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The Story of Queen Victoria Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Queen Victoria: Passion and Power
Tue, Mar 1, 2022 54 mins
A race from Germany to England marks a dramatic beginning to Queen Victoria's life. Her birth at Kensington Palace secures her claim to the throne, but a strict upbringing is designed by her mother and advisor to keep her in line. A remarkable book held at Kensington Palace reveals that the young Victoria had to account several times a day whether she was good. Fascinating archives and diaries reveal an emboldened 16 year-old queen-to-be who finds the inner strength to stand up for herself.
Episode 2
Queen Victoria: Love, Lust, and Leadership
Tue, Mar 8, 2022 54 mins
Victoria and Albert's wedding brings the nation together in celebration, and starts the tradition of the white wedding dress. The happy couple spend their wedding night at Windsor Castle and Victoria tells all in her journal, revealing a sensuous side that would have made many Victorians blush. She becomes a wife and a mother within a year of marriage. Victoria suffers disturbing hallucinations and experiences post-partum psychosis after her first child, but goes on to have eight more children.
Episode 3
Queen Victoria: Love, Loss, and Leadership
Sun, Mar 13, 2022 54 mins
Victoria's moving diaries and letters reveal how Albert's sudden death plunges her into a deep depression, escaping to Balmoral to grieve in private and avoid royal duties. Eating and drinking like a local, Victoria courts controversy by growing close to a member of the royal household staff, Highlander John Brown. The near death of her son Bertie brings her back to royal life and, as the British Empire expands. Her fascination with India grows, documented through records from Osborne House.