1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Of course I want children. Just not yet. 2 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:06,420 I have to earn my position. 3 00:00:06,420 --> 00:00:09,020 Sir Robert Peel will be Prime Minister one day. 4 00:00:09,020 --> 00:00:12,700 You're not in danger from a harmless flirtation with a married woman. 5 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:15,340 I wanted to tell you I will be going back to Coburg shortly. 6 00:00:15,340 --> 00:00:19,140 I find myself thinking about you when I'm at my sugar work. 7 00:00:19,140 --> 00:00:22,300 I must congratulate you, sir. That was a fine speech. 8 00:00:22,300 --> 00:00:26,260 The only way to avoid...conception is...abstinence. 9 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:29,620 # Gloriana 10 00:00:32,660 --> 00:00:38,260 # Hallelujah 11 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:44,580 # Gloriana 12 00:00:45,100 --> 00:00:50,820 # Hallelujah 13 00:00:51,460 --> 00:00:54,620 # Gloriana 14 00:00:54,620 --> 00:00:57,020 # Hallelujah 15 00:00:57,700 --> 00:01:04,620 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 16 00:01:46,860 --> 00:01:48,860 Georg Friedrich Handel. 17 00:01:54,060 --> 00:01:56,060 German. 18 00:02:08,940 --> 00:02:10,940 Are you all right? It's nothing. 19 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:20,940 I am bilious. Quickly! 20 00:02:24,500 --> 00:02:27,620 Her Majesty is quite the little jack-in-the-box. 21 00:02:27,620 --> 00:02:31,060 Women are queer cattle. 22 00:02:31,060 --> 00:02:33,340 Of what do you gentlemen speak? 23 00:02:33,340 --> 00:02:38,340 The music, sir. It is very...well-constructed. 24 00:03:09,940 --> 00:03:11,580 I felt unwell. 25 00:03:12,860 --> 00:03:16,140 It was disagreeable. It's over now. 26 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:18,180 Oh, Lord. 27 00:03:18,180 --> 00:03:20,540 It was nothing compared to the spectacle 28 00:03:20,540 --> 00:03:24,500 of Peel perspiring with the effort of being charming. 29 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:28,060 Although I have to admit, I'm strangely drawn to Peel. 30 00:03:29,060 --> 00:03:33,620 He's...direct. Like me. 31 00:03:33,620 --> 00:03:36,940 And also, I'm told he's an aficionado of the railway. 32 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:39,980 Don't talk railway at me. 33 00:03:39,980 --> 00:03:41,660 Half the people in this box 34 00:03:41,660 --> 00:03:44,180 are moaning about incursions on their property. 35 00:03:44,860 --> 00:03:46,100 They are wrong. 36 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:50,540 We stand on the brink of a modern revolution, Victoria. 37 00:03:50,540 --> 00:03:52,620 Of science. Embrace it. 38 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,980 Go to these places of new manufacturing. 39 00:03:54,980 --> 00:03:58,540 You say manufacturing and my soul shrivels with boredom. 40 00:03:58,540 --> 00:04:00,580 Mine does not. 41 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:06,580 You should be the champion of what is coming. 42 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,260 Rather too much "should". 43 00:04:08,260 --> 00:04:09,940 You're tired. I'm not tired. 44 00:04:09,940 --> 00:04:13,140 Then, my dear...you must be ill. 45 00:04:13,140 --> 00:04:15,180 I'm not ill. 46 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:17,220 I shall send for the doctor. 47 00:04:17,220 --> 00:04:20,460 Albert, I don't... I don't want a doctor. 48 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,500 Your Queen is sick. 49 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,420 Oh, we don't say "sick". We say "indisposed". 50 00:04:26,380 --> 00:04:30,620 Well, she is "indisposed" out of her mouth. 51 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:37,700 What's that? 52 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:41,380 The cure for every ailment known to woman... 53 00:04:42,660 --> 00:04:45,380 ..chocolat. Hot chocolate? Really? 54 00:04:46,580 --> 00:04:48,580 Ah, ah, ah... 55 00:04:53,700 --> 00:04:55,700 Mm! 56 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:59,700 Why don't you give her one of your little wafers to dip in? 57 00:05:08,460 --> 00:05:10,300 You're in the wrong job, Miss Skerrett. 58 00:05:10,980 --> 00:05:14,060 Thank you. I'll get this to the Queen directly. 59 00:05:17,420 --> 00:05:20,020 Can't fix what she's got with chocolate. 60 00:05:21,580 --> 00:05:24,980 She says, "No doctor", then she sends for the doctor... 61 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:29,860 Goodbye, Doctor Clark. 62 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:33,460 What did the doctor say? 63 00:05:35,980 --> 00:05:38,460 Tell me, please. There's nothing we cannot face. 64 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:46,820 There is no...polite English word. 65 00:05:46,820 --> 00:05:48,900 You are with child? 66 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:52,460 That's... 67 00:05:53,060 --> 00:05:54,660 That's magnificent. 68 00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:56,420 You are magnificent. 69 00:05:58,740 --> 00:06:00,740 I'm afraid. 70 00:06:00,740 --> 00:06:02,780 No. 71 00:06:18,340 --> 00:06:19,860 Is it safe to announce? 72 00:06:31,700 --> 00:06:34,420 I know my duty. Very good, Lord Chamberlain. 73 00:06:39,220 --> 00:06:41,380 HRH didn't dilly-dally. 74 00:06:55,420 --> 00:06:57,420 Ma'am. 75 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:03,180 What is it? Brandy mixed with cream. 76 00:07:03,180 --> 00:07:05,220 It eliminates nausea. 77 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:08,940 Is it medically demonstrable? 78 00:07:08,940 --> 00:07:11,060 Ask any woman who has conceived. 79 00:07:17,740 --> 00:07:20,740 Listen to me. Your nurse is a virgin, 80 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:23,180 your husband is a man, your doctor is a fool. 81 00:07:23,180 --> 00:07:26,060 Directly after luncheon you must go to bed, 82 00:07:26,060 --> 00:07:28,420 lay down on your back without moving till dinner. 83 00:07:28,420 --> 00:07:31,580 Dinner shall be preparations of the vital organs. 84 00:07:31,580 --> 00:07:33,940 The brain, liver, the lungs. 85 00:07:33,940 --> 00:07:35,980 Affairs of state... 86 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:38,580 Drina, this is your affair of state. 87 00:07:38,580 --> 00:07:40,860 Affairs? Let Albert do them for you. 88 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:42,700 Let him do everything for you. 89 00:07:43,820 --> 00:07:45,820 Will he also give birth for me, Mama? 90 00:07:45,820 --> 00:07:47,860 Remember Charlotte. 91 00:07:47,860 --> 00:07:50,460 Her death in labour is the reason you're Queen. 92 00:07:54,700 --> 00:07:56,100 I've work to do. 93 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:07,660 Baroness, you put me off my stroke. 94 00:08:07,660 --> 00:08:10,940 The Queen must have sweetbreads in broth. 95 00:08:10,940 --> 00:08:13,300 I know, yes, I'll see to it directly, 96 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:14,900 but if I cock this mayonnaise... 97 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:17,500 Her Majesty's dietary requirements take... 98 00:08:19,020 --> 00:08:21,020 Curdled! 99 00:08:28,020 --> 00:08:30,340 All she had to do was look at it. 100 00:08:32,220 --> 00:08:33,860 Take this. Make it again. 101 00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:35,900 No. 102 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:42,540 I'm not an imbecile. 103 00:08:42,540 --> 00:08:44,900 I grasp that the constitution demands an heir 104 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:46,820 I grasp that the constitution and that I must produce it, but... 105 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:49,380 to make me feel I own no other function... 106 00:08:49,380 --> 00:08:51,420 Your mother is er... 107 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:55,100 ..of her generation. 108 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:58,180 The world is leaving her behind. She's afraid. 109 00:09:01,540 --> 00:09:05,020 You are going to look at my body and be revolted. I... 110 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:08,220 I know it. 111 00:09:08,220 --> 00:09:10,260 My desire for you will never fail. 112 00:09:13,380 --> 00:09:16,220 A love like ours can burn down a city. 113 00:09:22,820 --> 00:09:25,980 The Lord Chamberlain, Your Majesty. 114 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:43,780 My Lord. This is my private time. 115 00:09:45,580 --> 00:09:47,020 Speak freely before the Prince. 116 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:49,300 I shall be offended if you don't. 117 00:09:49,300 --> 00:09:52,820 The court rejoices in your news. 118 00:09:52,820 --> 00:09:55,300 But? Your eyes are full of "but". 119 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:59,500 Childbirth is a hazardous business. 120 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:01,900 You want to know what will happen if I die. 121 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:03,940 I understand. 122 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:06,300 It is your duty to consider what would happen next. 123 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:09,500 Specifically, ma'am, if the child survived you. 124 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:12,860 It is incumbent upon Your Majesty 125 00:10:12,860 --> 00:10:14,460 to nominate a Regent 126 00:10:14,460 --> 00:10:16,500 for the approval of Parliament. 127 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:20,220 Well, that, my Lord, is something I can do without a moment's hesitation. 128 00:10:22,700 --> 00:10:25,980 And so the torpid Teuton wedges himself yet further 129 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:28,740 into the sagging cleft of power! 130 00:10:28,740 --> 00:10:31,020 It's unconscionable! 131 00:10:31,020 --> 00:10:35,420 If the Queen dies, are we to be ruled by a German? 132 00:10:35,420 --> 00:10:37,460 We already are. 133 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:42,300 Cumberland would crawl over broken glass for a crack at the Regency. 134 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:44,180 Parliament, of course, must ratify. 135 00:10:44,180 --> 00:10:45,740 Of course it must. 136 00:10:45,740 --> 00:10:49,380 I hear you are already acquainted with the Prince, Peel. 137 00:10:49,380 --> 00:10:51,180 The Queen is stubborn. 138 00:10:51,180 --> 00:10:54,620 You must convince Albert to reconsider. 139 00:10:56,340 --> 00:10:58,540 If the Tories fail to condone your Regency... 140 00:10:59,420 --> 00:11:01,420 ..I will abdicate. 141 00:11:01,420 --> 00:11:02,980 No, you will not. I will. 142 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:05,340 You can't abdicate. You're not the monarch. 143 00:11:05,340 --> 00:11:07,020 You can't abdicate. Then I will merely leave. 144 00:11:07,020 --> 00:11:09,060 Then I will merely kill myself. 145 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:12,860 Then I will remarry. Ridiculous! 146 00:11:12,860 --> 00:11:14,900 Who will you marry? 147 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,180 Wellington? Peel? Maybe both. 148 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:20,860 Cumberland shall be my mistress. 149 00:11:20,860 --> 00:11:23,420 Drina... Laughter is bad for baby. 150 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:34,460 One day, I'll put her on a donkey and pack her off to Carlisle. 151 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,020 Carlisle? 152 00:11:36,020 --> 00:11:38,060 County town of Cumberland. 153 00:11:38,060 --> 00:11:41,420 Celebrated for textiles. Adjacent is Northumberland, 154 00:11:41,420 --> 00:11:43,060 rejoicing in the digging of coal. 155 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:47,500 You see, it is not your mother you should be sending north. 156 00:11:48,260 --> 00:11:52,740 You're determined to see me dragged around some morbid display of traction engines. 157 00:11:52,740 --> 00:11:54,900 Send me. 158 00:11:56,540 --> 00:11:57,660 Why? 159 00:11:57,660 --> 00:12:00,500 Otherwise I feel the people may not accept me as their Regent. 160 00:12:03,020 --> 00:12:05,020 I'm not dead yet. 161 00:12:05,020 --> 00:12:06,860 Don't be childish. 162 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:09,300 If you would prefer not to be Regent when I am dead... 163 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,860 No, what I would prefer, Victoria, 164 00:12:11,860 --> 00:12:16,940 is to exercise just a little power while you are alive. 165 00:12:19,740 --> 00:12:21,740 Power must be seen to come from me. 166 00:12:28,460 --> 00:12:32,820 For you...I order a trip north. 167 00:12:33,860 --> 00:12:36,780 An expedition into the dark heart of the Tory Shires 168 00:12:36,780 --> 00:12:39,900 where I shall fanfare you as Regent. 169 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,620 Oh, no. I do not seriously expect you to travel. 170 00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:44,220 The latest research in Germany 171 00:12:44,220 --> 00:12:47,060 suggests a woman in pregnancy should not exert herself. 172 00:12:47,060 --> 00:12:48,780 But I am not a German woman. 173 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:50,820 I am the Queen of England. 174 00:13:01,860 --> 00:13:05,820 Chillington Hall, ma'am, is well situated for your research, being in Staffordshire. 175 00:13:05,820 --> 00:13:07,540 It is also close to Drayton, 176 00:13:07,540 --> 00:13:09,580 Sir Robert Peel's residence. Oh, Lord. 177 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:11,740 Your host, Sir Piers Giffard, 178 00:13:11,740 --> 00:13:14,300 is, by all accounts, an old-fashioned gentleman 179 00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:15,980 and a Tory as well. 180 00:13:15,980 --> 00:13:19,020 But he begs to receive Her Majesty and her entourage. 181 00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:22,220 Contrary to general belief, I'm not actually frightened of Tories. 182 00:13:22,900 --> 00:13:24,860 Can we define "entourage"? 183 00:13:24,860 --> 00:13:27,260 King Charles I, ma'am, made such excursions 184 00:13:27,260 --> 00:13:29,620 with what he called his "modest night bag". 185 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:31,820 with what he called A company of 500 horse. 186 00:13:31,820 --> 00:13:33,860 Not an easy guest! 187 00:13:33,860 --> 00:13:36,580 One is anxious not to end one's reign as did King Charles. 188 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:39,580 We shall be attended by a very few. 189 00:13:39,580 --> 00:13:42,380 Jenkins. Your Royal Highness? 190 00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:46,380 Oh, erm, Lohlein is all I require. 191 00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:48,460 Baroness, you, of course. 192 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:50,340 Can't travel without my dear Lehzen. 193 00:13:50,340 --> 00:13:54,180 Surely, dear, Baroness is needed here to administrate... 194 00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:57,100 Penge can administrate the household. It's what he's for. 195 00:13:57,580 --> 00:14:00,420 We shall be so light, we shall travel like the wind. 196 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:02,060 No, Mama. You shall remain here. 197 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:10,860 Harriet, you attend to the Duchess in my absence. 198 00:14:10,860 --> 00:14:12,900 Can your husband spare you? 199 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:15,340 He will not notice I'm gone, ma'am. 200 00:14:23,020 --> 00:14:26,500 This, apparently, is the very discomfort the railway eliminates. 201 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:29,580 The vehicle runs on wheels which have...flanges, 202 00:14:29,580 --> 00:14:31,940 I learnt this word, which fit precisely 203 00:14:31,940 --> 00:14:34,380 into the inner tracks... I think we need to stop. 204 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,500 Please, stay here. 205 00:14:40,660 --> 00:14:42,380 Why do you grab me with that, Lehzen? 206 00:14:42,380 --> 00:14:44,420 It doesn't appear to be raining. 207 00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:48,660 It was...in case Your Majesty was indisposed. 208 00:14:48,660 --> 00:14:51,220 Oh, dearest Lehzen. 209 00:14:52,740 --> 00:14:55,580 Always thinking of me. I just needed some air. 210 00:14:56,900 --> 00:15:00,660 You know, the whole world would have me trussed up in bed all day. 211 00:15:02,060 --> 00:15:04,060 It's hardly my style, is it? 212 00:15:06,060 --> 00:15:08,780 What was it you used to say I was? 213 00:15:11,180 --> 00:15:13,380 A little wrigglepants, ma'am. 214 00:15:31,420 --> 00:15:33,620 Did you see those fellows in the field? 215 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:36,620 They were surveying the railway, I think. 216 00:15:36,620 --> 00:15:40,900 My darling, railway is not a subject to be paraded before the Giffards. 217 00:15:48,940 --> 00:15:52,500 Just be your charming self. They will adore you. 218 00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:58,980 Last time I saw her she was, what, this high? 219 00:15:59,980 --> 00:16:02,780 Apparently she still is. 220 00:16:02,780 --> 00:16:04,820 She's here to pimp for his Regency. 221 00:16:04,820 --> 00:16:06,700 Are you randy for it? 222 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:09,300 Not at any price. 223 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:17,500 Your Majesty. Sir Piers. 224 00:16:36,780 --> 00:16:39,420 So how does one pass one's time in Staffordshire? 225 00:16:39,420 --> 00:16:43,980 Ceramics. It is the industry of the region. 226 00:16:43,980 --> 00:16:49,300 It is a-a-a favoured occupation of the people. 227 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:52,180 Well, it seems to be the case that many artefacts 228 00:16:52,180 --> 00:16:56,580 are created en masse in the factories. 229 00:16:57,780 --> 00:17:00,580 I would very much like to visit some of these places. 230 00:17:02,420 --> 00:17:04,220 We hunt, ma'am. 231 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:08,180 In fact, I've arranged for you and the Prince to ride out with the Shifnal tomorrow. 232 00:17:08,180 --> 00:17:10,540 Piers, you're quite mad. Her Majesty cannot tax herself 233 00:17:10,540 --> 00:17:12,980 to ride with the hounds in her condition. 234 00:17:12,980 --> 00:17:16,980 Alas, I do not hunt. 235 00:17:20,460 --> 00:17:22,460 I shoot. 236 00:17:22,460 --> 00:17:25,060 A day of driven shooting, then. 237 00:17:25,060 --> 00:17:27,500 Would Your Majesty find such a prospect diverting? 238 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,540 Excessively diverting. 239 00:17:29,540 --> 00:17:31,180 We shall observe, Lady Beatrice. 240 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:34,460 I'm confident neither of us shall find the experience taxing. 241 00:17:43,460 --> 00:17:46,820 Your man's shooting tomorrow. Does he have the kit? 242 00:17:46,820 --> 00:17:49,100 Hm. In this country, 243 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:53,180 a gentleman don't set foot in the field without the kit. 244 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:58,260 Just see me afterwards. 245 00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:07,980 Crikey, whose are those? 246 00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:10,940 The butler gave these to me for the Prince. 247 00:18:10,940 --> 00:18:12,780 Is correct English for the field. 248 00:18:12,780 --> 00:18:15,700 Those trousers aren't proper kit for nothing but fancy dress. 249 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:17,700 A gun wearing white would be a right howler. 250 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:20,300 Are you listening to me? Are you listening? Yes. 251 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,620 A dark coat. Brown boots. Tall hat. 252 00:18:23,620 --> 00:18:25,620 The older the better. That's all you need. 253 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:29,620 No-one shoots in nothing new. Do you understand? 254 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:31,980 Yes. Come on, show me what you've brought. 255 00:18:31,980 --> 00:18:33,740 I won't have the Prince embarrassed. 256 00:18:41,860 --> 00:18:43,820 What are those gentlemen doing? 257 00:18:43,820 --> 00:18:47,900 They're the beaters, sir. They're driving the birds towards us. 258 00:18:47,900 --> 00:18:52,740 I see. In Thuringia, we take birds in cages to high towers. 259 00:18:52,740 --> 00:18:54,660 And then they are released. 260 00:18:54,660 --> 00:18:57,060 What a barbaric practice. 261 00:19:10,460 --> 00:19:13,100 Sausage-eater can hit 'em! A most singular man. 262 00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:16,460 Fascinating. 263 00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:22,620 I "wipe your eye", Sir Piers. 264 00:19:24,460 --> 00:19:26,460 Well shot, sir. 265 00:19:32,700 --> 00:19:35,460 Oh. Extraordinary to find you here. 266 00:19:35,460 --> 00:19:40,100 Oh, extraordinary only in that I do not shoot, Your Majesty. 267 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:42,580 But I am neighbour to the Giffards. 268 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:45,980 You do not shoot? 269 00:19:45,980 --> 00:19:48,620 If you instruct me to do so, ma'am, I shall certainly try 270 00:19:48,620 --> 00:19:51,340 but I am afraid I shall make a fearful hash of it. 271 00:19:51,340 --> 00:19:55,780 Sport is not my metier. I am unused to it. 272 00:19:57,260 --> 00:19:59,420 Too busy preparing for government. 273 00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:04,740 Now, luncheon. 274 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,700 Sir Piers, what is your view of the railway? 275 00:20:08,980 --> 00:20:12,300 Fortunately, sir, I don't have a view of it here. 276 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,300 I'm plagued by people wanting to run the thing through my park. 277 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:19,180 I tell them to cut along sharpish or I'll set the dogs on 'em. 278 00:20:19,180 --> 00:20:21,220 He's a fan, mind. 279 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,060 You approve of it, Sir Robert? 280 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,860 One must not stand in the path of progress, sir. 281 00:20:26,860 --> 00:20:32,180 I agree. I believe the railway dissolves the unnecessary cultural divides of our region. 282 00:20:32,180 --> 00:20:35,100 Men can travel for work. Families unite. 283 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:41,380 When you say..."our regions", sir, do you mean the counties of England? 284 00:20:41,380 --> 00:20:45,980 Because you may find that the people of, for instance, Staffordshire, 285 00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:50,140 are rather fond of the peculiar virtues of their region 286 00:20:50,140 --> 00:20:55,220 and don't necessarily want it disfigured by iron rails. 287 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,580 As ever, this subject makes men overstimulated. 288 00:20:57,580 --> 00:21:00,740 Am I right in thinking you have never seen a locomotive, sir? 289 00:21:00,740 --> 00:21:02,060 That's correct. 290 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:05,380 Well, there is presently one on my property at Drayton. 291 00:21:05,380 --> 00:21:07,020 It is quite adjacent. 292 00:21:07,020 --> 00:21:10,060 It would be my pleasure to offer you all a demonstration. 293 00:21:10,060 --> 00:21:13,300 Excellent. Excellent. 294 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:15,340 Victoria? 295 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,220 Alas, Sir Robert, I think we should let our host 296 00:21:18,220 --> 00:21:20,540 devise the programme of activity. 297 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:22,460 Your Majesty is pale. 298 00:21:22,460 --> 00:21:25,140 It is too silly of us to expect you to remain at table. 299 00:21:25,140 --> 00:21:27,300 So fatiguing... I am quite well, thank you. 300 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,100 ..when baby is being mischievous. 301 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:30,980 Would you care to rest, ma'am? 302 00:21:33,940 --> 00:21:35,940 I think I shall explore. 303 00:21:35,940 --> 00:21:37,980 Alone. 304 00:21:39,420 --> 00:21:41,420 You count as alone. 305 00:21:46,620 --> 00:21:48,580 To look up over one's stew 306 00:21:48,580 --> 00:21:51,060 and see Peel fidgeting with the silver 307 00:21:51,060 --> 00:21:53,100 and simpering over my husband... 308 00:21:54,940 --> 00:21:59,460 Albert doesn't know how to talk. He refuses to dissemble. 309 00:21:59,460 --> 00:22:01,260 He only ever says exactly what he means 310 00:22:01,260 --> 00:22:03,620 and amongst people like the Giffards, it's... 311 00:22:05,180 --> 00:22:07,340 ..hopeless. 312 00:22:07,340 --> 00:22:08,740 Oh, say something, Lehzen. 313 00:22:08,740 --> 00:22:10,780 You're allowed to say something. 314 00:22:11,780 --> 00:22:14,460 Sir Robert reminds me of an exhibit I saw in Salzburg. 315 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:18,700 It was a big frog. Stuffed. 316 00:22:22,860 --> 00:22:25,300 You accuse Sir Robert of looking like a stuffed frog? 317 00:22:33,380 --> 00:22:37,820 Now listen to me, Peel. I know you've had disappointments in your life. 318 00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:40,980 Harrow, so forth. 319 00:22:40,980 --> 00:22:44,860 But the future belongs to the Tories 320 00:22:44,860 --> 00:22:47,980 and the Tories belong to you. 321 00:22:47,980 --> 00:22:50,020 Coast to the port, damn you. 322 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:54,660 So make yourself fit for us. 323 00:22:55,660 --> 00:22:57,820 In what respect am I not fit? 324 00:22:57,820 --> 00:22:59,220 You pander to the railway 325 00:22:59,220 --> 00:23:01,780 when you should be chasing the bastards off your land. 326 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:06,220 You poodlefake and pussyfoot about the gormless German. 327 00:23:06,220 --> 00:23:10,180 It's perfectly clear why they've invited themselves here. 328 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:13,660 Only reason he talks to you is to ginger up support for his Regency. 329 00:23:13,660 --> 00:23:17,180 An office you shall not allow him. 330 00:23:17,820 --> 00:23:21,820 Wellington's not too old to take the reins, you know. 331 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:27,700 Just saying. 332 00:23:42,180 --> 00:23:44,460 You imagine I resent being left here by the Queen. 333 00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:47,660 Well, you are correct. 334 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:51,060 It's never nice being left behind, Duchess. 335 00:24:11,780 --> 00:24:13,340 Did you make that just for me? 336 00:24:13,340 --> 00:24:15,780 Well, you are now my official taster. 337 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,260 That's extraordinary. 338 00:24:25,340 --> 00:24:27,340 You know what would make that even better? 339 00:24:27,340 --> 00:24:29,900 Here we go. Cover it in hot chocolate. 340 00:24:31,900 --> 00:24:34,260 I think, Miss Skerrett, you might be a genius. 341 00:24:42,140 --> 00:24:44,140 Forgive me, darling, but... 342 00:24:44,740 --> 00:24:47,020 ..sometimes you're too direct when you speak. 343 00:24:47,620 --> 00:24:50,700 Men like Giffard, they recoil from enthusiasm. 344 00:24:52,220 --> 00:24:54,220 They find it un-English. 345 00:24:55,980 --> 00:25:00,020 Please, from now on, let me guide the conversation. 346 00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:02,740 I'm sorry about the locomotive. 347 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,900 But we must proceed carefully. 348 00:25:14,060 --> 00:25:17,020 Speak English. 349 00:25:18,180 --> 00:25:20,460 I have this morning sent a note to Sir Robert Peel. 350 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:23,900 Today, I see the locomotive. 351 00:25:31,300 --> 00:25:33,300 Albert? 352 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:50,100 That is the most magnificent thing I have ever seen. 353 00:26:04,020 --> 00:26:05,940 Good day. Your Highness. 354 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:10,460 Morning. Would you show His Royal Highness the controls, please? 355 00:26:11,420 --> 00:26:13,300 These levers control the valves. 356 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:16,900 Pedal engages the eccentrics. 357 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:18,980 Regulator controls the motion. 358 00:26:18,980 --> 00:26:21,020 Moderates the flow of steam. 359 00:26:25,580 --> 00:26:27,580 Let's go. 360 00:26:27,580 --> 00:26:30,980 Now, please, Your Worships, you can take a seat in the carriage. 361 00:26:30,980 --> 00:26:34,220 Carriage be damned. We ride here. 362 00:27:01,340 --> 00:27:03,500 I said I wished to be alone. 363 00:27:06,300 --> 00:27:08,300 Shall I go, Majesty? 364 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:09,660 No. 365 00:27:11,260 --> 00:27:13,460 You haven't eaten your beetroot, ma'am. 366 00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:23,500 I can't bear this. Where is he? 367 00:27:40,660 --> 00:27:42,660 This is the future! 368 00:27:42,660 --> 00:27:45,300 Yes, sir. 369 00:27:58,540 --> 00:28:00,540 How is the Queen? 370 00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:05,620 Wanting the most peculiar things for breakfast. 371 00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:08,900 This morning she had to have beetroot, a vegetable. 372 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:10,700 It's revolting. 373 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:14,420 She's rather cross that HRH has gone off somewhere without her. 374 00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:16,460 Also without me, but... 375 00:28:16,460 --> 00:28:21,460 ..for a man, it is essential to have space. To breathe. 376 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:25,900 It's not only men who need a breather from matrimony, my dear. 377 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:31,820 Er, the butler said that in the country 378 00:28:31,820 --> 00:28:34,860 the Prince must sing as he's being undressed. 379 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:37,220 I am to encourage this. Sing? 380 00:28:37,220 --> 00:28:39,220 Yes. Anything in particular? 381 00:28:39,220 --> 00:28:41,420 God Save The Queen. Good heavens. 382 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:43,820 You've been had, boy. 383 00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,940 This butler wants your master to look a fool. 384 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:50,660 Why? Because these people like the Giffards 385 00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:52,700 and their servants, they're all the same. 386 00:28:52,700 --> 00:28:56,140 Got to keep the old ways. Anything that is young and new is a threat. 387 00:28:56,140 --> 00:29:00,300 The Queen, the Prince, you. You're what's next. 388 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:02,340 You scare them. 389 00:29:07,820 --> 00:29:10,900 I'm going for a walk. Without the Prince? 390 00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:16,140 Sir Piers. 391 00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:17,460 Ma'am? 392 00:29:17,460 --> 00:29:19,820 As we are presently unencumbered by other guests, 393 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:22,300 may I ask where you stand on the matter of the Regency? 394 00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:27,860 This is surely a matter, ma'am, that is purely hypothetical? 395 00:29:27,860 --> 00:29:29,700 Parliament is not hypothetical. 396 00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:32,500 Its members must condone my selection. 397 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:34,540 Condone or condemn. 398 00:29:36,220 --> 00:29:38,220 What would you advise them to do? 399 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:44,060 What all men of honour must do, ma'am. 400 00:29:44,060 --> 00:29:46,300 What all men of honour must do, Follow their consciences. 401 00:29:50,860 --> 00:29:52,140 Weasel. 402 00:29:55,580 --> 00:29:57,540 Sir Robert, do you consort with me 403 00:29:57,540 --> 00:30:00,220 because you seek my favour for your political advantage? 404 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:03,780 No, sir. Do you consort with me 405 00:30:03,780 --> 00:30:06,980 because you seek my influence to ratify your Regency? 406 00:30:06,980 --> 00:30:09,340 No. 407 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:12,140 Although that would be rather helpful. Perhaps I should. 408 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:15,460 I like you, Sir Robert. 409 00:30:15,460 --> 00:30:19,460 You know I famously have no taste, of course. I'm German. 410 00:30:19,460 --> 00:30:21,820 There it is. 411 00:30:23,820 --> 00:30:25,340 I am glad of it, sir. 412 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:30,220 There it is. 413 00:30:40,980 --> 00:30:42,980 Does your hand contain royalty? 414 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:46,940 As a matter of fact, it does. 415 00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:48,940 A prince? 416 00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:53,460 Of course, I mean knave. 417 00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,380 Ernest is not an honest man, Harriet. 418 00:30:59,380 --> 00:31:01,420 I'm a married woman, Duchess. 419 00:31:02,420 --> 00:31:04,420 You've got children. 420 00:31:06,340 --> 00:31:08,260 As I had Victoria. 421 00:31:37,900 --> 00:31:39,900 How dare you. 422 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,460 My dear, I did not want to wake you. 423 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:46,740 It is such an insult. 424 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,540 It's not an insult, Victoria. 425 00:31:49,620 --> 00:31:53,860 It was merely me embracing England's destiny on your behalf. 426 00:31:53,860 --> 00:31:56,460 It is not your place to do things on my behalf! 427 00:31:56,460 --> 00:32:00,180 If I wish to bring railways, or anything, to the attention of the English people, 428 00:32:00,180 --> 00:32:01,900 then, Albert, I shall do it myself! 429 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:06,140 And if you answer back using the word "future", I shall scream! 430 00:32:07,140 --> 00:32:09,700 I decide what is the future. 431 00:32:11,700 --> 00:32:13,060 What if you had been killed? 432 00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:15,180 Do you not care at all about our unborn child? 433 00:32:17,180 --> 00:32:19,780 Look at you. You look like a peasant. 434 00:32:19,780 --> 00:32:21,820 I'm not the one eating beetroot. What? 435 00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:24,260 What is wrong with beetroot? It's peasant food. 436 00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:27,100 That is ridiculous! Possibly in your country, not in mine... 437 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:29,140 This is my country! 438 00:32:30,740 --> 00:32:33,700 Victoria, I seek only to serve it. 439 00:32:36,180 --> 00:32:38,180 And yourself. 440 00:33:18,180 --> 00:33:21,500 Dining with the Queen, Mr Francatelli? 441 00:33:59,100 --> 00:34:00,940 Where's the Queen? 442 00:34:00,940 --> 00:34:04,740 She didn't shed a rod, her wheels didn't fall off... 443 00:34:06,780 --> 00:34:08,780 ..and she didn't kill Prince Albert. 444 00:34:10,380 --> 00:34:13,460 I call it a success. Your blooming good health, boys. 445 00:34:13,460 --> 00:34:16,820 Good health. 446 00:34:27,460 --> 00:34:28,820 Oh, Christ. 447 00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:10,620 Victoria! Victoria! 448 00:35:13,380 --> 00:35:15,220 You like it? 449 00:35:17,060 --> 00:35:19,060 I love it! What? 450 00:35:19,060 --> 00:35:21,700 I said I love it! 451 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,560 Now. 452 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,560 It's wonderful. 453 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,320 You know what you ought to do? 454 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:49,840 Call it...a bomb surprise. 455 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,320 Because it looks like a bomb, yeah? 456 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,680 And it's a surprise! 457 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,360 La bombe surprise. 458 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,760 Mr Francatelli's bombe surprise. 459 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,640 You invented it. No, you invented it. 460 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,000 We invented it. 461 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,880 It won't wash, Peel. What won't, Sir Piers? 462 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,960 Licking up to the Queen's husband 463 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,520 and giving him a ride on your ruddy infernal machine. 464 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,280 It is not an adult way to solicit power. 465 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,720 The Prince has no power to be solicited. 466 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:52,760 Oh, you're wrong. 467 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,040 With respect. 468 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,400 You know, Sir Piers, I rather enjoyed riding on the railway. 469 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,200 I commend the experience to you. 470 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,640 You might find it enlightening. 471 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,760 I am most grateful for Your Majesty's advice. 472 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:21,520 It is a mistake to make one's mind up about a thing before one's tried it. 473 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,560 Don't you think? The world is on the move, Sir Piers. 474 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,600 Keep up. 475 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,360 My darling. Whatever is the matter? 476 00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:20,640 I am frightened of the pain. 477 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,120 There will be pain, yes, but... 478 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:31,640 I wish I could endure it for you. But, Victoria, listen to me. Listen... 479 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,280 You are strong. 480 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:41,520 Childbirth is surely an ordeal, but you are equal to it. 481 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:50,000 You have such...such fortitude. 482 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,320 It was wrong of me. 483 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:02,920 Peel. The engine. To go alone. 484 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,240 No, not...not necessarily. 485 00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:10,360 You will allow me to share the burden of your duties? 486 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:12,400 Albert... 487 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,480 ..please. 488 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:21,000 The Scots, you know, they... they have a curious expression. 489 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,280 "Softly, softly, catchee monkey." 490 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,560 Who is this monkey? 491 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,600 You are my monkey. 492 00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,280 Did you see the Giffards sniggering up their noses at me? 493 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,480 My dear, you look so well. 494 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,520 Thank you, Mama. 495 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,320 Expeditions clearly agree with us. 496 00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,040 I am afraid I didn't drink your medicine. 497 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:05,960 The baby will tell you what it wants. 498 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,480 Welcome home. 499 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:19,480 Are we paying attention? 500 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:26,040 The Queen has requested a dish of bacon and peas. 501 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:27,440 Is bacon suitable? 502 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,360 Medical suitability has been suspended. 503 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,120 Bacon, Mr Francatelli. And peas, Mr Penge. 504 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,480 And peas. Post-haste. And for the Prince? 505 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:39,320 The Prince dines with the Queen. 506 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,360 Double bacon and peas! 507 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:51,000 It is Her Majesty's wish that her husband be Prince Regent 508 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,560 and I believe it is the correct choice. 509 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,680 You promote the costive Coburg as our Regent? 510 00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,280 I do not promote the Prince. The man is a menace and a boor. 511 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,680 I endorse the decision of my Queen. 512 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,480 If you wish to make farmyard noises, 513 00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,200 I suggest you cross the floor to Palmerston's sty 514 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,840 where that species of behaviour is tolerated. 515 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,840 This is the party of gentlemen. 516 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:21,960 Is that understood? 517 00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,120 Let the Speaker be informed that the Tories wholeheartedly 518 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,840 support Her Majesty's choice of Regent. 519 00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,480 There it is. 520 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:47,080 Well, if none of us has the moral courage to stand up to Peel, 521 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,240 I...I suggest we back him. 522 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,440 Is that understood? 523 00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:06,800 The frog is here. 524 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,760 Wishing to croak at you. 525 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,280 I shall send him away. 526 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,320 No. 527 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,760 Tell Sir Robert I shall be pleased to see him. 528 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:34,800 Your Majesty. Sir Robert. 529 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,600 You look rather more at home here than you do in a muddy field. 530 00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:40,640 It's late. This must be important. 531 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,680 It is indeed, ma'am. 532 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:47,360 I beg to inform Her Majesty that in the unfortunate event of her death, 533 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,080 her selection of Regent has the full support of the Tory party. 534 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,920 That is encouraging news. But quite academic. 535 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,880 As you see, I am far too busy to die. 536 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,800 Cotton. Whereabouts is cotton mostly? 537 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:03,760 Manchester. 538 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,560 Yes. Rather more your sort of thing than mine. 539 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:10,560 Most of this contains industry. 540 00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,000 I'm so bored of this. 541 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:21,680 Surely you cannot believe a senior member of the British Royal family 542 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,280 would contemplate regicide? 543 00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,840 A harmless flirtation is what you called it. 544 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,560 You have your freedom. Don't give it up for a man. 545 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,920 Am I simply a vessel to be protected because I am carrying precious cargo? 546 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:35,760 It's my duty to show myself to my people. 547 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,600 It's too dangerous. 548 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,040 It's starting. Albert!