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Second episode shows Victoria's life from first pregnancy to Albert's death, including family life together and his increasing public role. Starring: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Pryce, Diana Rigg.
Second episode shows Victoria's life from first pregnancy to Albert's death, including family life together and his increasing public role. Starring: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Pryce, Diana Rigg.
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00:00:00Oh, my God.
00:00:30Oh, my God.
00:01:00Oh, my God.
00:01:30Oh, my God.
00:01:59Oh, my God.
00:02:01Oh, my God.
00:02:03Oh, my God.
00:02:05Oh, my God.
00:02:07Oh, men always say they're sorry.
00:02:09They've absolutely no idea what we women go through.
00:02:11You're over three months gone.
00:02:13The sickness will soon pass.
00:02:14Oh, an expert in pregnancy now, as well as everything else.
00:02:16I'm simply pointing out...
00:02:17Public faces, Albert.
00:02:18For the sake of appearances, I suppose we ought to see more of Mama.
00:02:26It's not a question of appearances.
00:02:29I would like you and your mother to be friends again.
00:02:31We never were friends.
00:02:33We never were friends.
00:02:38Come on.
00:02:43Come on.
00:02:47Her majesty.
00:02:55Her majesty.
00:02:57Her majesty.
00:03:00Her majesty.
00:03:02He's actually going to hurt you, sir!
00:03:04He's actually going to hurt you, sir!
00:03:06We are better!
00:03:14Go back! Go back!
00:03:18Clear the way! Drive on!
00:03:26Drive on! Drive on!
00:03:28Right over here!
00:03:32You! You!
00:03:34My dear boy,
00:03:36it was heroic.
00:03:38None of your wild exaggerations, aren't we?
00:03:40Agitated enough as it is.
00:03:42Victoria was unharmed.
00:03:46We must all be very calm
00:03:48and reasonable. I refuse to be either.
00:03:50You saved her life.
00:03:52We'll take the open carriage back.
00:03:54What?
00:03:56It's a long way.
00:03:58Through the path. No, no, no.
00:04:00Go in a closed carriage.
00:04:02It's essential for the Queen to show herself to her people.
00:04:04Oh, Albert!
00:04:06I want them to know that I trust them.
00:04:08You can't trust them!
00:04:10Will your sense of trust be maintained between Crown and people?
00:04:12Well, at least send for an escort.
00:04:14What if the man wasn't working alone?
00:04:16What if there is an accomplice?
00:04:18Oh, it's highly, highly unlikely.
00:04:20But I have no intention of surrounding myself with guards and troops like some foreign potentate.
00:04:26It would make a most unfavourable impression to say nothing of the inconvenience.
00:04:30Bye, Mum.
00:04:34Bye, Mum.
00:04:36I'm sorry the visit's taken such a dramatic turn.
00:04:38Goodbye, Aunt.
00:04:40My dear boy.
00:04:42Have you spoken to her?
00:04:44I am waiting for a favourable opportunity.
00:04:46You can see for yourself that this wretched little house is quite unsuitable for the Queen's mother.
00:04:50It's hardly the moment to discuss the matter.
00:04:52If she won't have me in the palace, some other arrangements must be made.
00:04:55Mary and I have just had a most unpleasant experience.
00:04:57I really must ask you not to trouble me with this business now.
00:05:05What does she want?
00:05:07You look quite cross.
00:05:11You see, she manages to quarrel even with you.
00:05:18The assassin's name is Oxford, Edward Oxford.
00:05:21He has been questioned.
00:05:22Apparently he is a madman.
00:05:24Thank you, Lord Chamberlain.
00:05:26Ma'am.
00:05:27Is that all?
00:05:29What's to become of him, Lord Arkesbridge?
00:05:31One assumes he'll be confined to the madhouse, Baroness.
00:05:34He should be hanged.
00:05:36He'd be hanged publicly if I had my way.
00:05:38Lord Arkesbridge.
00:05:39In a civilised society, if a man is found to be insane, he is confined to an asylum.
00:05:44Not hanged.
00:05:45Society is a great deal too civilised, in my opinion.
00:05:48You would have us return to barbarity.
00:05:51When a man attempts to assassinate the Queen in cold blood, he should pay with his life.
00:05:56This is not barbarity.
00:05:57This is common justice.
00:05:58But if this man is insane, it was not done in cold blood.
00:06:01That's my whole point.
00:06:02So, you defend him.
00:06:05I defend a simple legal principle.
00:06:07I think we've had quite enough talk of disagreeable matters.
00:06:11I'm not a brave person at all.
00:06:25Nobody could have shown greater courage.
00:06:27It wasn't courage.
00:06:29It was willpower.
00:06:31Just refused to let people see how frightened I was.
00:06:38Even me.
00:06:40Even you.
00:06:42Though I love you so very, very much.
00:06:46What crime, madam, have I committed to be treated thus?
00:07:04Don't attempt to extirpate yourself in the water.
00:07:08You know I have proof controvertible of it.
00:07:11But tell me, will you promise to do as your bid?
00:07:14Will you take a husband of your friend's choosing?
00:07:18Madam, I must tell you plainly, that had I no preference for anyone else,
00:07:22the choice you have made would be my aversion.
00:07:26And what business have you missed with preference and aversion?
00:07:29They don't become a young woman.
00:07:32And you ought to know that as they both always wear off,
00:07:36to safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
00:07:40I'm sure I hated your poor dear uncle before marriage,
00:07:44and yet you know what a wife I made.
00:07:52Connie!
00:07:54Excuse me, devil.
00:07:56Connie, what the devil are you doing here?
00:07:59I adore Sheridan, especially the rivals.
00:08:02Are you going to join the royal party?
00:08:04Yes.
00:08:05I'll come with you.
00:08:06What? You can't possibly.
00:08:07Oh, don't be silly, Harry.
00:08:08In all that press of people, nobody will notice me.
00:08:11It's not as if I expect to be presented.
00:08:13Oh, for God's sake, Connie!
00:08:15Just let a peek at her.
00:08:16After all, I do sleep under her roof from time to time, don't I?
00:08:22What do you think you're doing?
00:08:28You cannot stay here.
00:08:31Oh, for goodness sake!
00:08:34Harry's little dolly mop.
00:08:36Hmm. Lucky fellow, eh?
00:08:38Damn cheap bringing her in here, though.
00:08:40I've never met Wellington.
00:08:42You're not going to. This is madness.
00:08:44Harry!
00:08:45Do you enjoy the theatre, Sir Robert?
00:08:51I confess I prefer a book.
00:08:54There's more to see and hear.
00:08:57How interesting to see the Prince and Sir Robert Peel engaged in such earnest conversation.
00:09:02Thick as thieves.
00:09:04Hicksbridge, I really must protest.
00:09:17I know, I know.
00:09:19The Queen didn't notice anything, did she?
00:09:21Not as far as I'm aware, but I'm amazed you could take such a risk.
00:09:24You know what women are.
00:09:26I'm glad to say I'm entirely ignorant of that sort of woman.
00:09:29Ah, Stundish, Lady Hetty.
00:09:32Sir Robert.
00:09:33Passing a pleasant evening, I hope.
00:09:35Very pleasant.
00:09:36Prime Minister continues to bask in the royal favour, I say.
00:09:41Indeed.
00:09:42And you too.
00:09:44Such is my good fortune.
00:09:47Enjoy it while you can, Stundish.
00:09:49Enjoy it while you can.
00:09:51Thank you, Sir Robert.
00:09:54Horrid man.
00:09:56What on earth did he mean, Freddie?
00:09:58The government's shaky, bound to fall soon, then a general election, and then barring a miracle, Sir Robert Peel will be Prime Minister.
00:10:04No.
00:10:05Afraid so, my dear.
00:10:07The first demand he'll make will be for changes to the royal household.
00:10:11The first head he'll want will be yours.
00:10:13The Queen would never stand for it.
00:10:15She'd have no choice.
00:10:17The Queen.
00:10:19The Queen.
00:10:20The Queen.
00:10:21The Queen.
00:10:23The Queen.
00:10:24The Queen.
00:10:25The Queen.
00:10:26The Queen.
00:10:27Albert.
00:10:28You fetch me the key to the red boxes.
00:11:01I'm sorry I'm being foolish it's just that sometimes I feel quite helpless in the face of this mountain of documents.
00:11:18Perhaps if you had a better system it would not seem so daunting.
00:11:27What do you mean dearest?
00:11:30I notice that you deal with them as they come in.
00:11:33How else?
00:11:34First they could be placed in order according to their importance.
00:11:38For instance the red boxes contain secret documents now.
00:11:42If something is secret it is likely also to be urgent so you could open those before the others.
00:11:47The problem is everything my minister sends me seems to be urgent.
00:11:52Well they would want you to think so naturally.
00:12:00I must learn to be more discerning.
00:12:05I could help you.
00:12:08Oh I wish you could.
00:12:11But it wouldn't be quite in order.
00:12:14Don't be cross.
00:12:15Lord M is convinced there would be a very strong public outcry.
00:12:19I must be guided by him.
00:12:21Of course.
00:12:22Yes.
00:12:23Yes.
00:12:24Yes.
00:12:25Yes.
00:12:26So far.
00:12:27Yes.
00:12:28I must not look.
00:12:29Yes.
00:12:30Yes.
00:12:31Yes.
00:12:32Yes.
00:12:33Yes.
00:12:34Yes.
00:12:35No.
00:12:36Yes.
00:12:37No.
00:12:38Oh, my God, my love.
00:12:48All the while yet, ma'am.
00:12:58Good news?
00:12:59No news.
00:13:03Oh, do sit down, will you?
00:13:08Are you really?
00:13:11I'm winning back, baby.
00:13:24I'm exhausted.
00:13:29His royal priggishness has been with her from the start.
00:13:32Sorry?
00:13:33Albert hasn't left her side.
00:13:36Some sort of damn German custom, I suppose.
00:13:38I mean, you see, when your wife's about to pop, you don't moon about the place holding her hand and making a damn fool of yourself.
00:13:43You go to your club.
00:13:45I just come from a...
00:13:46Oh, I see what you mean.
00:13:47Oh, yeah.
00:13:48Sorry.
00:13:49Very soon now, Your Majesty.
00:13:51No!
00:13:53No.
00:13:54No!
00:14:03Hello.
00:14:12Excuse me, sir.
00:14:13Princess, your majesty.
00:14:31That's a tenner you owe me, Arthur.
00:14:35Come on.
00:14:39A princess.
00:14:43Next time, it will be a prince.
00:14:55Victoria.
00:14:57You must have a son, you know, it's our duty.
00:15:00The devil with duty.
00:15:03She's beautiful.
00:15:04Victoria.
00:15:22Oh, gracious, what a quick...
00:15:25No doubt about the name, then.
00:15:28Victoria.
00:15:29Victoria.
00:15:29Your mother is here.
00:15:42I don't remember asking her to come.
00:15:44I asked her.
00:15:46Did you, Indy?
00:15:48I thought it right.
00:15:50I can't receive her now.
00:15:55Oh, now.
00:15:56She's been so anxious.
00:15:58No.
00:16:00For a moment.
00:16:02She's just in the next one.
00:16:03Very well.
00:16:05Only for a moment.
00:16:06Mama?
00:16:25Dearest.
00:16:28Dearest girl.
00:16:28Ten hours, Albert tells me.
00:16:34You must be utterly exhausted.
00:16:42May I hold her?
00:16:43Yes, of course.
00:16:44She's enchanting.
00:16:56I swear I've never seen such a pretty chap.
00:17:03Far too pretty to put her poor mama to such a deal of pain and trouble.
00:17:08One had hoped for a boy.
00:17:11I was the same.
00:17:14But when it came to it, your dear papa and I were so delighted.
00:17:21You were such a picture of strength and beauty.
00:17:26Sure, I was neither, Mama.
00:17:28I remember what your dear father said.
00:17:30The decrees of providence are always wisest and best.
00:17:35Poor dear Edward.
00:17:38How proud he would have been if he was here today.
00:18:48Come on, Connie.
00:19:04Come on, Connie.
00:19:34Come on, Connie.
00:19:39Come on, Connie.
00:19:41Oh, Connie, for God's sake.
00:19:46Come on, Connie.
00:19:48Come on, Connie.
00:19:52Come on, Connie.
00:19:54What's on earth?
00:19:55Connie.
00:19:56Oh, Connie, for God's sake.
00:19:58Be quiet.
00:19:59Connie.
00:20:01Connie.
00:20:02Connie.
00:20:03Connie.
00:20:04Connie.
00:20:05Please.
00:20:06Connie.
00:20:07Connie.
00:20:08Please.
00:20:09Connie.
00:20:11Connie.
00:20:12Connie.
00:20:13Come on, come on.
00:20:14Come on, come on.
00:20:15Come on, come on.
00:20:16Come on, come on.
00:20:17Come on, come on.
00:20:18Come on, come on.
00:20:19Come on, come on.
00:20:20Come on, come on.
00:20:21Come on.
00:20:22Come on.
00:20:23Come on.
00:20:24What?
00:20:25What is your name?
00:20:26Don't be afraid.
00:20:27Jones, sir.
00:20:28It does seem very wrong there's an intruder to be allowed to enter the palace with such
00:20:42impunity.
00:20:43Especially in view of the recent attempt on your life.
00:20:45If you wish guards to be placed on the doors at night it will of course be done.
00:20:50Although your majesty's always been against such mission.
00:20:53Doors aren't even locked.
00:20:56This boy has been regularly entering the palace at night.
00:20:59Wandering about freely.
00:21:01Stealing food.
00:21:02Listening at doors.
00:21:03Changes must be made, ma'am.
00:21:05And of course they will be.
00:21:07He says he has even seen the princess asleep in her cradle.
00:21:10No.
00:21:11In the nursery exactly.
00:21:12No.
00:21:15I hope I may never be accused of failing in my duty.
00:21:18Your majesty's safety and protection has been the sole purpose of my existence since you
00:21:23were a child.
00:21:24I've been very much upset by this incident.
00:21:27I feel most unwell.
00:21:28With your majesty's permission I will retire.
00:21:31Yes, of course.
00:21:32Good night.
00:21:33Good night, Liz.
00:21:34Good night.
00:21:35Good night.
00:21:36Yes.
00:21:45I think I've expected too much of Leyssen.
00:21:47I put too great a burden on her.
00:21:48I think it would be better in future if you were to run the household.
00:21:52I think it would be better very well after all ladies and we'll have more than enough to do in
00:22:01the nursery there's something else it's extremely disagreeable perhaps it's perhaps it's better left
00:22:17alone how intriguing you must tell me now it has come to my attention that Lord Uxbridge keeps a
00:22:28mistress here in the palace I know I know all about that you know about it oh gracious yes
00:22:36you look so sure well I am shocked I don't understand how knowing of it you could let
00:22:44it continue well it's not as if they've ever received her officially at court I mean that
00:22:49would be out of the you think she should go well of course she must go and Uxbridge oh I can't
00:22:56possibly dismiss Lord Uxbridge on such ground as the first family of the nation we have a duty to
00:23:00set an example surely you can see that Uxbridge has a wife well I'm afraid men of his type don't
00:23:05take marriage or fidelity very seriously well I do take it seriously oh don't be so German my father
00:23:09was just such a man as Uxbridge he was never faithful to my mother and I'm certain that in
00:23:14the end it was this that drove her to to break her own marriage vow I never knew of this yeah it
00:23:23wasn't fitting that you should know what happened there was a scandal my father was supposed to send
00:23:29her away how old were you I was only five but I remember the day she came to say goodbye she said
00:23:34she had to go away for a little while I remember that I cried even after she had gone I cried nothing
00:23:42nothing could console me I was convinced that I would never see her again
00:23:51did he
00:23:55she died a few months later her health could not withstand the shame
00:24:03the public humiliation
00:24:06the separation from those she loved
00:24:11that must have been terrible for you
00:24:15all this arose because moral principles were ignored
00:24:20and the vows made before God were thoughtlessly broken
00:24:27if I may say so sir North Uxbridge is the least of your problems at the moment what on earth do you
00:24:35mean stocky Lord Melbourne's government is about to fall are you sure of this yes there will be a
00:24:44general election sir of appeal will be elected prime minister and he will demand changes in the
00:24:49household yes she detests sir Robert I don't know why no he's not Lord M but that in time I believe
00:24:58that she will come to appreciate to Robert's qualities which are exceptional for the moment she must be
00:25:04persuaded somehow to act correctly within the Constitution mmm how long will you be away
00:25:11several months months but you say yourself that a general election is imminent
00:25:18yes well unfortunately I have some very pressing business in Germany it can't be more pressing than this
00:25:24I see I'm to stand on my own two feet it is time I didn't think it would be so soon
00:25:39to be frank nor did I you are sure my work here is over but I shall return here often I hope
00:25:50as a friend that you will always be stocky goodbye sir goodbye stocky for the moment at least
00:26:03God bless you
00:26:12one last piece of advice stocky Victoria and sir Robert what is to be done well sir the aim is to
00:26:30prevent a war between them at all costs there's only one way to prevent a war sir send an ambassador
00:26:40I have an idea mr. Anson sir how do you fancy trying your hand at diplomacy
00:26:58sir Robert Peel I assume is here exactly
00:27:05I didn't know you were a member mr. Anson it was only recently elected ah best club in London if
00:27:25you're a reading man so I understand magnificent library indeed it's my
00:27:33refuge from the hurly burly of politics what did you select father gill sermons father
00:27:42gill sermons an unlikely choice for a young man of fashion he was the first volume to come to hand
00:27:51it seems likely that you'll win the election there's no likely about it I will win in which
00:28:01case the question of changes to the Queen's household would arise it most certainly would
00:28:05Prince Albert is anxious to avoid any difficulties I like the Prince he's got a good head on his shoulders
00:28:14but you must tell him from me that I'm not standing any nonsense the only sticking point one might
00:28:20foresee would be lady Hetty Standish she must go and the Prince feels that if her compromise could be
00:28:27reached in her no the Queen is very much attached to her of all the ladies she's the one most associated
00:28:37with Melbourne's party damn it her husband's at the foreign office what impression do you think it'd
00:28:44give to the public if I were to let the Queen keep her I'd look weak no no no there can be no
00:28:51question of compromise lady Hetty must go have you ever heard of such impertinence sure the Prince means
00:29:01well but really ma'am sending Anson off to negotiate with Sir Robert in this underhand manner can only
00:29:09make matters worse in my opinion we know where we stand have something I suppose as long as your
00:29:16position has not been undermined you think it has ma'am if Lord Melbourne should indeed lose I shouldn't
00:29:27like to be the cause of any serious trouble between you and the new government we must all stand firm
00:29:33lady Hetty yes yes indeed we must all stand very firm how could you go behind my back like this
00:29:45it's too bad of you Albert since we told you every particular of what was said it was hardly going
00:29:50behind your back you know perfectly well what I mean well at least you've discovered what a stubborn
00:29:56unyielding man Sir Robert is well I can be just as stubborn with your majesty's permission stay where
00:30:05you are the strength no doubt you'll be seeing Sir Robert again you may tell him I have absolutely no
00:30:16intention of giving in she is with child again it makes her difficult my wife's the same sir how do you
00:30:28manage keep well out of the way you were lucky to be able to how long have you been married must be
00:30:38going on 10 years sir you were very much in love I suppose I'm sorry it's none of my business
00:30:50it's just the love such a difficult word to define sir indeed even the greatest philosophers invariably
00:30:59fail and perhaps only the poets can succeed the fact is I had very little money and Mary's people were
00:31:10pretty well off and old friends of the family seemed the sensible thing to do marry first fall in love
00:31:20later my father always said I've made a note of my conversation with Sir Robert if you'd care to take a look at it sir
00:31:30did you fall in love sir your father said Mary first fall in love later and did you know that I've ever
00:31:44thought about it I'm very English of you yes yes I'm not sure quite how to answer you sir the home that
00:31:58we've made together the children well these have certainly created a bond of very strong affection could
00:32:07you call it love yes I think you could yeah not a grand passion of course but perhaps something deeper
00:32:19more durable
00:32:22it was impertinent of me to ask but thank you mr. Anson
00:32:31um we seem to be at a stalemate sir in the match with the Queen and Sir Robert no I wouldn't say
00:32:38that a lady Hetty's husband is ambitious let's see if we can broaden his horizons I had a fancy for
00:32:47the diplomatic I'd have gone into it not sure how Hetty will take to the idea of leaving England and
00:32:52living abroad even if Melbourne loses my prospects here are pretty fair excellent I should think on the
00:32:58other hand ambassador at your age Freddie quite a step up depending on the post any of the great
00:33:10European capitals any of them more or less there'd be a knighthood naturally and in due course a peerage
00:33:24you absolutely sure you can fix all this George Lord Melbourne's already agreed with what can I say
00:33:33agreed mind you Melbourne could still win
00:33:43well I have lost ma'am it is my duty to advise your majesty to send for Sir Robert Peel and invite
00:34:05him to form a government I'm sure I'm very wrong to say this but I'm very sorry for it
00:34:16it must be ma'am
00:34:20well we've managed so far without tears dear Lord Em so can I ever thank you
00:34:38serving your majesty's but not just being the proudest but it's also
00:34:46the happiest part of my life well it's over now I take my leave of your majesty with no apprehension
00:35:01for the future we have in Prince Albert a young man of remarkable abilities I've come to have the
00:35:08very highest regard for his royal highness and I hope ma'am you won't think it impertinent of me to say
00:35:14that with him at your side you'll never go far wrong
00:35:24of course you must go to Vienna and I mustn't stand in your way Hetty it's magnificent opportunity
00:35:44for both of you you know what a wrench it will be for me ma'am and for me
00:35:48you have been a true friend I shall never forget you nor will I ever forget your majesty's unfailing
00:35:58kindness to me
00:35:59I think you'd better go my dear before we both disgrace ourselves
00:36:07majesty
00:36:12ambassador in Vienna hmm what a strange and unexpected turn of events indeed
00:36:33but rather a fortunate one I think I think do you truly truly truly
00:36:47sometimes the workings of fate seem utterly inexplicable
00:36:59since the Robert is such a very great favorite of yours
00:37:09I think you should be at my side when he comes to kiss hands
00:37:14but you always see your ministers alone
00:37:17the queen can make the rules
00:37:20she can break the rules
00:37:23sir robert peel your majesty
00:37:34sir robert
00:37:39may I congratulate you on your success in the election
00:37:49I'm told it's been a great triumph for your party
00:37:52your majesty is most gracious
00:37:54no doubt one of the first things you'll wish to discuss is the matter of the household
00:37:59you're perfectly right ma'am
00:38:00in particular I imagine
00:38:02the question of my ladies
00:38:04it's a question that can't be avoided ma'am
00:38:06I'm not seeking to avoid it
00:38:07sir robert
00:38:08as you may know
00:38:10I am most particularly attached to lady henrietta standish
00:38:14I'm aware of that ma'am
00:38:16she's been invaluable to me
00:38:18I should very much like to keep her
00:38:20I'm afraid I have to tell you ma'am
00:38:23that it's quite impossible
00:38:25I know
00:38:26that's wretched Vienna business
00:38:30Vienna?
00:38:33forgive me
00:38:33I don't quite follow you
00:38:36lady Hetty's husband is to be our ambassador
00:38:40in Vienna
00:38:41I didn't know that
00:38:43I've been persuaded
00:38:45it's a
00:38:45most appropriate appointment
00:38:48you've no objection
00:38:51I have no objection then
00:38:53so cold and stiff
00:38:57so formal and malaise
00:38:59true
00:39:00very true
00:39:01but what did you think of sir robert?
00:39:05Albert how can you say such a thing?
00:39:07sir robert and I are very alike
00:39:09oh you're not at all alike
00:39:11you know how I hate public occasions
00:39:14they bring out the worst in me
00:39:15I suspect sir robert is the same
00:39:17you think him very cold and formal
00:39:20I think he is just very shy
00:39:21well I think he's a horrid man
00:39:24it is a wrench for me to lose Hetty
00:39:28it is a sacrifice
00:39:29you think he'd understand that?
00:39:33I'm sure he does
00:39:34well then why did he say nothing?
00:39:36well perhaps he didn't know what to say
00:39:38politicians always knew what to say
00:39:42a prince for love
00:39:49my dearest child
00:39:50I'm overjoyed
00:39:54he's to be Albert
00:39:58after his papa
00:40:00very right and proper
00:40:01and if it would please you
00:40:04Edward
00:40:07after my own
00:40:10it would please me very much
00:40:14though I don't feel I deserve it
00:40:17with your permission your majesty
00:40:24yes yes of course doctor
00:40:26the past is to be put behind us
00:40:32now on we are to be friends
00:40:35great friends
00:40:37prince Albert
00:40:43as a tenor I owe you
00:40:54you all have us
00:41:03I have an urgent message from the past
00:41:05Vicky has a high fever
00:41:21I'm very glad to have planted today
00:41:28the first of many trees
00:41:30that
00:41:32I understand
00:41:34will add to the beauty
00:41:35and indeed the amenities
00:41:36of the new college
00:41:37that is to be built
00:41:38here
00:41:39your majesty
00:41:42it's for late to see
00:41:46how soon can we be home?
00:41:49we should be there by nightfall
00:41:50my god the heat in this room
00:41:55princess is much better
00:41:57better?
00:41:59look at the child
00:42:00what are you giving her?
00:42:01calomel your royal highness
00:42:02it's completely unsuitable for a child
00:42:03it is prescribed by sir james clark
00:42:05I don't care who prescribed it
00:42:06it's wrong
00:42:07sir james is the royal doctor
00:42:09we must have confidence in sir james
00:42:11why must we?
00:42:17I wish you wouldn't interfere
00:42:18interfere?
00:42:19look at the child
00:42:20I'm talking about it
00:42:20it isn't going to make her any better
00:42:22I see you
00:42:26very well
00:42:29you put me in an impossible position
00:42:42no
00:42:42there's a very simple choice to be made
00:42:44I won't be pushed in this way
00:42:46it's too bad of you
00:42:47you know I'm still low after my confinement
00:42:49why do you do it?
00:42:50it has to be resolved
00:42:51not now
00:42:52yes now
00:42:52I have done everything in my power
00:42:54to advance you
00:42:55and make you my consort
00:42:56indeed as well as name
00:42:57and all you do is push me
00:42:59and push me
00:42:59I've had enough
00:43:00there are times I wish to god
00:43:02I never married you
00:43:03I'm not speaking as your consort
00:43:08I'm speaking as Vicky's father
00:43:11you
00:43:12Joe
00:43:24okay
00:43:25oh
00:43:25so
00:43:29Albert who is it don't be absurd it's the Queen
00:43:49Who is it
00:44:19Who is it
00:44:29It's your wife
00:44:49Sorry sorry I'm so sorry I didn't mean it I didn't mean it you know how much I love you
00:45:12They want me out you've got to do something what the devil do you suppose I can do don't
00:45:15Be absurd Arthur you can do anything you've got to back me I don't think you're fully
00:45:21Aware things have gone from bad to worse it's not just bed anymore she hangs upon the damn
00:45:25Fellas every word so I'll think what the court will become what the crown will become is
00:45:30That pontificating little German prig as his way damn doll exactly but damn defective what
00:45:40Debts and scandals won't wash anymore
00:45:45Royalty's got to be respectable or it's done for
00:45:48Prince may not be your idea of fun may not be my idea of fun
00:45:52But if he gives the English crown another hundred years of existence
00:45:56I say God save King Albert
00:45:59And the Prince's desk
00:46:10Over here
00:46:11Facing mine
00:46:13But why I don't understand the little princess is fully recovered now
00:46:24I'm afraid it goes far beyond that
00:46:27I know I've made some mistakes in the running of the household but
00:46:31The decision's been made
00:46:35I believe it to be the best for everyone
00:46:40I'll visit you in Germany whenever the opportunity arises
00:46:46I'll write to you every day
00:46:49I've devoted my life to your service
00:46:53We've been friends for so many years
00:46:57I know
00:46:57I shall never forget
00:47:00I shall always be grateful
00:47:04I've always tried my best
00:47:06But it was never good enough for the Prince
00:47:08Never
00:47:08As I say the decision's been made
00:47:14I do hope you feel able to accept it in the proper spirit
00:47:20Or I won't write to you at all
00:47:27I'll write to you at all
00:47:33I'll write to you at all
00:47:34I'll be back again
00:47:36I have aека
00:47:36I will cover all the years
00:47:37You know
00:47:37I'll write to you at all
00:47:38You know
00:47:39I will come through
00:47:40I know
00:47:41I know
00:47:41I will serve the people
00:47:42I will play
00:47:45Oh, my God.
00:48:15Oh, my God.
00:48:45It's a duplicate key to the red boxes.
00:49:15Oh, my God.
00:49:45Oh, my God.
00:50:15Oh, my God.
00:50:16Oh, my God.
00:50:17Oh, my God.
00:50:18Oh, my God.
00:50:19Oh, my God.
00:50:20Oh, my God.
00:50:21Oh, my God.
00:50:22Oh, my God.
00:50:23Oh, my God.
00:50:24Oh, my God.
00:50:25Oh, my God.
00:50:26Oh, my God.
00:50:27Oh, my God.
00:50:28Oh, my God.
00:50:29Oh, my God.
00:50:30Oh, my God.
00:50:31Oh, my God.
00:50:32Oh, my God.
00:50:33Oh, my God.
00:50:34Oh, my God.
00:50:35Oh, my God.
00:50:36Oh, my God.
00:50:37Oh, my God.
00:50:38Oh, my God.
00:50:39Oh, my God.
00:50:40Oh, my God.
00:50:41Oh, my God.
00:50:42Oh, my God.
00:50:43Oh, my God.
00:50:44Oh, my God.
00:50:45Oh, my God.
00:50:46Oh, my God.
00:50:47That's my God.
00:50:48Oh, my God.
00:50:49I know, Afi.
00:50:50When I was little, I once got lost in it.
00:50:52Were you frightened?
00:50:54Out of my wits.
00:50:56I thought I would see a bear.
00:50:58Oh, there bears?
00:50:59Huge ones.
00:51:00And they eat you.
00:51:01Where's Papa?
00:51:02He's been delayed in London, but he's expected shortly.
00:51:06I suppose it's that horrid exhibition again.
00:51:08The great exhibition is not horrid.
00:51:09It's going to be simply wonderful.
00:51:12Can I go?
00:51:13You're only four lenses.
00:51:15I'm sure Papa will want you all to go.
00:51:17What is it? If you don't even know what it is, why do you want to go?
00:51:21That's Alice.
00:51:23Nothing like it has ever been attempted before.
00:51:25And it's all Papa's idea.
00:51:33There's a bear, Mama.
00:51:35Oh, no. I saw it. I did.
00:51:37You couldn't possibly have seen a bear.
00:51:39Well, I saw it and then it went under there.
00:51:40What have I told you about?
00:51:42There it is. There it is.
00:51:44Good Lord.
00:51:45Hard to eat you, Alfie.
00:51:46Shall we take it away, Mama?
00:51:47Well, I think you'd better.
00:51:48Hunting party!
00:51:49Come on, Alfie!
00:51:50Come on, Alfie!
00:51:56ального
00:52:01What's going on?
00:52:29How dare you come bursting in here without so much as knocking?
00:52:34There's a wild bear on the loose, Papa.
00:52:36A bear? Have you gone mad?
00:52:38But we saw it, Papa.
00:52:40How could I be expected to do my work if I'm to be constantly interrupted by lunatic children babbling off bears?
00:52:48It was you, Papa.
00:52:50Me? Are you calling your father a bear, Afi?
00:52:56Vicki, what have I told you? Am I looking...
00:52:59It was you!
00:53:02...heilige Nacht, heilige Nacht.
00:53:11Arme schläft, einsam wacht.
00:53:18Lord, just hold her hoch, heilige Paar.
00:53:25Hold her knaller in lochigen Haar.
00:53:31Trowel in lochigen Haar.
00:53:38Trowel in lochigen Haar.
00:53:44Heilige Nacht, heilige Nacht.
00:53:50Pittenest, good care not.
00:53:57Lord, dear angel, hallelujah.
00:54:03Turned and south on the new town.
00:54:09History, better is done.
00:54:15History, better is done.
00:54:33I couldn't sleep.
00:54:56I couldn't sleep.
00:55:00Well, you haven't taken your draught.
00:55:08I don't believe you've taken any of your medicines.
00:55:10They do me no good.
00:55:11There is.
00:55:12I want you to be well again.
00:55:17Breathing cold in here.
00:55:30I'll do it.
00:55:31I'll do it.
00:55:36It's this wretched exhibition we can't find an acceptable design for the building.
00:55:40The critics are right.
00:55:43It's an eyesore.
00:55:45Critics.
00:55:46Cheerfully hanging a lot of them.
00:55:48You'd need a lot of rope.
00:55:49We can't go ahead with this.
00:55:53There's already a fine public robbering over the trees.
00:55:56What trees?
00:55:57To build it, we'd have to fell a lot of trees in the park.
00:56:01And by the by, since it's a royal park, you'd have to give your permission.
00:56:06I give it to you now.
00:56:08I don't want you dragged into this.
00:56:12It seems a great fuss over a few trees.
00:56:14They're ancient elms.
00:56:16The truth is that it would be a crime to fell them.
00:56:23Whatever I do, I'll be damned for it.
00:56:25This is monstrous.
00:56:26Here you are, working and worrying yourself half to death, ruining your health.
00:56:30All people can do is carp and complain and criticize.
00:56:32Well, I'm not standing for it.
00:56:33A moment longer.
00:56:34I shall make a public statement.
00:56:36I shall inform the nation you have the full support of the Queen in every matter connected with the exhibition.
00:56:41Let them throw their brickbats at me and see what they get.
00:56:44Are you laughing?
00:56:45You're wonderful.
00:56:46I mean every word of it.
00:56:48I know you do.
00:56:49That's what's so wonderful.
00:56:50That it wouldn't do any good leaping.
00:56:53It would only make me less popular.
00:56:55I'm a foreigner.
00:56:57I'll always be a foreigner.
00:56:59It doesn't matter.
00:57:00It doesn't matter.
00:57:09Come to bed.
00:57:10I will.
00:57:11In a minute.
00:57:12In a minute.
00:57:13In a minute.
00:57:25Marry first and fall in love later.
00:57:27Hm?
00:57:31Nothing.
00:57:32I'll be alone in a moment.
00:57:33I'll be alone in a moment.
00:57:34I'll be alone in a moment.
00:57:39I'll be alone in a moment.
00:57:40so you have your trees and your exhibition there's enough height there
00:58:00to take in any tree in the kingdom you mean the trees would be inside the
00:58:04building but of course any number of them a forest if you like you cover
00:58:09sixteen acres of ground it's extraordinary mr Paxton but can you build
00:58:13it in time Joseph Paxton don't propose what Joseph Paxton can't dispose the iron
00:58:21work will be prefabricated it'll come in sections and be set up on the site more
00:58:26than four thousand five hundred tons of it same goes for the glass two hundred
00:58:32and ninety three thousand six hundred and fifty five panes what do you think of
00:58:35that and the Queen is here mr Paxton ah good idea mom the guttering alone will
00:58:40run to 24 miles you know the world won't never have seen the like of it I can
00:58:45have a rope in three months and down again in less so what do you say
00:58:52I think you'd better say yes Albert thank you ma'am
00:58:59thank you
01:02:29You better go down now.
01:02:39I thought I was going to disgrace myself by bursting into tears.
01:02:41I...
01:02:43I want you to know...
01:02:51I want you to know...
01:02:53how deeply...
01:03:01how deeply...
01:03:03I love you.
01:03:05I love you.
01:03:17What am I meant to choose?
01:03:19With 400 guests waiting impatiently downstairs.
01:03:23You haven't always loved me as you do now.
01:03:33Have you?
01:03:35I sit on the floor.
01:03:37I'm sorry.
01:03:39I'm sorry.
01:03:41I don't know the truth.
01:03:43You're welcome.
01:03:45I've got to know.
01:03:47I can't go up.
01:03:49When you came to England that second time, I knew in a moment what I felt.
01:04:09It's taken you a little longer.
01:04:17Just a little.
01:04:39We'd better go down.
01:04:57Oh, who was that extraordinary Chinaman?
01:05:00Chinaman?
01:05:02At the opening.
01:05:04No, I really don't remember.
01:05:06I'll bet.
01:05:08I know he wasn't the ambassador.
01:05:13It seems he may have been the captain of a junk.
01:05:16At present, mauled in East India docks.
01:05:18How he gained admittance is still being looked into.
01:05:21A junk!
01:05:23Oh, absolutely impressive!
01:05:38My dearest girl.
01:05:39I didn't expect you to come today.
01:05:52I didn't know I was coming myself until an hour ago.
01:05:55Ooh, I bought you something.
01:06:05You're favourite.
01:06:06Maybe later.
01:06:07No, I was intending to receive the new Russian ambassador.
01:06:15model at the foreign office.
01:06:16I saw an opportunity of escape.
01:06:25It's very good of you.
01:06:26It's not good of me at all.
01:06:27I shall come every day.
01:06:28In fact, I'm determined I will.
01:06:32You mustn't neglect your duties.
01:06:33Don't bother my duties.
01:06:34I've been so worried about you, Mama.
01:06:35I'm going to get better.
01:06:36I intend to defy this wretched doctor.
01:06:37Ooh!
01:06:39No, it's, is it me?
01:06:41I praise you!
01:06:42It's okay.
01:06:43I'm going to lie.
01:06:44You're very good.
01:06:45It's not good of me at all.
01:06:46I shall come every day.
01:06:47In fact, I'm determined I will.
01:06:48Mustnt neglect your duties.
01:06:49Don't bother my duties.
01:06:53I've been so worried about you, Mama.
01:06:56I'm going to get better.
01:06:59What?
01:07:00I intend to defy this wretched doctor.
01:07:03Quite made up my mind.
01:07:06Well, of course, you're going to get better.
01:07:12How's Edward?
01:07:14He's... he's doing too much, as usual.
01:07:18Bertie.
01:07:19Oh.
01:07:23Doing too little, as usual.
01:07:27Jo.
01:07:30Not in trouble again.
01:07:33He seems incapable of applying himself to his studies.
01:07:39It's a source of constant anxiety.
01:07:43Very young.
01:07:44Compared to the responsibilities I had to cope with at his age,
01:07:47I think we expect very little.
01:07:52Perhaps he's frightened.
01:07:55Of what?
01:07:57When one's frightened of the future,
01:08:00one sometimes says and does things...
01:08:06one regrets.
01:08:09Don't be too harsh on him.
01:08:11As I was with you.
01:08:16Things were...
01:08:19very different then.
01:08:21Besides, that's all long forgiven and forgotten, isn't it?
01:08:27Yes.
01:08:31Still, I find it hard to forgive myself.
01:08:34You mustn't have such thoughts, Ma.
01:08:37You mustn't.
01:08:38The Queen absolutely forbids it.
01:08:43Yes, Ma.
01:08:45Okay.
01:08:48I suspect the Queen should be a part of her duties.
01:08:55I suspect you're right.
01:08:56I suspect you're right.
01:08:59I shall come again tomorrow.
01:09:10Goodbye, dearest.
01:09:19Goodbye, my child.
01:09:20I'll be back.
01:09:27Girl!
01:09:31Your Majesty will receive you now, Your Royal Highness.
01:09:34Righto.
01:09:35Excuse me, sir.
01:09:49Yes?
01:09:51Your cigar.
01:09:55We are extremely worried about you, Bertie.
01:09:58The reports from your tutors at Cambridge are not encouraging.
01:10:01You seem to show very little interest in your work,
01:10:04and you have apparently got in with a set of idle and dissolute young men.
01:10:09They're perfectly decent chaps, Papa, honestly.
01:10:11From what we hear, all they're interested in is hunting, drinking and squandering money now...
01:10:16It simply isn't good enough, Bertie.
01:10:19I don't know how many times I have told you how vitally important your education is.
01:10:23And when you turn to Cambridge in the autumn, I want you to concentrate entirely on your studies.
01:10:32Do you understand?
01:10:34Yes, Papa.
01:10:36I have a committee.
01:10:37No, you're not well enough.
01:10:39I can't get out of it.
01:10:40Of course you can.
01:10:42Send a note.
01:10:44Say you're indisposed.
01:10:45I must attend.
01:10:49Study, Bertie.
01:10:50You will find that nothing is more rewarding than study.
01:10:56Yes, Papa.
01:11:01Do try to remember what your father said, Bertie.
01:11:05Yes, Mama.
01:11:11Off you go.
01:11:12I have a great deal of work to do.
01:11:13Oh, you've been smoking.
01:11:18I can smell it on you.
01:11:20You know how I despise it.
01:11:26I despair of you, sometimes.
01:11:28You seem to have absolutely no sense of your position, your duties.
01:11:33You're a constant source of worry to your father.
01:11:37You know how poor his health is.
01:11:38I will try to do better.
01:11:40You must do better.
01:11:42For your own sake.
01:11:44As well as for ours.
01:11:46You will have very great responsibilities one day.
01:11:50Don't go on.
01:11:53Change your coat.
01:11:55Yes, Mama.
01:11:56finish, come on.
01:12:09Music.
01:12:13Music.
01:12:17Music.
01:12:20Music.
01:12:21Music.
01:12:23Aishara! Ta-da-da.
01:12:25Ta-da. Ta-da. Ta-da. Ta-da.
01:12:30Ta-da. Ta-da.
01:12:32Oh!
01:12:33Bravo!
01:12:34Bravo!
01:12:35Bravo!
01:12:36Bravo!
01:12:37Bravo!
01:12:38Bravo!
01:12:39Bravo!
01:12:40Bravo!
01:12:41Bravo!
01:12:42Bravo!
01:12:43Bravo!
01:12:44Bravo!
01:12:45Bravo!
01:12:46Bravo!
01:12:47Bravo!
01:12:48Bravo!
01:12:49Bravo!
01:12:50Bravo!
01:12:51Bravo!
01:12:52Bravo!
01:12:53Excellent performance.
01:12:54It's damn good.
01:12:55Your Royal Highness.
01:12:56Oh, no, no.
01:12:57Bertie, please.
01:12:58Bertie, please.
01:13:14It's all over the newspapers.
01:13:16Oh, it's too abominable of Bertie.
01:13:18I'm going down to Cambridge.
01:13:20I'm going to have it out with him once and for all.
01:13:28Do you have any idea of the damage this is doing?
01:13:39Twenty years of work thrown away.
01:13:43What is it, Papa?
01:13:46Nothing.
01:13:47Come and sit by the phone.
01:13:48That's nothing.
01:13:49Please, Papa.
01:13:50Did they not heat the carriage for you?
01:13:55Sit down, Bertie.
01:13:56And some coffee?
01:13:57Sit down.
01:13:58When Mama came to the throne, the royal family was held in utter contempt by decent people.
01:14:18Justly so.
01:14:19Justly so.
01:14:20Mama and I have worked incessantly for twenty years to eradicate such impressions.
01:14:31And with one foolish action, you have brought all our efforts to nothing.
01:14:36Papa, I swear, I never thought...
01:14:38What?
01:14:39Such a woman would seek to profit from her association with you?
01:14:41I swear, I never dreamed she would.
01:14:43The truth is, you never thought of anything but your own selfish pleasures.
01:14:45Sorry, Papa, but I really can't bear the way you think so badly of me.
01:14:49I do try to study, but I can't.
01:14:52I just can't.
01:14:54I know I'm a disappointment to you.
01:14:57But you don't know how much I look up to you, Papa.
01:15:00How much I love you.
01:15:02Perhaps I have...
01:15:17I have expected too much of you.
01:15:20Papa, you're ill.
01:15:23Bertie, I...
01:15:24I'm sorry, I have been too severe.
01:15:29The fault is mine.
01:15:32All I want is for you and Mama to be proud of me.
01:15:38We will be, Bertie.
01:15:44We will be, Bertie.
01:15:49I know we will.
01:16:14I know.
01:16:31Albert.
01:16:32dearest you're ill
01:16:45it's nothing I
01:16:47I was caught in the storm
01:16:49well you must go and change
01:16:51later
01:16:51now
01:16:52perhaps you're right
01:17:02what time is it
01:17:28after three
01:17:30I'm
01:17:37I'm
01:17:39I'm
01:17:41I'm
01:17:43I'm
01:17:45I'm
01:17:49I'm
01:17:51I'm
01:17:55I'm
01:18:02I'm
01:18:04I'm
01:18:11I'm
01:18:13I'm
01:18:20I'm
01:18:21I'm
01:18:22I'm
01:18:23I'm
01:18:24I'm
01:18:25I'm
01:18:26We've hardly slept apart in 20 years. I'm sure I shouldn't get a wink without you beside me.
01:18:32It's best.
01:18:33I know that it's better.
01:18:56I think perhaps you'd better send for Bertie.
01:19:16Very well.
01:19:24I'll do that now.
01:19:27Go and sit with your father, Alice.
01:19:41I'll do that now.
01:19:54I'll do that now.
01:19:59I'll do that now.
01:20:04Come.
01:20:18What is it, Alice?
01:20:23So, the Christmas trees have come.
01:20:36Oh, thank you, Libyan.
01:20:51You're going to get better.
01:20:54Well, you must.
01:20:55I couldn't possibly cope alone.
01:20:57You could.
01:20:58No.
01:21:02No.
01:21:07What a grip.
01:21:16Bertie.
01:21:29Hello, Alice.
01:21:30Have you just arrived?
01:21:32Yes.
01:21:33Have you seen Mama?
01:21:35Not yet.
01:21:37Is Papa any better?
01:21:38Is Papa any better?
01:21:44This is the black and flower here.
01:22:02No.
01:22:03No.
01:22:04No.
01:22:05I want to close you.
01:22:06No.
01:22:07No.
01:22:08No.
01:22:17Good to swallow him.
01:22:20No.
01:22:21No.
01:22:22No.
01:22:23No.
01:22:26No.
01:22:28No.
01:22:59My dear darling.
01:23:29I'll do everything, Mama.
01:23:55I'll do everything to help you.
01:23:59Of course you will.
01:24:02Dear boy, dear boy.
01:24:06You'll all help me, won't you?
01:24:09You won't desert me.
01:24:16Oh.
01:24:19Oh.
01:24:23Oh.
01:24:30Oh.
01:24:32Oh.
01:24:34Oh.
01:24:38Oh.
01:24:41Oh.
01:24:45Oh.
01:24:47Oh.
01:24:48Oh.
01:24:50Oh.
01:24:51Oh.
01:24:54Oh.
01:24:56Oh.
01:25:11I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I did.
01:25:41As beloved Albert knew I would.
01:26:11I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone.
01:26:23I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone.
01:26:35I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on.
01:26:47I've had great joy in my family and known the rewards of duty done, but still I long for him.
01:27:07And wait for the kindly hand of death to heal my heart.
01:27:23I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone.
01:27:39I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on.
01:27:55I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone.
01:28:11I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so I had to go on, of course, alone, and so
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