:34:33# Was found
1:34:33 > 1:34:36# A place I never dreamed I would go
1:34:38 > 1:34:41# Feels like only yesterday
1:34:41 > 1:34:45# I had locked my heart away
1:34:45 > 1:34:49# Safe behind a castle of stone
1:34:51 > 1:34:54# Sure I'd always be alone
1:34:54 > 1:35:00# Only you
1:35:00 > 1:35:02# Know how
1:35:06 > 1:35:11# To hear me through
1:35:11 > 1:35:14# The silence
1:35:18 > 1:35:23# You reach a part of me
1:35:23 > 1:35:29# That no-one else can see
1:35:29 > 1:35:32# Forever true
1:35:32 > 1:35:35# There's only me
1:35:35 > 1:35:37# And only you
1:35:41 > 1:35:44# Only me and you. #
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