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