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<i>Don't look so surprised.
The Queen has many different duties.</i>

2
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It's heartening to see she won't
neglect them, even on Coronation Day.

3
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I don't think Dash would allow it.
- Try to get some rest before the ball.

4
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I will. Since I firmly intend
to dance until dawn.

5
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<i>Her Majesty the Queen.</i>

6
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Are you sure this is wise?

7
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It's been quite a day. Are you tired?

8
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Oh, no.
Ah, well, not really. It's just...

9
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Well, I'm stronger than I look.

10
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How much longer are you in London?
- Only until Friday.

11
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Then home via Brussels.
Uncle Leopold must have his report.

12
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Oh, dear. I have a quadrille
with the Prince of Prussia next.

13
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<i>My poor little toes.
I feel sorry for them already.</i>

14
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Your Majesty.

15
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<i>I've had a letter from King Leopold.</i>

16
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He proposes
extending this visit of Prince Albert.

17
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And what have you answered?
- Nothing yet.

18
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Well, perhaps you should tell your uncle

19
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you need to focus
on your new duties right now.

20
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Thank you for being my messenger.

21
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I hope I've given my uncle enough
detail. Fill in anything I've missed.

22
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He takes a great interest in you.
- Yes, don't I know it.

23
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You should see the questions
he asks by every letter.

24
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<i>Like a never-ending examination.</i>

25
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<i>Lord Melbourne calls him this...</i>

26
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What about Lord Melbourne?

27
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Nothing.

28
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The French Ambassador is here.
- Right. Erm...

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I wish you a good journey.

30
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Victoria?

31
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<i>I would so like to be useful to you.</i>

32
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If there is ever an opportunity.

33
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I know you would.

34
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But not yet.

35
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<i>Have you read this?</i>

36
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No, sir.

37
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It seems
she does not think it appropriate

38
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to discuss politics in our otherwise
"delightful correspondence".

39
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Which was dictated by Melbourne.
- Damn it!

40
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<i>Do something!</i>

41
00:06:05,173 --> 00:06:07,360
<i>I can't get past Melbourne.</i>

42
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<i>Then get him past Melbourne!
Get him into her bed!</i>

43
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<i>My dear Victoria,
Uncle Leopold is full of ideas</i>

44
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<i>of how you and I may spend
more time together.</i>

45
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<i>And I must say I hope that some
of them, at least, will come to pass.</i>

46
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<i>Dear Albert,
you've been keeping secrets.</i>

47
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<i>When did you learn
to dance so beautifully?</i>

48
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<i>Lord M assures me
the next several months</i>

49
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<i>will be particularly gruelling
and busy for me as a new Queen.</i>

50
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<i>Thus, I am not certain
when I shall see you again.</i>

51
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<i>I look forward to your every letter,</i>

52
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<i>enjoying the detail of life in Germany,
and wishing to share more.</i>

53
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<i>- Waterloo might not...
- Yours affectionately, Victoria.</i>

54
00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:17,360
Ah, this quite inoffensive little game
can turn into an effective weapon!

55
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Lord Melbourne says
French doctors kill their patients.

56
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<i>English ones just let them die.</i>

57
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I thought he might be here tonight.

58
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<i>He's thrown me over
for Lady Holland.</i>

59
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I expect Your Majesty will miss him.
- Not too severely. He's back tomorrow.

60
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No, no, no.
I meant when he's out of power.

61
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What?

62
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Well, only, I don't wish to crow, but...
I thought it was common knowledge

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that he's about to lose the vote.

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<i>Schatzi?
I thought you were in your bedroom.</i>

65
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Never mind.

66
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<i>Shh. Shh.</i>

67
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You won't desert me, will you?
- Never.

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<i>Mein liebes Schatzi.</i>

69
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Every one of your ladies is the wife
of a friend of Lord Melbourne.

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Surely you can see how that looks?

71
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You should not set such store
by appearances, Sir Robert.

72
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I only ask for a token. For two ladies,
even one, who supports my cause.

73
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Otherwise, it must seem as if
Palace and Parliament have fallen out.

74
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I want to go in.
- I beg your pardon, ma'am.

75
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Her Majesty is with the Prime Minister
and cannot be disturbed.

76
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But that will not apply to her mother.

77
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I'm very sorry, ma'am.

78
00:09:05,460 --> 00:09:07,052
Let me understand you.

79
00:09:07,052 --> 00:09:10,680
Are you saying it is the Prime Minister
who selects my household?

80
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Has the law changed in this regard?
- No, of course not.

81
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Well, then, there cannot be
much more to be said.

82
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<i>Good day, Sir Robert.</i>

83
00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:32,900
Could you please ask Lady Portman
to come in as you leave?

84
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Yes, ma'am.

85
00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:47,920
I wonder if you could have a note
delivered to Lord Melbourne.

86
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Of course, ma'am.

87
00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,694
<i># What power...</i>

88
00:10:04,694 --> 00:10:07,374
<i>Mrs Melbourne!</i>

89
00:10:07,374 --> 00:10:08,859
<i># Art thou...</i>

90
00:10:08,859 --> 00:10:13,460
Good God! What are we coming to?
- Who was it? I didn't see.

91
00:10:14,820 --> 00:10:21,259
The Duchess of Montrose. That's
the end to her career at Court, I hope.

92
00:10:23,060 --> 00:10:28,900
If I ban everyone who thinks me wrong,
you and I will be alone in the ballroom.

93
00:10:30,060 --> 00:10:33,177
With sorrow, I must inform the House

94
00:10:33,177 --> 00:10:35,600
that I have been unable
to persuade the Queen

95
00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,080
that her ladies should not solely
adhere to the views of my opponents.

96
00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,377
<i>I have therefore informed Her Majesty</i>

97
00:10:43,377 --> 00:10:45,760
that I am not qualified
to form a government,

98
00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,658
if I do not enjoy her confidence.

99
00:10:50,180 --> 00:10:53,720
Mr Speaker, are we to understand
that the great Sir Robert Peel

100
00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,500
has been frightened off
by a few frilly petticoats?

101
00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:02,216
<i>Prime Minister!</i>

102
00:11:02,216 --> 00:11:04,200
<i>Mr Speaker, what frightens me</i>

103
00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,400
<i>is to see the Crown
used as a shuttlecock</i>

104
00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,049
<i>in the game of politics!</i>

105
00:11:11,049 --> 00:11:14,320
Which, apparently,
Lord Melbourne plays better than you!

106
00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,217
<i>Order!</i>

107
00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:17,892
Constitutional crisis!

108
00:11:17,892 --> 00:11:21,960
<i>Queen flouts Prime Minister!
Threat to bring down Tory government!</i>

109
00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,240
Order!
- Constitutional crisis!

110
00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,480
<i>You should be
ashamed of yourself, sir.</i>

111
00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:28,960
If the Queen has been foolish,
she can plead youth.

112
00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,120
You are old enough to know better.

113
00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,720
What troubles you is that Lord
Melbourne is Prime Minister again.

114
00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,856
I do hate a bad loser.

115
00:11:36,856 --> 00:11:41,411
We are all losers in this, sir.
Most especially the Queen.

116
00:11:41,411 --> 00:11:43,680
<i>You have to understand you reign</i>

117
00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:46,560
by right of Parliament.
Work with the voters' choice.

118
00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:49,600
Lord Melbourne says...
- He says what suits his interest.

119
00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,400
He has used you to punish his enemies

120
00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,720
without a thought
for the damage to the Crown.

121
00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:57,160
The Queen is in the clutches
of Melbourne, the great seducer!

122
00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,520
And when he is silent,
who does she listen to?

123
00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:05,250
<i>- Her German mother.
- I'm glad he thinks I listen to Mama.</i>

124
00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:09,731
You are confusing stubbornness
with strength, my dear.

125
00:12:09,731 --> 00:12:13,740
And I warn you,
the people will not like you for it.

126
00:12:18,860 --> 00:12:21,800
<i>She's brought down
a government over her ladies?</i>

127
00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,539
Apparently.
- Then she's a fool.

128
00:12:24,539 --> 00:12:28,120
No, she is not a fool.
But she has listened to a fool.

129
00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,178
Then she had better change her advisor.

130
00:12:31,178 --> 00:12:34,940
<i>Or things will get worse
before they get better.</i>

131
00:12:42,260 --> 00:12:45,650
<i>Open the door.</i>

132
00:12:45,650 --> 00:12:47,880
"Not all the water
in the rough, rude sea

133
00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:51,814
can wash the balm off
from an anointed king. "

134
00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:56,440
"The breath of worldly men

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00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,091
cannot depose the deputy
elected by the Lord. "

136
00:13:01,091 --> 00:13:03,933
<i>"For every man... "</i>

137
00:13:03,933 --> 00:13:05,720
Sir John, what are you doing here?

138
00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,920
I must speak to the Queen.
- You know that's impossible.

139
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:16,000
"Welcome, my lord.
How far off lies your power?"

140
00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:21,020
An armed man
has been found in the gardens.

141
00:13:21,020 --> 00:13:24,160
What?!
- He said he wished to harm the Queen.

142
00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:29,320
"... discomfort guides my tongue
and bids me speak of nothing but... "

143
00:13:46,580 --> 00:13:51,160
They think I have interfered in matters
that do not concern me.

144
00:13:54,140 --> 00:13:56,240
It'll pass, ma'am, you'll see.

145
00:13:58,780 --> 00:14:02,160
<i>My dear Victoria,
while these days may feel endless,</i>

146
00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,840
<i>please do not lose faith
in yourself or your people.</i>

147
00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,080
<i>We are all allowed to make mistakes,</i>

148
00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:12,580
<i>most especially when
we have looked to others for guidance.</i>

149
00:14:12,580 --> 00:14:17,370
<i>The storm still rages
outside the palace walls.</i>

150
00:14:17,370 --> 00:14:20,497
<i>I wonder now if everyone was right.</i>

151
00:14:20,497 --> 00:14:25,779
<i>Perhaps I am too young and
inexperienced for my position.</i>

152
00:14:29,260 --> 00:14:31,880
<i>Open your mind, examine your choices,</i>

153
00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,960
<i>and your honesty
will take you through the storm.</i>

154
00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,120
<i>I promise that you can do this work
and do it well.</i>

155
00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,000
<i>You have courage and heart</i>

156
00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,020
<i>and you said yourself
you're stronger than you look.</i>

157
00:14:51,180 --> 00:14:53,250
<i>A letter from your mother.</i>

158
00:14:55,540 --> 00:14:57,371
<i>My dearest child.</i>

159
00:14:57,371 --> 00:15:00,040
<i>You will not let me come to you,</i>

160
00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,489
<i>and that I may deserve,</i>

161
00:15:02,489 --> 00:15:04,810
<i>but however you resent me,</i>

162
00:15:04,810 --> 00:15:10,099
<i>however I have failed,
I am still and always your mother.</i>

163
00:15:10,099 --> 00:15:13,092
<i>What troubles you, troubles me.</i>

164
00:15:13,092 --> 00:15:16,456
<i>What pleases you, pleases me.</i>

165
00:15:16,456 --> 00:15:18,178
<i>I love you.</i>

166
00:15:18,178 --> 00:15:23,539
<i>And my only prayer is that one day
you will understand how much.</i>

167
00:15:23,539 --> 00:15:27,533
<i>Goodnight, mein Liebling.
Your own Mama.</i>

168
00:15:37,940 --> 00:15:40,170
<i>My dearest Albert.</i>

169
00:15:40,170 --> 00:15:44,120
<i>You asked me once
if you could be of help to me,</i>

170
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:50,733
<i>and I so proud and confident
of my great powers replied, "Not yet".</i>

171
00:15:53,260 --> 00:15:56,457
<i>But since that day
so much has changed.</i>

172
00:16:04,140 --> 00:16:07,132
I'm not forgiven yet.

173
00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:08,812
Not yet, but soon.

174
00:16:08,812 --> 00:16:12,000
Just wait for unseasonal weather
or the news of some elopement,

175
00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,136
and it'll all be forgotten.

176
00:16:14,136 --> 00:16:17,000
You don't have a very high opinion
of ordinary people,

177
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,720
do you, Lord Melbourne?

178
00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,640
With respect,
I have lived longer than Your Majesty.

179
00:16:24,460 --> 00:16:25,960
I said once I didn't understand

180
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:29,560
whose task it was
to see to the public welfare.

181
00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:33,280
Ma'am, in my lifetime,
I have seen with my own eyes,

182
00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,520
what happens
when the rabble is empowered.

183
00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,133
Lord Melbourne.

184
00:16:37,133 --> 00:16:42,499
I want a report on living conditions,
on parish benefits,

185
00:16:42,499 --> 00:16:47,176
housing, all of it.
And by the end of the month.

186
00:16:48,220 --> 00:16:53,419
And one more thing... I have invited
Prince Albert for another visit.

187
00:16:53,419 --> 00:16:55,491
Very good, Your Majesty.

188
00:16:56,380 --> 00:17:00,520
When you get there, don't be a spy
or Uncle Leopold's puppet.

189
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,009
It's your life, Albert. Live it.

190
00:17:03,009 --> 00:17:05,295
For yourself and for Victoria.

191
00:17:07,140 --> 00:17:09,840
Our uncle wouldn't thank you for that.

192
00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:12,337
I don't care.

193
00:17:18,980 --> 00:17:23,560
I should have worn the red.
- You look beautiful, Your Majesty.

194
00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:32,812
His Serene Highness Prince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Your Majesty.

195
00:18:23,380 --> 00:18:25,496
I only just got your note.

196
00:18:26,500 --> 00:18:28,092
I was riding.

197
00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:32,492
Sit. Please.

198
00:18:42,740 --> 00:18:46,660
The park is marvellous.
- I'm so pleased you like it.

199
00:18:47,140 --> 00:18:50,576
I do want you to feel quite at home.

200
00:18:53,740 --> 00:18:58,018
I'm sure you're aware
why I wished you to come here.

201
00:18:59,620 --> 00:19:03,120
Because it would make me happier
than anything...

202
00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:07,737
...too happy, really,
if you would agree to what I wish.

203
00:19:07,737 --> 00:19:10,857
And stay with you?
- And stay with me.

204
00:19:10,857 --> 00:19:15,172
<i>- And marry you?
- And marry me.</i>

205
00:19:45,540 --> 00:19:49,328
Wilt thou have this woman
to thy wedded wife?

206
00:19:50,340 --> 00:19:52,680
To live together
after God's ordinance,

207
00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,695
in the holiest state of matrimony?
- I will.

208
00:20:47,060 --> 00:20:49,620
Now I am quite married.

209
00:20:53,180 --> 00:20:55,694
You know when we're old...
- Hmm.

210
00:20:57,020 --> 00:20:59,480
...and surrounded by our children...

211
00:21:01,420 --> 00:21:04,560
...we will remember this
as the day our lives began.

212
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,289
<i>Not too surrounded, please.</i>

213
00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,891
And not too soon.

214
00:21:16,860 --> 00:21:21,440
Oh? I should warn you that
I am expecting a very large family.

215
00:21:28,140 --> 00:21:31,132
Good morning, wife.
- Good morning.

216
00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:41,800
<i>Have you woken Her Majesty?</i>

217
00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,640
No, ma'am.
- Don't you think you should?

218
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,732
No, ma'am. Not this morning, I don't.

219
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,720
Let's take a little tour
and visit Scotland.

220
00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:01,560
I hear if any part of Britain is like
Germany, it's the Scottish Highlands.

221
00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,800
Yes, we must one day.
- No. Straight away. Now.

222
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,619
<i>- Now?
- Only for a few weeks.</i>

223
00:22:07,619 --> 00:22:10,640
You're a bride.
They can't expect you back before that.

224
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,640
Dearest, I may be a bride
but I'm also a queen.

225
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,780
I cannot be away
for more than three days at the most.

226
00:22:20,900 --> 00:22:22,618
What are you doing?

227
00:22:22,618 --> 00:22:26,090
<i>Well, if we've only got three days...</i>

228
00:22:27,900 --> 00:22:31,200
So tell me, will the weather
be this fine for all of the three days?

229
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,200
<i>Yes.</i>

230
00:22:45,140 --> 00:22:47,415
Albert, where are you going?

231
00:23:01,940 --> 00:23:05,376
<i>- Seriously, is it always like this?
- Yes!</i>

232
00:23:57,940 --> 00:24:01,080
We will take care of each other,
won't we?

233
00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,934
Always.

234
00:24:24,180 --> 00:24:27,297
<i>How changeable they are.</i>

235
00:24:28,540 --> 00:24:31,850
They hate you. They love you.
They hate you.

236
00:24:32,820 --> 00:24:36,140
They punished her...
but they never hated her.

237
00:24:37,540 --> 00:24:42,773
And now she's a bride and back on top.
Until the next mistake.

238
00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:48,180
What on earth have I done with my life?

239
00:24:49,900 --> 00:24:52,937
I had many gifts, you know.

240
00:24:52,937 --> 00:24:56,410
As a boy, I was tipped for success.

241
00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,177
You have served me well.

242
00:25:07,220 --> 00:25:09,734
<i>What is that?</i>

243
00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:33,975
<i>Dear Albert, why haven't you
responded to my last two letters?</i>

244
00:25:33,975 --> 00:25:37,000
<i>I must be kept informed
of your progess.</i>

245
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,375
<i>I need help. England's help.</i>

246
00:25:39,375 --> 00:25:42,240
<i>And you must and will secure it for me.</i>

247
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,400
<i>Never forget
that you are first a Coburg.</i>

248
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:47,218
<i>Your Uncle Leopold.</i>

249
00:25:56,940 --> 00:26:01,331
What is it?
- Just a question for Lord M.

250
00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:06,133
Could I help?
- It'll keep.

251
00:26:19,900 --> 00:26:22,960
Why are these windows so dirty?
I can hardly see out.

252
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,920
Same as the fires, I'm afraid.

253
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:29,040
The departments can't agree to wash
inside and out at the same time.

254
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,040
Why don't we do something about it?
- I quite agree.

255
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:37,240
Because it's how things are done here.
And it's worked well for many years.

256
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,040
Meanwhile, we live
in a filthy, freezing house.

257
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:43,052
We live as guests of the Queen.

258
00:26:43,052 --> 00:26:47,600
Thank you, Baroness, for reminding me
that I am a guest here.

259
00:26:56,260 --> 00:26:58,216
Let him go.

260
00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:02,660
How is Albert settling in?

261
00:27:02,660 --> 00:27:04,731
Why? What have you heard?

262
00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:13,000
He says he wants to reorganise
the way the palaces are run.

263
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,640
Well then, for Heaven's sake, let him!

264
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,120
He says
that Lord Melbourne controls me,

265
00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,560
and he says that Lehzen controls me.

266
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,880
It seems everyone controls me
except him.

267
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,610
A man who has no work
becomes ridiculous.

268
00:27:27,610 --> 00:27:32,480
And a poor man with a rich wife must
work twice as hard as anyone else.

269
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:37,256
Besides, you have chosen well.
- My Uncle William chose well.

270
00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:41,400
You did not take on half his duties
- You don't know that.

271
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:44,014
You don't know what I did.

272
00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:59,532
What is this for?
- Your Royal Highness.

273
00:27:59,532 --> 00:28:04,560
The Red Room dinner service, sir.
For the officers guarding the King.

274
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:09,416
What king?
- King George III, sir.

275
00:28:09,416 --> 00:28:11,360
And how often do we provide

276
00:28:11,360 --> 00:28:15,500
this dinner for a king
who has been dead for 20 years?

277
00:28:15,500 --> 00:28:17,332
Every night, sir.

278
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:25,240
I cannot believe I'm being
subjected to this interrogation.

279
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,889
You're not being subjected
to anything, Sir John.

280
00:28:28,889 --> 00:28:32,320
You have been in charge of the
Duchess's finances for many years.

281
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:37,120
Indeed, you have made public
statements testifying to their health.

282
00:28:37,660 --> 00:28:40,140
Yes, I have.
- I am so grateful.

283
00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:43,520
All I am asking is that you
will be so good as to tell us

284
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,010
exactly where the money has gone?

285
00:28:54,340 --> 00:28:56,331
Are you sure?

286
00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:16,176
<i>Congratulations, ma'am.</i>

287
00:29:16,176 --> 00:29:18,840
<i>Mein liebes Schatzi! I'm so happy.</i>

288
00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:24,700
<i>- Meine Liebling!
- Heavens, Mama, don't crush me.</i>

289
00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:29,280
You'll let me know at once
if there's anything you need.

290
00:29:34,100 --> 00:29:36,091
You're not going already?

291
00:29:36,980 --> 00:29:40,017
I cannot leave too soon for my daughter.

292
00:29:40,017 --> 00:29:44,800
Anyway, I have a lot on my mind.
- Something I could help with?

293
00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:50,931
Congratulations.

294
00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:55,977
Your Highness.

295
00:29:55,977 --> 00:29:59,200
There's your opening,
if you'll take my advice.

296
00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:01,480
Lord Melbourne, forgive me, but...

297
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,600
you seem to have confused me
with a member of your club.

298
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,852
I am not your drinking companion,
nor your whist partner.

299
00:30:09,852 --> 00:30:12,898
I am the husband of your sovereign.

300
00:30:12,898 --> 00:30:16,000
And as such,
I will make my own decisions,

301
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:20,298
and I neither seek
nor invite your advice.

302
00:30:20,298 --> 00:30:22,371
Good evening.

303
00:30:26,420 --> 00:30:27,670
<i>So...</i>

304
00:30:28,780 --> 00:30:32,040
Are you discussing names?
- We're discussing the help.

305
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,680
He writes that he'd prefer
not to talk politics in his letters,

306
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,600
but only to discuss news of the family.

307
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,880
I have planned this marriage
for 20 years!

308
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,040
And now I'm supposed to accept
that I have failed?!

309
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,258
On the contrary, Your Majesty,
we must accept it.

310
00:30:48,258 --> 00:30:50,331
The birds have flown.

311
00:31:20,740 --> 00:31:22,617
Your Majesty.

312
00:32:06,620 --> 00:32:08,800
I've been boring
Sir Robert and the Duke

313
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,280
with my ideas for encouraging the Arts.

314
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,120
Hmm. Does Sir Robert
care for such frivolity?

315
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:15,920
I have many interests, ma'am.

316
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,600
And my government
would support the Prince's plans.

317
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,440
Your government?
What government is this?

318
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,330
If I should be fortunate enough
to form another government, ma'am.

319
00:32:26,330 --> 00:32:30,760
And when he does, there'll be
no repeat of the old problem.

320
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,800
Some of your ladies have
already agreed to resign.

321
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:37,820
And Sir Robert will ask for
no more change than that.

322
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,731
Thank you, Sir Robert.

323
00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:54,780
How dare you speak to me in that way
before them.

324
00:32:55,580 --> 00:32:59,812
How dare you... talk across me,
as if I were a child.

325
00:32:59,812 --> 00:33:03,609
I... I did no such thing.
- Oh, no?

326
00:33:03,609 --> 00:33:06,360
Well, you've sorted this,
you've sorted that.

327
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,098
You and Sir Robert.

328
00:33:08,098 --> 00:33:10,400
You and the Duke.
All without reference to me!

329
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,120
Victoria, I thought you'd be pleased.
- I will tell you what you thought.

330
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,280
You thought that I was a woman!

331
00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,419
To be petted
and passed over and ignored!

332
00:33:20,419 --> 00:33:24,960
Would it were so simple then we might
avoid more scandals of your making.

333
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,840
Have you lost your mind?!
- Do you wonder at it?

334
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:32,240
Less than three years on the throne
and you and your precious Melbourne

335
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,000
have pushed this monarchy
to the brink of an abyss!

336
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,240
I've told you before and I will again,

337
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,080
you are my husband here,
and that is all!

338
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:45,538
And that is quite enough, believe me!
- I will not have my role usurped!

339
00:33:45,538 --> 00:33:46,939
I wear the crown.

340
00:33:46,939 --> 00:33:50,600
Any mistakes will be my mistakes,
and no one else will make them.

341
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,089
No one! Not even you!

342
00:33:58,420 --> 00:34:01,600
I'm leaving before you excite
yourself and harm the child.

343
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,089
You will go when I dismiss you.

344
00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:09,140
I am your Queen
and I am telling you to stay.

345
00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:13,096
Goodnight, Victoria.

346
00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:16,614
You may not go. You may not go!

347
00:34:16,614 --> 00:34:20,773
I order you to stay here in this room!
Albert!

348
00:34:27,220 --> 00:34:29,131
<i>Guard, royal salute!</i>

349
00:34:29,131 --> 00:34:31,211
Present arms!

350
00:34:46,660 --> 00:34:49,160
There is no need
for you to accompany me.

351
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,774
I said I would and so I will.

352
00:34:51,774 --> 00:34:53,851
<i>Walk on. Hup!</i>

353
00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:12,960
For pity's sake smile, woman.
Anyone would think we'd quarrelled.

354
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,459
Don't talk to me.

355
00:36:46,580 --> 00:36:50,800
There's nothing more I can do here.
The Prince needs rest.

356
00:36:51,580 --> 00:36:53,491
Your Majesty.

357
00:37:06,300 --> 00:37:08,291
I'm so sorry!

358
00:37:10,820 --> 00:37:13,812
I thought I was going to lose you!

359
00:37:14,780 --> 00:37:18,978
He was not a very good shot.
- Why did you do it?

360
00:37:18,978 --> 00:37:22,052
You're so stupid! Why did you do it?

361
00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:26,729
I had two very good reasons.

362
00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:30,931
First, I am replaceable
and you are not.

363
00:37:30,931 --> 00:37:34,774
You are not replaceable to me.
- Shh.

364
00:37:34,774 --> 00:37:40,856
Second... you are the only wife
I've got or ever will have.

365
00:37:41,620 --> 00:37:46,819
You are my whole existence. And
I will love you until my last breath.

366
00:38:02,180 --> 00:38:04,171
We're told the man was mad.

367
00:38:05,260 --> 00:38:07,720
Is that reassuring? I can't decide.

368
00:38:09,140 --> 00:38:11,131
May I be honest, ma'am?

369
00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:15,972
<i>Even a politician can be sometimes.</i>

370
00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:22,570
My guidance...
hasn't always been faultless...

371
00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:26,209
...and I'm sorry for it.

372
00:38:28,260 --> 00:38:31,696
But I speak now as a true friend.
- I know.

373
00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:39,094
The Prince is a good man.
A better man than any of us knew.

374
00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:46,280
I know he does not think as well of me.
My vanity is not the issue here.

375
00:38:46,980 --> 00:38:48,857
He is able.

376
00:38:48,857 --> 00:38:50,658
He is clever.

377
00:38:51,420 --> 00:38:53,217
And he's faithful.

378
00:38:55,140 --> 00:38:57,017
Let him share your work.

379
00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:09,809
There is one task more
Your Majesty must face...

380
00:39:09,809 --> 00:39:13,160
if the Prince
is to feel truly welcome here.

381
00:39:18,260 --> 00:39:21,058
I needed her so much as a child.

382
00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:39,480
I hope you don't mind,
I had your desk brought in.

383
00:39:42,300 --> 00:39:46,134
<i>- Don't I have a say in this?
- No!</i>

384
00:40:11,980 --> 00:40:15,495
Good morning, wife.
- Good morning.

385
00:41:40,540 --> 00:41:44,658
His Royal Highness Prince Albert.
Her Majesty the Queen.

386
00:42:53,380 --> 00:42:55,450
<i># My love</i>

387
00:42:56,420 --> 00:42:58,217
<i># Your love</i>

388
00:42:58,217 --> 00:43:03,249
<i># Has opened up a world
I've never known</i>

389
00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:07,616
<i># All hope</i>

390
00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:10,371
<i># Was found</i>

391
00:43:10,371 --> 00:43:14,738
<i># A place I never dreamed I would go</i>

392
00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:19,372
<i># Feels like only yesterday</i>

393
00:43:19,372 --> 00:43:22,896
<i># I had locked my heart away</i>

394
00:43:22,896 --> 00:43:26,859
<i># Safe behind a castle of stone</i>

395
00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:32,012
<i># Sure I'd always be alone</i>

396
00:43:32,012 --> 00:43:33,212
<i># Only you</i>

397
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:39,819
<i># Know how</i>

398
00:43:43,860 --> 00:43:44,860
<i># To hear me through</i>

399
00:43:49,540 --> 00:43:52,259
<i># The silence</i>

400
00:43:56,020 --> 00:44:00,810
<i># You reach a part of me</i>

401
00:44:00,810 --> 00:44:07,089
<i># That no one else can see</i>

402
00:44:07,089 --> 00:44:10,252
<i># Forever true</i>

403
00:44:10,252 --> 00:44:13,218
<i># There's only me</i>

404
00:44:13,218 --> 00:44:15,814
<i># And only you</i>

405
00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:21,375
<i># Only me and you</i>

406
00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:30,097
<i># In your faith</i>

407
00:44:30,097 --> 00:44:32,375
<i># I trust</i>

408
00:44:32,375 --> 00:44:36,772
<i># With you beside me
I am standing strong</i>

409
00:44:39,380 --> 00:44:41,894
<i># One truth</i>

410
00:44:41,894 --> 00:44:44,289
<i># Two hearts</i>

411
00:44:44,289 --> 00:44:48,817
<i># You took my life
and made it beautiful</i>

412
00:44:50,180 --> 00:44:52,774
<i># So you dare to let me shine</i>

413
00:44:52,774 --> 00:44:56,569
<i># Even walk a step behind</i>

414
00:44:56,569 --> 00:45:01,131
<i># Willingly you give yourself to me</i>

415
00:45:02,740 --> 00:45:05,732
<i># Knowing who I was born to be</i>

416
00:45:05,732 --> 00:45:06,932
<i># Only you</i>

417
00:45:10,860 --> 00:45:13,772
<i># Know how</i>

418
00:45:17,820 --> 00:45:18,820
<i># To hear me through</i>

419
00:45:23,540 --> 00:45:25,100
<i># The silence</i>

420
00:45:29,740 --> 00:45:34,655
<i># You reach a part of me</i>

421
00:45:34,655 --> 00:45:40,929
<i># That no one else can see</i>

422
00:45:40,929 --> 00:45:43,898
<i># Forever true</i>

423
00:45:43,898 --> 00:45:46,448
<i># There's only me</i>

424
00:45:47,220 --> 00:45:49,734
<i># And only you</i>

425
00:45:53,020 --> 00:45:55,614
<i># Only me and you</i>

426
00:46:21,540 --> 00:46:22,740
<i># Only you</i>

427
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:29,772
<i># Know how</i>

428
00:46:33,260 --> 00:46:34,260
<i># To hear me through</i>

429
00:46:39,260 --> 00:46:41,649
<i># The silence</i>

430
00:46:45,420 --> 00:46:50,050
<i># You reach a part of me</i>

431
00:46:50,050 --> 00:46:51,350
<i># That no one else can see</i>

432
00:46:56,900 --> 00:46:59,573
<i># Forever true</i>

433
00:46:59,573 --> 00:47:02,891
<i># There's only me</i>

434
00:47:02,891 --> 00:47:05,448
<i># And only you</i>

435
00:47:08,700 --> 00:47:10,975
<i># Only me and you</i>