1 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:33,000 *CREDITS* 2 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,930 We can't go on like this. 3 00:00:55,140 --> 00:00:58,110 It's time we made a life together. 4 00:00:58,140 --> 00:01:00,040 How would we do that? 5 00:01:03,290 --> 00:01:04,320 Look at this necklace, Sophie. 6 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,120 This should do 7 00:01:07,150 --> 00:01:10,260 until... I make my fortune. 8 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,300 There are goldmines in California. 9 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:17,920 America? 10 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,060 As far away from Monmouth 11 00:01:19,100 --> 00:01:21,510 and Mr. Penge as possible. 12 00:01:26,790 --> 00:01:29,210 It's perfect! 13 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,080 Look, even the veins on the leaf. 14 00:01:33,110 --> 00:01:34,940 It is remarkable. 15 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,500 This looks like a bronze by Cellini, 16 00:01:40,530 --> 00:01:44,050 but if you lift it up... It's light as a feather! 17 00:01:44,090 --> 00:01:45,810 That's because inside it's plaster of Paris. 18 00:01:45,850 --> 00:01:47,680 We dip it in the tank, and just like the rose, 19 00:01:47,710 --> 00:01:50,890 it's covered in a thin film of metal. 20 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:52,890 And yet it looks exactly like the real thing! 21 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:54,610 This electroplating is a chance 22 00:01:54,650 --> 00:01:56,860 for great work to be within the reach of the common man. 23 00:01:56,890 --> 00:02:00,620 Dukes and dustmen can both be surrounded by works of art! 24 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,040 Victoria, please. 25 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:06,350 I do not think you have met Mr. Cole-- 26 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:07,560 he is my colleague 27 00:02:07,590 --> 00:02:09,420 from the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce. 28 00:02:09,460 --> 00:02:10,800 Your Majesty. 29 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,220 I've never met a man with quite so much 30 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:14,840 energy. 31 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,640 If you want steam, get Cole! 32 00:02:20,230 --> 00:02:22,190 We have just been discussing 33 00:02:22,230 --> 00:02:24,680 the Society's forthcoming exhibition. 34 00:02:28,750 --> 00:02:30,370 Gold-plated roses. 35 00:02:30,410 --> 00:02:32,550 So this is what you are planning to show? 36 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:35,450 Amongst other wonders, ma'am. 37 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,070 If you had seen how the electroplating bath works, 38 00:02:38,110 --> 00:02:40,940 Drina, it is truly remarkable. 39 00:02:40,970 --> 00:02:42,180 Really? 40 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:44,970 Would you like me to give you a demonstration, ma'am? 41 00:02:45,010 --> 00:02:46,670 Don't worry. 42 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,260 I don't want to interrupt your work. 43 00:02:50,260 --> 00:02:53,050 Besides, I have my boxes to attend to. 44 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,800 ATENAS, GRECIA 45 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:01,580 Humiliation! 46 00:03:02,820 --> 00:03:04,720 Don Pacifico, a British citizen in Athens, 47 00:03:04,750 --> 00:03:07,240 was attacked by a mob. 48 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:09,070 Because he is a Jew. 49 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:13,280 The police didn't simply watch it happen... 50 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,140 they joined in. 51 00:03:17,210 --> 00:03:21,560 We must restore the dignity of Her Majesty's subject. 52 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:33,060 I agree with what you said in there, Lord Palmerston, 53 00:03:33,090 --> 00:03:36,200 but how do you propose to avenge one man's dignity? 54 00:03:36,230 --> 00:03:37,860 Send in the Duke of Wellington? 55 00:03:37,890 --> 00:03:39,030 If it comes to that. 56 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,180 Good morning, Mama. 57 00:03:53,530 --> 00:03:54,870 Yes, good morning. 58 00:03:58,050 --> 00:04:00,740 Is that me when I was a baby? 59 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,710 I hope I grow up and live happily ever after. 60 00:04:05,750 --> 00:04:07,330 Like you and Papa. 61 00:04:20,620 --> 00:04:23,310 Do I need to remind you, Joseph, that I expect footmen 62 00:04:23,350 --> 00:04:26,420 to be respectfully dressed at all times? 63 00:04:26,460 --> 00:04:29,320 My appearance has always upset you, Mr. Penge. 64 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:30,460 Why should today 65 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:31,840 be any different? 66 00:04:38,190 --> 00:04:40,710 Joseph! 67 00:04:40,750 --> 00:04:42,920 I know you're upset, but promise me you won't 68 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:44,470 give Mr. Penge any more reason to hate you! 69 00:04:44,510 --> 00:04:45,920 There are plenty of reasons to hate me. 70 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,790 But be careful. 71 00:04:47,820 --> 00:04:50,000 In my experience, when people are in love, 72 00:04:50,030 --> 00:04:54,380 they forget to keep their wits about them. 73 00:04:57,490 --> 00:04:58,800 Why didn't the police intervene? 74 00:04:58,830 --> 00:05:00,970 They were too busy throwing rocks 75 00:05:01,010 --> 00:05:03,460 at the poor man and his family along with the rabble. 76 00:05:03,490 --> 00:05:05,980 I thought, as somebody who can't abide 77 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:07,290 religious intolerance, 78 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,120 that you may have an opinion on the matter. 79 00:05:10,150 --> 00:05:11,290 Indeed. 80 00:05:11,330 --> 00:05:12,500 We should take action. 81 00:05:12,540 --> 00:05:14,570 I intend to, ma'am, with your blessing. 82 00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:16,400 Whatever is necessary. 83 00:05:21,030 --> 00:05:23,720 I thought it would be best if I explain the situation 84 00:05:23,750 --> 00:05:26,200 to Your Majesty and the prince in person. 85 00:05:27,170 --> 00:05:30,900 The prince is too busy, with Mr. Cole. 86 00:05:30,930 --> 00:05:32,590 Cole! 87 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:34,420 I'm surprised he has the time. 88 00:05:34,450 --> 00:05:37,840 He's always so busy designing teapots. 89 00:05:39,670 --> 00:05:42,500 He and the prince are thick as thieves. 90 00:05:42,530 --> 00:05:45,020 Really? 91 00:05:47,430 --> 00:05:49,610 His Royal Highness has a proposition 92 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,230 to make to the committee. 93 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:59,720 I think that our annual exhibition is too... 94 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:00,890 ...parochial. 95 00:06:00,930 --> 00:06:03,030 So, I propose that 96 00:06:03,070 --> 00:06:05,140 this year we invite other nations, 97 00:06:05,170 --> 00:06:08,210 to send their finest products. 98 00:06:08,250 --> 00:06:11,080 A fair to show the whole world's ingenuity. 99 00:06:11,110 --> 00:06:13,870 With all due respect, Cole, there's a reason 100 00:06:13,910 --> 00:06:15,290 we don't invite foreigners. 101 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,220 I don't think Manchester cottons want to be displayed 102 00:06:18,260 --> 00:06:19,670 next to French silks. 103 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:25,440 But we have nothing to be afraid of! 104 00:06:25,470 --> 00:06:27,200 What of worth has ever been achieved 105 00:06:27,230 --> 00:06:29,540 which did not inspire fear? 106 00:06:29,580 --> 00:06:31,410 Imagine if the Egyptians had given into their doubts 107 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,790 before they began the Great Pyramid of Giza, 108 00:06:33,820 --> 00:06:36,030 or the Greeks the Lighthouse of Alexandria? 109 00:06:36,070 --> 00:06:38,930 For an exhibition on the scale you imagine 110 00:06:38,970 --> 00:06:40,730 we'd have to build a new hall, 111 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:42,660 and that would cost money we don't have, I'm afraid. 112 00:06:43,830 --> 00:06:48,080 There will be some practicalities to overcome, 113 00:06:48,110 --> 00:06:50,010 that I, I cannot deny. 114 00:07:10,650 --> 00:07:12,030 Ooh! 115 00:07:16,140 --> 00:07:17,560 Thank you, Your Grace. 116 00:07:24,050 --> 00:07:27,500 I believe my wife's having relations 117 00:07:27,530 --> 00:07:28,910 with one of your footmen. 118 00:07:30,810 --> 00:07:31,920 Um... 119 00:07:34,820 --> 00:07:39,300 I have my suspicions about who it might be. 120 00:07:39,340 --> 00:07:41,310 The man will go to any length 121 00:07:41,340 --> 00:07:43,100 to get ahead. 122 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:45,000 Well, the trouble is, I need evidence. 123 00:07:45,030 --> 00:07:47,730 I can't follow her around the palace myself, 124 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,280 so I need somebody... trustworthy 125 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:52,630 to do it on my behalf. 126 00:07:54,940 --> 00:07:56,080 Indeed, Your Grace. 127 00:07:57,670 --> 00:08:03,710 May one ask... what you intend to do with such evidence? 128 00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:05,950 I intend to prosecute the footman for interfering 129 00:08:05,990 --> 00:08:07,570 with my property. 130 00:08:07,610 --> 00:08:10,920 And you will need to give evidence in court. 131 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:15,370 Well, perhaps this will help you overcome any scruples? 132 00:08:44,370 --> 00:08:47,060 I had no idea you played so well. 133 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:48,580 I've fallen out of practice. 134 00:08:48,610 --> 00:08:51,580 My husband is not so fond of music. 135 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:58,620 It seems to me your husband is not a man of taste. 136 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:00,000 No. 137 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,040 When we were first married, 138 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,600 Albert used to spend hours watching me at the piano. 139 00:09:08,630 --> 00:09:09,950 I'm sure he would now, 140 00:09:09,980 --> 00:09:11,910 if he had more time, ma'am. 141 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:16,750 I'm not so sure. 142 00:09:19,850 --> 00:09:21,510 Ever since Feodora came, he... 143 00:09:24,060 --> 00:09:26,200 ...never smiles at me anymore. 144 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,620 I always used to be able to make him laugh, 145 00:09:30,660 --> 00:09:34,250 I used to be his... 146 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,520 ...friend, his companion. 147 00:09:40,700 --> 00:09:42,560 Now I feel I'm just his wife. 148 00:09:46,220 --> 00:09:50,120 True love, in... in whatever form it finds itself, 149 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,920 is just as hard to lose as it is to find. 150 00:09:58,790 --> 00:10:01,410 Please, play some more. 151 00:10:05,970 --> 00:10:07,830 The Greek government, 152 00:10:07,870 --> 00:10:10,940 led by that German princeling King Otto, 153 00:10:10,970 --> 00:10:13,250 has refused to make reparation 154 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,940 for the insult inflicted upon one of our citizens-- 155 00:10:16,980 --> 00:10:18,150 Don Pacifico. 156 00:10:20,460 --> 00:10:21,850 We must show 157 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,570 that we will not tolerate this flagrant abuse 158 00:10:24,610 --> 00:10:27,200 of all international standards of decency. 159 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:35,380 I have discussed the matter with Her Majesty 160 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:39,760 and she agrees with me. 161 00:10:39,790 --> 00:10:42,040 But what do you propose, sir? 162 00:10:49,290 --> 00:10:50,630 Albert. 163 00:10:52,570 --> 00:10:54,020 Prime Minister! 164 00:10:54,050 --> 00:10:56,810 Have you heard about Palmerston's latest outrage? 165 00:10:56,850 --> 00:11:00,750 He is proposing a naval blockade of Athens. 166 00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:01,990 Did he mention 167 00:11:02,020 --> 00:11:04,030 any of this to you, when you spoke with him? 168 00:11:04,060 --> 00:11:06,610 He told me about the plight of Don Pacifico 169 00:11:06,650 --> 00:11:09,860 and we agreed that something must be done. 170 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,970 He is a British subject. 171 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,520 Palmerston is... 172 00:11:15,550 --> 00:11:16,830 so persuasive. 173 00:11:16,870 --> 00:11:19,350 You probably didn't understand the implications, Drina. 174 00:11:20,210 --> 00:11:22,180 Victoria, I implore you, 175 00:11:22,220 --> 00:11:25,630 stop this man, before his recklessness 176 00:11:25,670 --> 00:11:28,910 turns this whole situation into a war. 177 00:11:30,980 --> 00:11:33,230 Do you believe if Palmerston carries out this plan 178 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:35,500 that war is inevitable? 179 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:37,090 I cannot say what Palmerston 180 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:40,750 and his gunboat diplomacy will mean to this country, ma'am. 181 00:11:40,790 --> 00:11:44,480 And I'm afraid I am not the best person to advise you anymore. 182 00:11:45,930 --> 00:11:47,590 But you're the commander-in-chief of the army. 183 00:11:47,620 --> 00:11:49,550 Not for much longer, ma'am. 184 00:11:49,590 --> 00:11:51,590 Duke, does that mean... 185 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:53,660 It has been an honor 186 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:55,730 to serve you, ma'am... 187 00:11:56,490 --> 00:11:58,390 but my time has come. 188 00:11:59,810 --> 00:12:03,120 Duke, this country needs you, now more than ever. 189 00:12:03,150 --> 00:12:05,430 You need a younger man, 190 00:12:05,470 --> 00:12:09,160 someone who can keep Lord Palmerston in check. 191 00:12:09,190 --> 00:12:12,850 So you do believe he's putting this country in danger? 192 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:16,890 That is not for me to say. 193 00:12:16,930 --> 00:12:20,100 You are, however, in safe hands with the prince, ma'am. 194 00:12:20,140 --> 00:12:23,830 I am certain that he will give you very good advice. 195 00:12:42,810 --> 00:12:45,400 I believe you have the knave of hearts, Sophie. 196 00:12:47,130 --> 00:12:48,650 How did you know? 197 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:51,890 I have played many card games in my time. 198 00:12:51,930 --> 00:12:53,960 You need to be careful, 199 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,930 for his sake as well as your own. 200 00:12:57,830 --> 00:12:58,930 I wonder if you know what happened 201 00:12:58,970 --> 00:13:00,970 to Caroline Norton. 202 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,700 She was accused of having a criminal conversation 203 00:13:02,730 --> 00:13:04,040 with Lord Melbourne. 204 00:13:05,940 --> 00:13:09,670 She never saw her fortune or her children again. 205 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,980 Melbourne was lucky to spend his last days in Brocket Hall 206 00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:17,680 and not Newgate Prison. 207 00:13:19,890 --> 00:13:22,030 Had he been an ordinary man... 208 00:13:23,340 --> 00:13:25,930 I very much doubt the jury would have been so lenient. 209 00:13:28,690 --> 00:13:29,790 No question. 210 00:13:29,830 --> 00:13:31,140 It must be in the capital. 211 00:13:32,660 --> 00:13:33,860 Brunel has predicted 212 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:36,180 15 million bricks for the building. 213 00:13:36,210 --> 00:13:39,390 Yes, well, we are expecting thousands of visitors each day. 214 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,290 We're going to need an open space 215 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,250 around the size of... Hyde Park! 216 00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:47,050 That, Mr. Cole, 217 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,400 is a brilliant suggestion! 218 00:13:55,470 --> 00:13:57,960 The nation's greatest park 219 00:13:57,990 --> 00:14:00,890 to be destroyed by a huge 220 00:14:00,930 --> 00:14:03,340 masonry edifice 221 00:14:03,380 --> 00:14:07,620 and polluted by the detritus of society. 222 00:14:07,660 --> 00:14:11,010 We shall have to find a design that is temporary. 223 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,320 But strong enough to house the entire contents 224 00:14:13,350 --> 00:14:14,940 of the world's manufacturing? 225 00:14:14,970 --> 00:14:16,530 It shall be a feat of engineering 226 00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:18,220 such as the world has never seen. 227 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:23,020 I wonder if the prince has considered where the drunkards 228 00:14:23,050 --> 00:14:24,360 shall relieve themselves? 229 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,680 Look at these designs 230 00:14:29,710 --> 00:14:34,270 for what we might call public conveniences. 231 00:14:34,300 --> 00:14:37,030 Trees that have stood there for centuries 232 00:14:37,070 --> 00:14:39,790 will have to be cut down! 233 00:14:39,830 --> 00:14:42,800 Surely we can find a design to incorporate them? 234 00:14:45,940 --> 00:14:47,660 I think we better open submissions 235 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:49,460 to every architect in the country. 236 00:15:04,330 --> 00:15:05,610 This one looks like a cake. 237 00:15:05,650 --> 00:15:08,930 I think it's a Coburg loaf. 238 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:10,130 Aren't I right, Papa? 239 00:15:10,170 --> 00:15:13,140 I thought the children might like to see some designs 240 00:15:13,170 --> 00:15:15,410 for Albert's exhibition. 241 00:15:15,450 --> 00:15:17,490 Perhaps you might also care to take a look, Drina? 242 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,110 There you are. 243 00:15:20,140 --> 00:15:21,800 Show it to your mother. 244 00:15:21,830 --> 00:15:23,150 Look, Mama. 245 00:15:30,220 --> 00:15:31,500 I thought the intention 246 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,330 was to celebrate Britain's achievements, 247 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,740 not to make it look ridiculous. 248 00:15:35,780 --> 00:15:37,570 Yes, well, Palmerston has already seen to that. 249 00:15:37,610 --> 00:15:38,920 He's gone ahead, 250 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:40,200 he's ignored Parliament 251 00:15:40,230 --> 00:15:41,850 and sent the gunboats already. 252 00:15:41,890 --> 00:15:45,820 Yes, well, I am due to speak with him in a moment. 253 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:47,960 It's too late. 254 00:15:48,970 --> 00:15:50,280 Well, you're the one who's planning 255 00:15:50,310 --> 00:15:51,480 to humiliate the nation 256 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,140 with this giant gingerbread house! 257 00:15:53,180 --> 00:15:54,350 Drina! 258 00:15:54,380 --> 00:15:57,150 The exhibition will bring together the finest 259 00:15:57,180 --> 00:15:59,350 in the arts... 260 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:02,560 Come along, children. 261 00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:13,370 Was that really necessary? 262 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,130 I think it's time Feodora went home 263 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:16,960 to her own family! 264 00:16:18,270 --> 00:16:20,070 Victoria, I can tolerate Bertie 265 00:16:20,100 --> 00:16:23,140 not wishing to share with Alfred because he is a child. 266 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,970 You are a 30-year-old women, who has still not learned 267 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,350 how to play nicely. 268 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:30,040 I am not a child, Albert! 269 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,390 Well, stop behaving like one. 270 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,710 Your Majesty. 271 00:16:45,750 --> 00:16:48,230 I suppose I do not have to explain to you, 272 00:16:48,270 --> 00:16:50,410 why I summoned you here. 273 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:51,540 These curious bloomer suits 274 00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:54,270 that the American ladies are wearing? 275 00:16:54,310 --> 00:16:55,410 Well, I give you my word 276 00:16:55,450 --> 00:16:56,830 that none shall reach these shores 277 00:16:56,860 --> 00:16:58,100 while I am foreign secretary. 278 00:16:58,140 --> 00:17:00,660 Women in pantaloons indeed! 279 00:17:00,690 --> 00:17:03,350 Lord Palmerston, 280 00:17:03,380 --> 00:17:06,630 I did not give you my blessing to order a naval blockade. 281 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:07,870 But we did agree, 282 00:17:07,910 --> 00:17:09,390 we needed to find justice for Don Pacifico. 283 00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:10,600 Yes, I assumed 284 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:12,810 you would find a peaceful solution. 285 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:14,400 I didn't think you would send in the navy 286 00:17:14,430 --> 00:17:15,640 for the sake of one man. 287 00:17:15,670 --> 00:17:17,260 I do not wish to alarm you, ma'am, 288 00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:20,060 but Greece is getting ideas above its station, 289 00:17:20,090 --> 00:17:22,780 and is support by Russia, whose armed forces 290 00:17:22,820 --> 00:17:24,410 are set to eclipse ours by Christmas. 291 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,060 Then do you think it sensible to provoke Russia like this? 292 00:17:27,100 --> 00:17:29,100 It's an overreaction, it will surprise her. 293 00:17:29,130 --> 00:17:32,070 Yes, but the king of Greece is Albert's cousin. 294 00:17:32,100 --> 00:17:35,210 Family are not always friends, ma'am. 295 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,970 Indeed. 296 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:44,010 Lord Palmerston... 297 00:17:48,530 --> 00:17:50,740 May I ask you a question?Certainly, ma'am. 298 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,850 If force is not an option 299 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,510 with which to surprise your enemy, 300 00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:00,890 what other choices are there? 301 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:02,720 You're the Queen of England, 302 00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:05,550 and you can't get rid of your enemy by force? 303 00:18:05,580 --> 00:18:08,760 To do so would only damage the alliance I want back. 304 00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:14,140 In that case, it might help to turn the enemy into your ally. 305 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,540 What's making you smile, Duchess? 306 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:36,580 It's from William. 307 00:18:36,620 --> 00:18:38,860 He's arriving at the end of the week. 308 00:18:38,890 --> 00:18:41,970 Be careful not to get too excited, my dear. 309 00:18:43,170 --> 00:18:47,630 You've seemed rather... frenzied of late. 310 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:51,150 I do hope that your duties to the queen aren't proving 311 00:18:51,180 --> 00:18:54,010 too much for your nerves. 312 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:05,820 You summoned me? 313 00:19:11,130 --> 00:19:13,450 Is someone joining you? 314 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,620 You. 315 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,520 Would you be so kind? 316 00:19:33,020 --> 00:19:37,430 I know relations between us have been... trying. 317 00:19:37,470 --> 00:19:42,720 But we are sisters after all. 318 00:19:42,750 --> 00:19:45,890 I think it's time we put the past behind us. 319 00:19:45,930 --> 00:19:47,060 You believe it's that simple? 320 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:52,830 Perhaps I've not been as generous 321 00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:54,110 as I ought to have been. 322 00:19:54,140 --> 00:19:56,870 Our lives are very unequal, after all. 323 00:20:01,150 --> 00:20:02,490 Is there something I can offer you, 324 00:20:02,530 --> 00:20:06,190 a token of my goodwill? 325 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,260 Something? 326 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:12,400 Anything. 327 00:20:15,580 --> 00:20:16,920 I want my daughter. 328 00:20:21,130 --> 00:20:24,830 Now she's 16, I believe it's time she came to court. 329 00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:27,040 Your daughter? 330 00:20:27,070 --> 00:20:28,490 Yeah. 331 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:31,760 I don't suppose you remember her name. 332 00:20:49,330 --> 00:20:51,750 He knows. 333 00:20:51,780 --> 00:20:53,130 He doesn't frighten me. 334 00:20:53,170 --> 00:20:54,650 You don't know what he's capable of. 335 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:55,790 He could destroy you, Joseph. 336 00:20:55,820 --> 00:20:58,270 I know that were he to find out about us, 337 00:20:58,310 --> 00:21:01,070 he wouldn't want anyone to know. 338 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,310 That's why the Duke at Chatsworth paid me off. 339 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,070 For what? 340 00:21:09,910 --> 00:21:11,050 Let me explain. 341 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,010 I understand.Sophie. 342 00:21:13,050 --> 00:21:16,150 I should have been protecting myself, not you. 343 00:21:16,190 --> 00:21:17,500 Sophie! 344 00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:39,140 Why are the newspapers so shortsighted? 345 00:21:39,180 --> 00:21:44,110 Can they not see the benefits the exhibition will bring? 346 00:21:44,150 --> 00:21:46,150 People are scared of anything ambitious. 347 00:21:46,180 --> 00:21:48,050 And, of course, it is a very costly enterprise. 348 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,980 The costs, they shall be recouped, 349 00:21:51,020 --> 00:21:52,880 a thousand times over. 350 00:21:52,910 --> 00:21:54,950 Only if the exhibition's a success, sir. 351 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,060 Which, of course, it will be. 352 00:22:00,270 --> 00:22:03,790 Has any suitable designs come in? 353 00:22:05,410 --> 00:22:09,410 None yet that suit our financial situation, sir. 354 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,180 Right. 355 00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:19,080 You've seen what they're saying in papers. 356 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:22,320 Finally we have an opportunity to... 357 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:23,740 Sir Charles! 358 00:22:23,770 --> 00:22:24,910 Labouchere! 359 00:22:26,950 --> 00:22:28,810 I wonder what matters of trade 360 00:22:28,850 --> 00:22:30,400 you have to discuss with the prime minister 361 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:32,300 that do not concern the foreign secretary. 362 00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:34,230 Is it so difficult to believe we've matters 363 00:22:34,270 --> 00:22:36,300 to discuss that don't involve you? 364 00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:41,200 I thought lying was a basic skill 365 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:42,930 for any prime minister. 366 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:47,900 And I always thought diplomacy was a basic skill 367 00:22:47,940 --> 00:22:51,420 for a foreign secretary, and yet your handling of this affair 368 00:22:51,460 --> 00:22:53,840 in Greece has provoked condemnation 369 00:22:53,870 --> 00:22:56,670 from both France and Russia. 370 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,050 Good day. 371 00:22:59,740 --> 00:23:01,090 Good day. 372 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,090 Disgrace... 373 00:23:35,810 --> 00:23:39,950 Emma, you are old friends with Palmerston, are you not? 374 00:23:39,990 --> 00:23:42,540 Do you really believe he will survive this? 375 00:23:42,580 --> 00:23:46,510 I believe he is a man who enjoys flying too close to the sun. 376 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:49,820 That's true. 377 00:23:49,860 --> 00:23:52,100 He is resilient. 378 00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:54,070 I wish I could say the same of the prince. 379 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:57,560 He's working so hard on this exhibition. 380 00:23:57,590 --> 00:24:00,320 He will prove his critics wrong I am sure. 381 00:24:02,150 --> 00:24:03,460 I hope so. 382 00:24:04,870 --> 00:24:07,360 I wish I could be sure he was doing the right thing. 383 00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:11,090 I couldn't bear for all that effort to go to waste. 384 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:15,540 No man likes to be told he is wrong, ma'am. 385 00:24:15,570 --> 00:24:19,650 But you could distract him. 386 00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:25,240 If we have 30 countries exhibiting... 387 00:24:25,270 --> 00:24:28,900 We will need an area of at least... 388 00:24:28,930 --> 00:24:31,140 500,00 square feet. 389 00:24:31,180 --> 00:24:34,110 And the problem that we have is it will take years 390 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:36,420 to build something of this scale 391 00:24:36,460 --> 00:24:38,560 with all of the stone and brick that has being proposed. 392 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,980 Yes... 393 00:24:40,010 --> 00:24:43,670 It is imperative we find a design with light material. 394 00:24:45,470 --> 00:24:46,950 So if the building 395 00:24:46,990 --> 00:24:52,990 is to begin there and would reach beyond those trees. 396 00:24:53,030 --> 00:24:55,410 Indeed, sir. 397 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,720 Way beyond the trees. 398 00:25:08,210 --> 00:25:11,870 Good afternoon, Your Royal Highness. 399 00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:12,940 Lord Palmerston. 400 00:25:12,980 --> 00:25:14,980 May I ask what you're doing, sir? 401 00:25:15,010 --> 00:25:18,710 Marking out the perimeter of the exhibition. 402 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:22,300 I admire your tenacity. 403 00:25:22,330 --> 00:25:24,820 Yes, well, I have learned not to pay too much heed 404 00:25:24,850 --> 00:25:26,130 to public opinion. 405 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,270 Spoken by a man who has never had to rely on it 406 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:29,440 to keep his position. 407 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,580 Well, you don't seem worried about yours, Lord Palmerston, 408 00:25:33,620 --> 00:25:34,930 considering the circumstances. 409 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,690 Well, perhaps I should become a novelist instead. 410 00:25:38,730 --> 00:25:40,450 Both professions are just telling stories. 411 00:25:40,490 --> 00:25:41,940 The difference is, 412 00:25:41,970 --> 00:25:45,010 novelists are writing fiction, 413 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,390 politicians... 414 00:25:48,430 --> 00:25:49,770 telling lies. 415 00:25:49,810 --> 00:25:52,330 And the similarity is that people will believe any story 416 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:53,430 if it's told well enough. 417 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:54,850 Good day, sir. 418 00:25:58,090 --> 00:25:59,440 Good day. 419 00:26:00,370 --> 00:26:03,130 Although they are very big shoes, 420 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,960 or should I say boots, to fill, 421 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,620 I was wondering if you had any thoughts 422 00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:10,690 as to your successor. 423 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:14,000 Not an easy role to fill. 424 00:26:14,830 --> 00:26:16,380 Need someone rational, 425 00:26:16,420 --> 00:26:18,520 responsible, considered. 426 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:22,840 It seems to me, Albert has all of those qualities in abundance. 427 00:26:22,870 --> 00:26:25,910 I think it would be a great use of his talents, 428 00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:28,780 and perhaps better than the exhibition. 429 00:26:28,810 --> 00:26:32,300 Yes. 430 00:26:32,330 --> 00:26:34,370 In battle, we call that feinting. 431 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,580 Feinting?Distracting the attacker 432 00:26:36,610 --> 00:26:39,510 so that they do not enter the fray at a point 433 00:26:39,550 --> 00:26:41,410 that could be catastrophic. 434 00:26:42,930 --> 00:26:45,620 If you mean do I want to protect Albert from harm, 435 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:48,590 then yes. 436 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:02,430 Your Grace. 437 00:27:02,470 --> 00:27:05,300 Why do you call me "Your Grace"? 438 00:27:06,710 --> 00:27:09,440 Old habits. 439 00:27:09,470 --> 00:27:11,680 Of going after duchesses? 440 00:27:14,340 --> 00:27:16,790 I am not proud of what I've done. 441 00:27:20,380 --> 00:27:23,040 If we run away together, 442 00:27:23,070 --> 00:27:25,140 I will get nothing. 443 00:27:25,180 --> 00:27:28,040 We will be penniless. 444 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,700 Caroline Norton's husband took everything away from her 445 00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:34,010 when she tried to divorce him. 446 00:27:34,050 --> 00:27:36,530 Perhaps the prospect is no longer so enticing. 447 00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:41,640 Sophie... 448 00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:46,720 I will be a rich man 449 00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:48,580 with you by my side. 450 00:27:49,650 --> 00:27:51,100 At Chatsworth 451 00:27:51,130 --> 00:27:52,900 I pretended to love someone. 452 00:27:52,930 --> 00:27:55,760 I wanted to make something of myself. 453 00:27:55,790 --> 00:27:58,690 But all I want... 454 00:27:59,180 --> 00:28:00,490 is to wake up 455 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,250 beside you every morning... 456 00:28:08,260 --> 00:28:12,050 And not feel as though I am committing a crime. 457 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:34,210 Albert? 458 00:28:34,250 --> 00:28:36,250 Albert. 459 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,910 I have something important to tell you. 460 00:28:46,810 --> 00:28:50,750 Wellington wants you to succeed him as commander-in-chief. 461 00:28:50,780 --> 00:28:52,540 And I agree. 462 00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:55,650 Commander-in-chief? 463 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,200 Yes. 464 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,550 Finally a chance, Albert, 465 00:28:58,580 --> 00:28:59,860 to show your country you're worthy 466 00:28:59,890 --> 00:29:01,100 of their respect. 467 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:02,240 Well, the exhibition 468 00:29:02,270 --> 00:29:04,040 will show them that, will it not? 469 00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:06,830 Nothing like this has ever been done before. 470 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:13,600 Because the crown and commerce are not natural allies, 471 00:29:13,630 --> 00:29:15,460 if it is not successful... 472 00:29:20,150 --> 00:29:22,780 Albert, you know what the papers are saying. 473 00:29:22,810 --> 00:29:29,160 Victoria, this, this is my chance to prove myself. 474 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,510 Do you really think I have the time 475 00:29:31,550 --> 00:29:33,200 to be commander-in-chief? 476 00:29:36,860 --> 00:29:39,420 Just wanted to do something for you. 477 00:30:08,750 --> 00:30:10,070 Good evening, Your Majesty. 478 00:30:12,930 --> 00:30:14,900 If you have summoned me here to berate me, 479 00:30:14,930 --> 00:30:16,180 you needn't have bothered. 480 00:30:16,210 --> 00:30:18,140 I've had quite enough of that today. 481 00:30:22,150 --> 00:30:25,810 Seems you've lost your knack at pleasing the public. 482 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,880 It'll take more than a few unfriendly headlines 483 00:30:27,910 --> 00:30:29,470 to get rid of me, ma'am. 484 00:30:30,980 --> 00:30:33,400 I hope so. 485 00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:34,880 Really? 486 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,060 Yes. 487 00:30:36,090 --> 00:30:39,410 I find that, despite everything, 488 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,130 I value your advice. 489 00:30:45,070 --> 00:30:47,410 I am honored. 490 00:30:47,450 --> 00:30:52,180 Did you succeed in turning an opponent into an ally? 491 00:30:53,630 --> 00:30:57,220 Let us say that I've made an advance. 492 00:31:10,750 --> 00:31:12,230 Where have you been? 493 00:31:12,270 --> 00:31:15,440 Why are you awake? 494 00:31:18,890 --> 00:31:22,240 I spoke to Feodora today. 495 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,900 She's going to bring Heidi over. 496 00:31:24,930 --> 00:31:26,250 Heidi? 497 00:31:27,870 --> 00:31:29,660 Her daughter. 498 00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:33,290 I just wanted to do something for my sister. 499 00:31:37,150 --> 00:31:38,640 Albert? 500 00:31:39,850 --> 00:31:40,950 Albert? 501 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,690 I'm so looking forward to meeting my niece. 502 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:55,930 Adelheid, you mean. 503 00:31:56,590 --> 00:31:59,070 Yes, Adelheid. 504 00:32:00,940 --> 00:32:05,320 I hope to help Adelheid in any way I can. 505 00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:07,740 Though I don't seem to be 506 00:32:07,770 --> 00:32:10,360 good at helping anyone at the moment. 507 00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:15,400 What's she like, Feodora? 508 00:32:20,330 --> 00:32:23,030 She's hopeful... 509 00:32:23,060 --> 00:32:25,200 carefree... 510 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:26,580 spirited. 511 00:32:27,410 --> 00:32:29,520 Just like I was at that age; 512 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:33,590 before Mama banished me to Langenburg. 513 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,080 Well, if it's any consolation, Mama always made me feel 514 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:45,360 like she would rather be somewhere else 515 00:32:45,390 --> 00:32:47,090 than in my company. 516 00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:49,500 And yet still she made you feel guilty 517 00:32:49,540 --> 00:32:51,710 for not showing her enough affection. 518 00:32:56,610 --> 00:33:00,580 Albert thinks I should put my childhood behind me. 519 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,070 Perhaps we both can. 520 00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:16,600 You would think that by now we would have found a design 521 00:33:16,630 --> 00:33:19,190 that represented what we are trying to do, 522 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:22,780 but... this looks like a mausoleum. 523 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,260 We want to celebrate the union of art and industry, 524 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,650 not bury it. 525 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:33,890 If we don't start building now, we won't be ready in time. 526 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:38,170 Well, then perhaps our failure to come up with the right design 527 00:33:38,210 --> 00:33:40,660 is a sign, Mr. Cole. 528 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,280 Signs are for the superstitious, sir. 529 00:34:29,330 --> 00:34:30,530 Palmerston. 530 00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:32,950 Russell. 531 00:34:41,060 --> 00:34:42,510 Let me begin by asking: 532 00:34:44,130 --> 00:34:47,310 what does it mean to be a citizen of this great nation? 533 00:34:49,690 --> 00:34:52,900 What does it mean to be an Englishman? 534 00:34:53,970 --> 00:34:56,900 Is it a question of birth? Location? 535 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,110 Dress? 536 00:34:59,150 --> 00:35:02,600 By none of these criteria could Don Pacifico 537 00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:04,430 be called an Englishman, 538 00:35:04,460 --> 00:35:06,160 but I believe, 539 00:35:06,190 --> 00:35:09,470 that to be a subject of Her Majesty the Queen 540 00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:10,780 means so much more 541 00:35:10,820 --> 00:35:13,710 than any of these things. 542 00:35:29,070 --> 00:35:30,700 The builders have increased their estimate 543 00:35:30,730 --> 00:35:32,490 by £10,000. 544 00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:33,940 Which we do not have. 545 00:35:33,980 --> 00:35:36,360 We could make the building smaller, 546 00:35:36,390 --> 00:35:37,840 cut down the number of countries? 547 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,090 Then the whole point of the project would be lost. 548 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,300 It is meant to be a greatexhibition. 549 00:35:44,330 --> 00:35:47,020 I think it still will be great, sir, 550 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:48,990 just on a smaller scale. 551 00:35:49,030 --> 00:35:52,410 I think the only thing that is going to be great, Cole... 552 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,210 will be my humiliation. 553 00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,590 The British citizen, like the Roman, in days of old, 554 00:36:00,620 --> 00:36:02,350 held himself free from indignity, 555 00:36:02,380 --> 00:36:03,830 when he could also say, 556 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:06,320 "Civis Romanus sum;" 557 00:36:06,350 --> 00:36:10,220 so also the British subject, shall feel confident 558 00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:12,880 that the watchful eye and the strong arm 559 00:36:12,910 --> 00:36:14,290 of England, 560 00:36:14,330 --> 00:36:16,880 shall protect him from injustice and wrong, 561 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,710 in whatever land he may be. 562 00:36:29,340 --> 00:36:31,550 Papa! Papa! We have something to show you. 563 00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:32,690 Look! 564 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:34,660 Here it says, 565 00:36:34,690 --> 00:36:37,110 sh-- sh-- sh-- 566 00:36:37,140 --> 00:36:39,460 It says shame about your exhibition, Papa. 567 00:36:39,490 --> 00:36:41,040 Children! 568 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,490 Leave your father in peace. 569 00:36:47,390 --> 00:36:48,740 Albert. 570 00:36:50,260 --> 00:36:52,050 What is it you wanted to talk to me about? 571 00:36:53,570 --> 00:36:54,950 I have been offered the position 572 00:36:54,990 --> 00:36:57,540 of commander-in-chief. 573 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:02,650 Well, there is no one who would do better. 574 00:37:03,890 --> 00:37:06,100 Well, I think there are many people who could 575 00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,350 command the army with distinction, 576 00:37:08,380 --> 00:37:10,940 but I, I, I am the only man 577 00:37:10,970 --> 00:37:13,280 who could bring the exhibition to life. 578 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:14,530 The exhibition 579 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,800 is a dream, a marvelous one, but... 580 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,640 Do you think it is time that I,... 581 00:37:22,670 --> 00:37:24,190 woke up? 582 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:27,260 Perhaps I should. 583 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:45,900 So he refused the position 584 00:37:45,940 --> 00:37:48,110 of commander-in-chief? 585 00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:49,460 That's extraordinary. 586 00:37:49,490 --> 00:37:50,910 I thought he would have leapt at the chance 587 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:52,180 of reorganizing the army. 588 00:37:52,220 --> 00:37:55,150 No, he thought the exhibition more important. 589 00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:58,120 Rather like you putting the defense of Don Pacifico 590 00:37:58,150 --> 00:37:59,290 before your career. 591 00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:03,850 Pam! Pam!Pam, sir! 592 00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:07,750 I think you overestimate my integrity, ma'am. 593 00:38:07,790 --> 00:38:10,340 Nothing, not even a naval blockade, 594 00:38:10,370 --> 00:38:12,380 comes between me and the people. 595 00:38:12,410 --> 00:38:14,410 I knew they'd come round to my way of thinking. 596 00:38:14,450 --> 00:38:17,070 And besides, we did get to teach the Russians a lesson 597 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:18,830 without even firing a shot. 598 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:22,900 God save you, Your Majesty. 599 00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:26,530 How did you know they would come round? 600 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,670 Every paper was predicting your downfall. 601 00:38:29,700 --> 00:38:32,950 I tend not put too much stock in what the papers say, ma'am. 602 00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:45,750 Your Majesty. 603 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:47,130 Mr. Cole. 604 00:38:49,790 --> 00:38:51,140 Is something the matter? 605 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,040 I came because there was still one architect 606 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:56,700 I wanted the prince to meet. 607 00:38:56,730 --> 00:38:59,220 But he has informed me that he will be too busy with his duties 608 00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:02,080 as commander-in-chief to carry on with the exhibition. 609 00:39:03,190 --> 00:39:05,290 But he turned it down. 610 00:39:05,330 --> 00:39:07,530 That was when he still had faith in the exhibition, ma'am. 611 00:39:07,570 --> 00:39:10,920 But he no longer believes he can win over the public. 612 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,160 It seems to me the public are won over by resolve. 613 00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,340 If you believe in something firmly enough, 614 00:39:17,370 --> 00:39:19,550 they will too. 615 00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:21,510 I feel responsible, ma'am. 616 00:39:21,550 --> 00:39:24,140 If the prince has been discouraged, Mr. Cole, 617 00:39:24,170 --> 00:39:26,310 youare not to blame. 618 00:39:26,350 --> 00:39:28,490 Excuse me. 619 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,010 I believe ma'am, that the prince, 620 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,320 has taken a stroll around the gardens. 621 00:39:32,350 --> 00:39:33,660 Thank you. 622 00:39:55,060 --> 00:39:57,450 William has come home early. 623 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:58,720 Will you send for my carriage? 624 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,180 Remember, Sophie, 625 00:40:03,210 --> 00:40:06,110 what I said about America, 626 00:40:06,140 --> 00:40:07,940 I meant it. 627 00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:09,350 Of course. 628 00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:11,940 But first I need to see my son. 629 00:40:11,980 --> 00:40:13,320 It's been too long. 630 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,710 Albert! 631 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:27,930 Albert, wait! 632 00:40:29,240 --> 00:40:30,550 Albert! 633 00:40:38,140 --> 00:40:40,940 I never should have offered you that stupid position. 634 00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:43,870 You were right. 635 00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:46,010 You were right about all of it.No! 636 00:40:46,050 --> 00:40:47,190 No, Albert! 637 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,020 I married a dreamer, 638 00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:54,400 not a soldier. 639 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:57,540 What if you married a failure? 640 00:41:07,030 --> 00:41:09,350 Then I would be proud 641 00:41:09,380 --> 00:41:11,110 to have a husband who was brave enough 642 00:41:11,140 --> 00:41:13,970 to fail at something he believed in. 643 00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,690 William! 644 00:41:41,140 --> 00:41:42,280 William? 645 00:41:42,310 --> 00:41:43,410 Mama! 646 00:41:43,450 --> 00:41:45,490 William! Hello darling. 647 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:46,900 Where are you taking him? 648 00:41:46,940 --> 00:41:48,040 Mama! 649 00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:49,210 What are you doing? 650 00:41:49,250 --> 00:41:50,660 My instructions, Duchess. 651 00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:51,800 Mama! 652 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:52,870 William! 653 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:54,630 Come along.Mama! 654 00:41:54,670 --> 00:41:59,430 I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Shepard and Dr. Payne 655 00:41:59,460 --> 00:42:01,020 from the Sussex Lunatic Asylum. 656 00:42:01,050 --> 00:42:05,060 They're here to examine and certify you as a lunatic. 657 00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:07,440 What other possible explanation could there be 658 00:42:07,470 --> 00:42:09,510 for your behavior? 659 00:42:09,540 --> 00:42:10,650 Get off! 660 00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:12,370 Get off me! 661 00:42:12,410 --> 00:42:13,890 Get your hands off me! What are you doing? 662 00:42:13,930 --> 00:42:16,590 Get off me! How dare you! 663 00:42:16,620 --> 00:42:18,000 You have no right! 664 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:19,590 You have no right to do this! 665 00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:22,320 You are mistaken, my dear. 666 00:42:22,350 --> 00:42:26,110 It is my sad duty to protect you from yourself. 667 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,190 Get off! 668 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,130 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, 669 00:42:46,170 --> 00:42:48,000 this is Mr. Paxton, 670 00:42:48,030 --> 00:42:49,650 who works for the Duke of Devonshire 671 00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:50,860 as head gardener. 672 00:42:50,900 --> 00:42:52,350 The queen felt that given his background, 673 00:42:52,380 --> 00:42:54,000 we'd do better meeting in the open air. 674 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:55,420 What an honor to be here, Your Majesty, 675 00:42:55,450 --> 00:42:56,660 Your Royal Highness. 676 00:42:56,690 --> 00:42:58,520 Well, thank you for coming, Mr. Paxton, 677 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,010 but unless you came with a plan 678 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,840 for a building that is temporary, 679 00:43:01,870 --> 00:43:03,320 will not kill the trees, 680 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:05,080 and can be built within a couple of months, 681 00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,150 then I really feel we will be wasting your time. 682 00:43:07,190 --> 00:43:09,500 What the prince means, Mr. Paxton, 683 00:43:09,530 --> 00:43:11,020 is it is a challenge. 684 00:43:11,050 --> 00:43:13,640 But Mr. Cole assures me that if there is any man for the job, 685 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,090 it is you.Thank you, Your Majesty. 686 00:43:16,130 --> 00:43:19,270 Because I rather attribute my own success to yourself. 687 00:43:20,370 --> 00:43:21,310 Or, to be more specific, 688 00:43:21,340 --> 00:43:23,580 the Victoria Amazonia lily. 689 00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:24,790 You see, 690 00:43:24,830 --> 00:43:27,410 when the duke entrusted me to cultivate the seeds 691 00:43:27,450 --> 00:43:30,180 of this exotic flower, it grew so large 692 00:43:30,210 --> 00:43:33,590 that I was able to balance my own little girl on it. 693 00:43:33,630 --> 00:43:36,350 Weren't you scared she'd drown? 694 00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:38,150 I assure you it was quite safe. 695 00:43:38,180 --> 00:43:40,980 The plants are surprisingly strong. 696 00:43:41,010 --> 00:43:44,780 Like these lilies, the secret is in the rigidity 697 00:43:44,810 --> 00:43:47,160 provided by the radiating ribs 698 00:43:47,190 --> 00:43:49,060 connecting with flexible cross-ribs. 699 00:43:49,090 --> 00:43:53,580 The Victoria Amazonia lily grew so large, 700 00:43:53,610 --> 00:43:56,820 that I had to design a new greenhouse on a grand scale 701 00:43:56,860 --> 00:43:59,000 to fit it; my design was inspired 702 00:43:59,030 --> 00:44:01,690 by structure of the leaves themselves. 703 00:44:01,730 --> 00:44:04,310 Was it expensive? 704 00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:06,210 Not now that the tax on glass has gone. 705 00:44:06,250 --> 00:44:08,280 And was it easy to build? 706 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:10,040 It didn't take more than a couple of months. 707 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:11,980 And can it be taken down? 708 00:44:12,010 --> 00:44:13,430 I haven't tried it yet, 709 00:44:13,460 --> 00:44:16,390 but, it should be easy. 710 00:44:16,430 --> 00:44:17,400 What about the trees? 711 00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:18,910 Would they be able to survive inside of it? 712 00:44:18,950 --> 00:44:20,500 Papa, 713 00:44:20,540 --> 00:44:23,780 it's a conservatory, it's what it's designed for! 714 00:44:23,820 --> 00:44:25,850 Well, in that case, Mr. Paxton, 715 00:44:25,890 --> 00:44:28,370 I, I think these lilies may provide further assistance 716 00:44:28,410 --> 00:44:29,720 to your career. 717 00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:31,550 Would you be able to build your, your conservatory 718 00:44:31,580 --> 00:44:35,340 on an even larger scale, big enough to house 719 00:44:35,380 --> 00:44:38,760 the entire contents of the world's manufacturing? 720 00:44:39,940 --> 00:44:42,560 A greenhouse to the gods. 721 00:44:43,940 --> 00:44:45,800 A Crystal Palace. 722 00:44:48,910 --> 00:44:51,810 I remember how ready I felt for my coronation. 723 00:44:52,810 --> 00:44:55,540 Now I see how unprepared I was. 724 00:44:57,540 --> 00:45:01,580 I never doubted you for a moment, ma'am. 725 00:45:03,340 --> 00:45:06,170 I was fortunate to have wise minds 726 00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,620 who believed in me when... 727 00:45:08,650 --> 00:45:09,970 when I could not. 728 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,700 I never had a daughter, ma'am, 729 00:45:16,730 --> 00:45:19,940 but if I had, I like to think 730 00:45:19,980 --> 00:45:22,840 she would have been something like you. 731 00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:25,710 I never had a father. 732 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,780 But I... 733 00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:34,020 think I know what it feels to lose one. 734 00:45:44,410 --> 00:45:46,550 Stick to your guns, ma'am. 735 00:45:46,590 --> 00:45:48,690 When you reach my age, you will realize 736 00:45:48,730 --> 00:45:54,290 there's no point getting sentimental about endings. 737 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:20,550 Hop, hop, hop, skotch, hop. 738 00:46:44,610 --> 00:46:45,920 Mama! 739 00:46:59,700 --> 00:47:00,560 Children, 740 00:47:00,590 --> 00:47:03,700 this is your cousin Adelheid. 741 00:47:08,050 --> 00:47:11,020 Welcome to Buckingham Palace, cousin Adelheid. 742 00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,330 Please call me Heidi. 743 00:47:17,130 --> 00:47:19,470 Come, Heidi. 744 00:47:27,550 --> 00:47:28,660 It's your turn. 745 00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:38,530 This morning I received yet another report 746 00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,630 that every anarchist in Europe 747 00:47:40,670 --> 00:47:42,080 is intending to come 748 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,470 to the Great Exhibition. 749 00:47:45,500 --> 00:47:47,190 And you believe this 750 00:47:47,230 --> 00:47:50,020 to be true, Prime Minister? 751 00:47:50,060 --> 00:47:51,260 On this particular matter, 752 00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:54,410 I agree with the foreign secretary. 753 00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:58,890 We were one of the only nations to prevent revolution. 754 00:47:58,930 --> 00:48:00,240 And you now decide, quite literally, 755 00:48:00,270 --> 00:48:01,620 to invite it in. 756 00:48:04,660 --> 00:48:06,970 Shall I begin the process 757 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,450 of disinvitation, 758 00:48:08,490 --> 00:48:09,830 if such a word exists. 759 00:48:13,940 --> 00:48:15,250 No, I don't think so. 760 00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:18,050 You see, Lord Palmerston, 761 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:23,190 you are not the only man with a vision for this country. 762 00:48:23,230 --> 00:48:26,780 But my husband has vision for a country that leads by... 763 00:48:29,410 --> 00:48:32,510 curiosity rather than intimidation, 764 00:48:32,550 --> 00:48:35,380 competition rather than conflict. 765 00:48:35,410 --> 00:48:40,830 A vision that trusts in the very best part of human nature, 766 00:48:40,870 --> 00:48:42,180 not the worst. 767 00:48:43,970 --> 00:48:46,150 You put it so well, ma'am, 768 00:48:46,180 --> 00:48:50,500 but the public do not see the exhibition in the same light. 769 00:48:50,530 --> 00:48:53,670 Well, as you know from recent experience, Lord Palmerston, 770 00:48:53,710 --> 00:48:57,020 the public can change their mind in an afternoon. 771 00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,130 Sounds as if your mind is made up. 772 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:02,650 It is. 773 00:49:10,650 --> 00:49:13,480 Congratulations on your victory in Parliament, 774 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:14,730 Lord Palmerston. 775 00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:17,490 Your Serene Highness, how kind of you. 776 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:22,460 You know, I could almost believe we were friends. 777 00:49:22,490 --> 00:49:24,050 But your type don't have friends, 778 00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:26,500 only allies. 779 00:49:26,530 --> 00:49:28,640 Can an ally ask for assistance? 780 00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:33,060 I have a daughter 781 00:49:33,090 --> 00:49:35,160 who is now of a marriageable age. 782 00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,850 And you think I may know some eligible young men? 783 00:49:38,890 --> 00:49:40,370 Tell me, 784 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:42,480 it wasn't by any chance the queen's idea 785 00:49:42,510 --> 00:49:44,520 to invite your daughter? 786 00:49:44,550 --> 00:49:48,520 She has been most encouraging. 787 00:49:54,530 --> 00:49:56,080 Thank you. 788 00:49:57,220 --> 00:49:59,770 Only you could have known what to say. 789 00:49:59,810 --> 00:50:02,150 You know me better than anyone. 790 00:50:04,670 --> 00:50:08,300 You know me better than anyone. 791 00:50:08,330 --> 00:50:10,160 That's why you've had enough. 792 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:11,540 What? 793 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,410 I've done everything I can to make you love me again. 794 00:50:19,830 --> 00:50:21,830 I can't turn back time. 795 00:50:31,740 --> 00:50:33,360 What if... 796 00:50:34,770 --> 00:50:38,330 I loved you in a different way? 797 00:50:39,020 --> 00:50:40,330 What kind of different way? 798 00:50:41,610 --> 00:50:42,880 Well, it is ten years 799 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,060 since we were married. 800 00:50:47,850 --> 00:50:49,960 We have changed. 801 00:50:53,650 --> 00:50:58,070 Perhaps our love has changed. 802 00:51:00,180 --> 00:51:02,730 But of course I love you. 803 00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,050 Well, I should think so. 804 00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:16,300 Albert! 805 00:51:16,330 --> 00:51:17,850 Albert, give that back! 806 00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:20,200 Wadsworth. 807 00:51:20,230 --> 00:51:21,610 I was reading that! 808 00:51:22,234 --> 00:51:28,234 *CREDITS*