1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:03,870 - We are orphans now, you and I. - Not quite orphans. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,510 Your father left her all alone here, and so we comforted one another. 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:09,790 Comforted? 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,670 You're engaged? Congratulations. Excuse me. 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,270 You're not the only woman who has felt herself in low spirits 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,070 after the birth of a child. Tomorrow it will be easier. 7 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,350 I wonder how Prince Ernest is finding his new life as the Duke. 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,510 I suppose he will have to find a bride. 9 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,230 Victoria married to a bastard because of your behaviour! 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,320 No-one must find out, not even Victoria. 11 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:16,360 It's called the Victoria and Albert. 12 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,990 And darling, we're going to see the world in it. 13 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,230 Perhaps we should start by visiting Uncle Leopold in Belgium. 14 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,880 It's about time we saw inside one of his palaces, don't you think? 15 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,160 Thank you. 16 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,470 Where else would you like to go? 17 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,190 Louis Philippe had a meeting promised yesterday. 18 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,230 It's his son Antoine, the Duke of Montpensier that worries me. 19 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,310 - Indeed, sir. - Good morning, Sir Robert. 20 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:48,840 Lord Alfred. 21 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:55,550 Our ambassador in Madrid writes that the French are, as he puts it, 22 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,480 'sniffing around the young Spanish Queen'. 23 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,870 The Duke of Montpensier was there last week 24 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,750 - and presented her with a zebra. - What a curious present. 25 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:06,910 I'm not sure I would have married you, Albert, 26 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,190 if you'd given me such thing. So inconvenient. And the poor beast 27 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,430 coming all the way from Africa, it must find the climate most trying. 28 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,030 - I believe the climate is very warm in Spain, ma'am. - Of course. 29 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,030 But surely Queen Isabel can find a husband for herself. 30 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,230 Queen Isabel is not yet of age, ma'am. 31 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,280 And her mother, who acts as regent, makes all the decisions. 32 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:29,990 Poor girl. 33 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,670 A French match would be against the British interest. 34 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,990 Louis Philippe wants to create a French empire in Europe 35 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,110 through marriage. That would affect trade 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,230 and our access to India. 37 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,590 We spent 20 years fighting Napoleon, we don't want another war. 38 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,560 No, indeed. 39 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,910 Perhaps I should write a letter to King Louis Philippe 40 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,400 to express our displeasure at the thought of a Spanish match. 41 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,320 What do you think, Albert? 42 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,280 Erm... 43 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,480 .. I'm not sure I am qualified to have an opinion. 44 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,230 Not qualified? 45 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,350 I'm sure Uncle Leopold would be horrified to hear such a thing. 46 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,710 I'm not sure writing would do any good, ma'am. 47 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,790 Louis Philippe is only on the throne because he's a very wily man. 48 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,790 - He will not easily be deflected. - Well, I think a self-made king 49 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,990 like Louis Philippe should be flattered 50 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,040 to get a letter from an anointed Queen. I shall see to it. 51 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,390 Sir, I worry that a letter from Her Majesty 52 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,870 might be misinterpreted. 53 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,710 You are aware, of course, that your Uncle Leopold 54 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:40,310 wants Prince Ferdinand to marry Queen Isabel? 55 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,390 That's not my concern. 56 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,470 Indeed not, sir. But... 57 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,800 I suspect Louis Philippe will think there is a covert conspiracy. 58 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,680 I am not my uncle's keeper. 59 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,960 ~ 60 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,470 You have so many secrets from me, you have to hide your diary? 61 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,390 Secrets? 62 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,160 I don't have any secrets. 63 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:34,800 Not from you, anyway. 64 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,390 Sir Robert... 65 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,680 does not think that we should write to Louis Philippe. 66 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,320 Why not? 67 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,630 Well, he... 68 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,360 believes he will think that we are promoting a Coburg match. 69 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:05,150 Of course it would be better for England if Queen Isabella 70 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,270 married a Coburg, but we're hardly promoting the match. 71 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,110 The important thing is that she doesn't marry the French Prince. 72 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:13,960 Hm. 73 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,280 Perhaps Peel is right, a letter is pointless. 74 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,470 I think I need to look Louis Philippe in the eye 75 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,280 and settle the matter in person. 76 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,430 A visit to France? 77 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,390 I wonder, ma'am, is that wise? 78 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,910 Louis Philippe is a master of duplicity. 79 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:38,430 I have had some experience of people who say one thing and mean another, 80 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,430 - Sir Robert. - Indeed, ma'am. But his father, the Duke of Orleans, 81 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,070 supported the Revolution, only to face the guillotine 82 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,790 during the Terror, so Louis Philippe has learned to trust no-one. 83 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:51,590 I have always found him extremely difficult to deal with. 84 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,310 Which is exactly why I must go. 85 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,950 Between monarchs, there can be a real frankness. 86 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,150 I can say things to him that you cannot. 87 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,950 And I shall have Albert by my side, 88 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,470 - I could not have a more able advisor. - Indeed. 89 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:05,710 Erm... please, both of you, forgive me. 90 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:08,440 There is something I have to attend to. 91 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,750 Excuse me, ma'am, I wonder, is the Prince entirely himself? 92 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,990 He still seems most affected by his father's death. 93 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,520 I think perhaps a trip to France might revive his spirits. 94 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,950 Well, I only wish I could accompany you, ma'am, 95 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,080 but I have pressing business here. 96 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,270 Might I suggest that you take Drummond 97 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,670 to represent the government? He could be useful. 98 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:37,990 I have no objection to Drummond, Sir Robert, 99 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,760 but I do need a nursemaid. 100 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,950 Which dress would you like to travel in, ma'am? 101 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,110 The purple silk or the white organza? 102 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,520 - Uh... the purple silk, I think. - Very good, ma'am. 103 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,910 Skerrett, have you seen my bag? 104 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,550 The one with Dash embroidered on it. I can't find it anywhere. 105 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,200 It's over here, ma'am. 106 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:12,230 Here it is. 107 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,470 Oh. See, I can't travel abroad without Dash. 108 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,440 So it's true, ma'am, we are to travel to France? 109 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,830 Quite true. 110 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,670 And may I ask who is to accompany you? 111 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,190 Why, you and Miss Coke, and Lord Alfred, of course, 112 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:31,470 and Mr Drummond is coming from the Government. 113 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,310 Lehzen, I am so sorry. 114 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,070 Who else could I trust to look after my children? 115 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,310 With your permission, ma'am, I would like to be excused. 116 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:44,830 What nonsense. 117 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:48,110 I can't face the French court without my Mistress of the Robes. 118 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,430 But ma'am, France is a Godless country. 119 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,600 Then you must bring your Bible. 120 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,510 Do you know I'm the first British monarch to visit France 121 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,280 since Henry VIII? 122 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,510 I hope this could be the start of a new relationship. 123 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:14,470 I'm sure that between us, we can make Louis Philippe see 124 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,680 it would be unwise to jeopardise such an alliance. Don't you think? 125 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,400 - Albert? - Sorry, Victoria, I'm... 126 00:09:26,620 --> 00:09:27,840 I'm not a good sailor. 127 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,590 - I can't get used to it. - Haven't you been on a boat before, Ms Skerrett? 128 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,670 - I've never seen the sea before. - Oh. 129 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,030 You'll get your sea legs right enough. 130 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,270 I thought I would die from the sickness 131 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,840 when I first got on the boat from Ireland, but you get used to it. 132 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,590 - Poupee? - A doll. 133 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,390 Maybe we speak English, Victoria? 134 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,470 I'm the first French King to be able to speak your language, 135 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,360 and I would be delighted to practise. 136 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,630 Coburg. 137 00:10:52,680 --> 00:10:55,430 I am very glad to meet you finally, monsieur. 138 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,400 Pleasure. 139 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,990 You are a very charming couple. 140 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,320 So young, so fresh. 141 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:39,190 Kissed on both cheeks, as if she were a washerwoman. 142 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,630 I believe it is the French way. 143 00:11:41,680 --> 00:11:44,310 Isn't that right, Lord Alfred? 144 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,160 I've no idea. 145 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,950 To think I promised your mother I'd look after you, 146 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,310 and here we are in Sodom and Gomorrah. 147 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,630 The country has no shame. 148 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,000 Those court ladies... 149 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,960 Welcome to the Chateau d'Eu, my summer cottage. 150 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,830 Did you notice the way the court ladies were staring at me? 151 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,510 They were probably just admiring your jewels, ma'am. 152 00:13:52,560 --> 00:13:54,680 I don't think it was admiration. 153 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,760 I think they thought there was something missing. 154 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,040 Skerrett... 155 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:09,230 .. could you find me something to enhance my complexion? 156 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:12,080 I want to look more... worldly. 157 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,000 Certainly, ma'am. 158 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,350 Lord Alfred, do you observe that all the ladies' faces, 159 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,710 - they are painted? - Yes, I think you may be right. 160 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,830 - And paint is surprising, no? - The French take a different view 161 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,710 - on these matters. - Yes, I believe even the King might... 162 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,520 ~ 163 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,670 I'm so happy to see you, my dear Duke, as I'm sure are all my court. 164 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:49,200 The pleasure is all mine. 165 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,480 Albert. 166 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,390 I'm surprised that you could leave Coburg. 167 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,710 The only surprising thing is that I didn't leave sooner. 168 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,400 Oh, merci. 169 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,630 A charming touch, don't you think? 170 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,560 To send all the ladies flowers to match the colour of their dress. 171 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:33,950 I wonder, miss, erm... 172 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,190 as you speak French, if you could translate something for me? 173 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,360 It's for the Queen. 174 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,550 It's a lotion... 175 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,310 for the... the chest area. 176 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,430 - Bonsoir. - Guten Abend. - I must offer my condolences 177 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:04,720 - on the death of your father, mes chers cousins. - Merci, Louis. 178 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:10,440 My father met his end in the embrace of Madame la Guillotine. 179 00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:14,030 He made the mistake of thinking that he could ally himself 180 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:18,880 with the mob. But in the end, they turned on him, too. 181 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,350 I loved my father, he took particular care of my education 182 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,830 in every respect. There are not many men 183 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,470 who would share a woman like Madame Genlis with their son. 184 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,630 So you understand now, mon cher cousin, 185 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,040 why I am so determined to secure the future for my family. 186 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,430 Well, every man wants that. 187 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,910 I am the only King in Europe who has had to make his own living. 188 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,200 I don't want my son Antoine to face the same fate. 189 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,800 Sa Majeste, La Reine Victoria. 190 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,720 How beautiful you look, ma cousine. 191 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:26,510 - Ernest, what a lovely surprise. - Is it really you, Victoria? 192 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,760 For a moment there, I thought I was back in Paris. 193 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,830 The Queen looks so well with these flowers. 194 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,600 She could be French. 195 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,470 I was hoping, Louis Philippe, that we'd talk about 196 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,670 the future husband of the Queen of Spain. 197 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,710 I know it is a subject of which we both take an interest. 198 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,190 My dear Victoria, remember that you're in France, 199 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,000 and in my country, we never mix business with pleasure. 200 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,350 Mm. 201 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:38,830 Mm. 202 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,150 Mm. 203 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,710 The ortolan is a great delicacy. 204 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,310 The birds are trapped and then drowned in Armagnac. 205 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,870 - Drowned? - I've been close to death on several occasions, 206 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:55,510 and I assure you I would not mind drowning in very old Armagnac. 207 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,390 - It does seem rather cruel, though. - Wait until you've tasted one. 208 00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:02,120 Fortune favours the bold. 209 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:06,680 Taste it. 210 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,040 The napkin is to hide your face from God, ma cher cousine. 211 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,280 Look at that. 212 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,950 Such a shame the Duchess had to retire with a headache. 213 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,310 I think she might consider it to be the devil's work. 214 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,190 Well, I'm prepared to be led into temptation. 215 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,120 What about you, Drummond? 216 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:48,200 I think to refuse such a creation might cause a diplomatic incident. 217 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,760 Albert. 218 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,750 I'm beginning to think Louis Philippe has no intention 219 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,670 of discussing the Spanish situation. 220 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,760 When I brought it up, he changed the subject entirely. 221 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,710 I can't complain about the hospitality, though. 222 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,280 Although I don't want to eat those ortolans again. Do you? 223 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,360 I do not wish to do any of it again. 224 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,280 Ma'am. 225 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,240 Albert, what's the matter with you? 226 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,080 I'm just not comfortable here, Victoria. 227 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,640 It is a place of artifice and deceit. 228 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,800 Louis Philippe is a man of the most vulgar tastes. 229 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:59,000 The court ladies, they do not have any concept of purity. 230 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,320 And... 231 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,960 And tonight... 232 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,720 .. when you came in, I saw that... 233 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,270 .. you had painted your face. 234 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,720 Why would you feel the need to do that? 235 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,920 The French ladies looked so smart. 236 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,000 I wanted to look more like them and less like the Duchess of Buccleuch. 237 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,120 Please never do it again. 238 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,150 I do not know if I could bear it. 239 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:45,640 It was only a little rouge, Albert, but... 240 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,320 .. yes, of course. 241 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,960 If it means so much to you. 242 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,870 Have you managed to speak to Louis Philippe about the Spanish Queen? 243 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,360 Do you know what we talked about? The King and I? 244 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,470 About how his father passed down his mistress to him 245 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,950 - to complete his education. - The French do things differently. 246 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,080 And we're here to do business, not to judge them. 247 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:24,760 Your family is hardly blameless. Think of Uncle Leopold. 248 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,150 What do you mean? 249 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,520 - He, too, has a mistress. - Exactly! 250 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,200 It's why we have to be different. 251 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,600 We are different. 252 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,080 Well, I wish that I could believe that. 253 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:57,670 - Apres vous. - Everything here is so charming. 254 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,230 I had no idea that kitchen gardens could be so delightful. 255 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,590 My pride and joy. 256 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:05,750 We French believe that there is beauty in a cabbage 257 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:09,110 as well as a rose. And when you've starved on the streets, 258 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,960 you realise how beautiful a cabbage can be. 259 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,150 You've lived an interesting life, cousin. 260 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,550 I've been lucky. When I was teaching in Switzerland 261 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,910 or in your country trying to make a living, 262 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,830 I never thought that one day I would be King of the French. 263 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,910 There are many people in my country 264 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,920 who thought that I would not be Queen. But I never doubted it. 265 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,320 A speciality of the chateau. 266 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:53,950 Merci. 267 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,990 My years of real life taught me 268 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,830 that you should never go anywhere without a knife. 269 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:03,280 - Well, you don't call this real life, do you? - Don't you? 270 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,990 I'm a patriot to my bones. 271 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,190 But still, I envy you and your country. 272 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:17,110 Even with its rain and its roast beef. 273 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,640 But this... ah, this is glorious. 274 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,590 - You know how many times my people tried to kill me? - Seven times. 275 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,310 We have that in common. I, too, was shot at. 276 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,840 Yeah, but in your case, I believe the gun was not loaded. 277 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,600 I don't mind so much for myself. 278 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:42,710 But for my children, I want safety. The kind that you English enjoy. 279 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:44,710 Then you should reconsider the marriage 280 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:46,710 between your son and the Spanish Queen. 281 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,520 Such an alliance I... 282 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:52,710 .. I fear would upset the balance between our countries. 283 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,720 You are an iron fist in a velvet glove. 284 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:02,510 You look so delicate, so charming, so mignon. 285 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,750 But inside you are Boudicca. 286 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,910 If the Spanish Queen were to be married to Prince Ferdinand, 287 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,230 well, that, too, would have consequences. 288 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,590 These handsome Coburg princes cannot be allowed to build an empire 289 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,830 - by snapping up all the queens of Europe. - I was not snapped up. 290 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,520 I chose to marry Albert because I love him. 291 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,830 If I was a young lady like you, I, too, would lose my heart 292 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,760 for such beautiful eyes. 293 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,000 But he's a Coburg nonetheless. 294 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:43,750 - You must forgive me, but we French are cynic... - Cynical? 295 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,950 Cynical when it comes to the matter of the heart. 296 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,590 Which I, not to confuse love and marriage, 297 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,640 - but I can see now that is not the English way. - No. 298 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,230 No, it is not. 299 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:57,910 Ha. 300 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:01,630 There is a time to be serious, but it's never before lunch. 301 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:07,560 And in your honour, I arranged a petite fete champetre. Come. 302 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,310 Lovely. 303 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,550 Isn't it charming, sir? 304 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,390 I know how much you like forests. 305 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:41,080 This is hardly a forest, Lord Alfred. 306 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,840 It's more akin to a boudoir. 307 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:50,160 Well, your French is improving, sir, I must say. 308 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,950 I just wanted to say how sorry I was 309 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,470 to hear of the death of your father, sir. 310 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,830 Thank you, Miss Coke. 311 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,790 You must be feeling his loss very deeply. 312 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,840 Oh, I am finding ways to distract myself. 313 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,270 - But I thought... - What did you think, Miss Coke? 314 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,040 That I was a man of delicate sensibility? 315 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,480 I'm afraid I must disappoint you. 316 00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,030 Albert. 317 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,950 Are you all right? 318 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:54,030 Yeah. The marquise and I are talking about livestock. 319 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,440 She prefers goat's milk for bathing. 320 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:00,690 May I? 321 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,880 Ah. Excusez-moi. 322 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:08,400 Ernest, I'm... 323 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,400 .. concerned. 324 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:14,600 You're behaving like Papa. 325 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,000 I like to think that I'm honouring his memory. 326 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,990 No, no, no. 327 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,240 A dish of tea and some toast. 328 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,830 - Duchess. - Oh, Lord Alfred, thank goodness. 329 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,350 Will you tell the man all I require is a dish of tea and some toast? 330 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,680 None of this foreign food. 331 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,760 My dear Duchess, I can assure you that the bread is fresh. 332 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,960 But it's such a peculiar shape. 333 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,190 I wondered if you could explain to me how the coppicing is managed. 334 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,310 Perhaps if we go for a walk, you can meet le charbonnier. 335 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,280 He will tell you how often we cut the trees. 336 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,760 Where are we going? 337 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,600 You walk very quickly. 338 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,830 I enjoy the exercise. 339 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,240 - Do you not? - Not really. 340 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,590 Do you never tire of all of this... 341 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:11,310 tableau vivant? 342 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,470 I'm a Prince. One day I ought to marry a queen. 343 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,120 Like you. 344 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,880 What are you doing? 345 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,630 I'm going to swim. 346 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,110 But it will be cold and wet. It's not civilised. 347 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,760 Precisely. 348 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:47,440 Shall we? 349 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:50,020 I don't see why not. 350 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,680 Whoa! 351 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,990 I like my bathing water warm like a woman's thigh. 352 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,760 Well, I think my brother has a point. 353 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,360 Ah-ha! 354 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:46,670 Whoo! 355 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,320 Oh! 356 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,920 Ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha! 357 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,510 How strange. 358 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,910 - That sounds like... - Some peasants. 359 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,200 There is a place nearby where they like to bathe. 360 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:22,240 Oh! 361 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,670 Yes. Just some peasants. 362 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,240 They must have the simple pleasures. 363 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,960 Oh! 364 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,680 Whoo! 365 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,680 - Ah. - Whoo! 366 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,760 Whoo! 367 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,560 - How was your afternoon? - Oh, wonderful, thank you, sir. 368 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,960 Did you enjoy your swim, Albert? 369 00:34:33,240 --> 00:34:34,840 I saw you. 370 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:38,480 And so did la Duchesse de Berri. 371 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,710 What possessed you? 372 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:45,150 Is that conduct becoming for the husband of the Queen of England? 373 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,840 What sort of man are you? 374 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,330 Oh. 375 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,070 La Duchesse says that you, Albert, that you are a noble peasant. 376 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,160 Oh. What do you think? 377 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:03,550 Well, I wish you would stop looking so disapproving 378 00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,350 and maybe smile a bit more. And I can't understand why 379 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,390 we can't stay in bed a little bit longer in the mornings. 380 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,950 But nevertheless, I have to say... 381 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,910 .. you're the man that I love. 382 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,560 Till death do us part. 383 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,360 As long as we both shall live. 384 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,150 Shh! 385 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,150 I... 386 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,040 I need to tell you something, but I do not know where to begin. 387 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,240 When I was in Coburg... 388 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:24,840 .. Leopold... 389 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,360 .. Leopold told me that he believes that he is my father. 390 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,280 Your mother and Uncle Leopold? 391 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,000 He asked me not to tell... 392 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,280 .. anyone. 393 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,440 But I find I cannot bear this alone. 394 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,720 Albert, listen to me. 395 00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,790 Yes, of course Leopold wants to believe he's your father, 396 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,440 any man would. 397 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,440 But he can't know for certain. 398 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,560 But I'm an impostor. 399 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,830 Our children. 400 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,710 Our marriage. 401 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,080 All of it built on deceit. 402 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,320 I would be a bastard, Victoria. 403 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,600 I'm ashamed to stand by your side. 404 00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,000 Then we have a problem. 405 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,600 Because I cannot face this world without you. 406 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:13,920 Albert, I don't care who your father is. 407 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,360 All that matters to me is you... 408 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,750 .. my husband... 409 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,440 standing by my side now and always. 410 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,480 But... 411 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:30,360 .. I'm not the man you married. 412 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,160 Albert, I know who you are... 413 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,000 .. even if you don't. 414 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,120 Now, you take my hand... 415 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,880 .. and we go downstairs and we'll do what we came here to do. 416 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,080 Together. 417 00:39:11,820 --> 00:39:15,730 I would like to thank you, dear cousin, for your hospitality. 418 00:39:15,780 --> 00:39:18,370 This has been my first visit to France. 419 00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:21,500 - I do hope it won't be my last. - No, indeed. 420 00:39:22,220 --> 00:39:25,410 Our two nations should be, as they say in America, 421 00:39:25,460 --> 00:39:27,380 kissing cousins. 422 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:29,930 But we are at odds. 423 00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:32,690 You want your son to marry the Spanish Queen, 424 00:39:32,740 --> 00:39:35,290 and yet my government... well... 425 00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:38,370 they will say it is tantamount to a declaration of war. 426 00:39:38,420 --> 00:39:41,090 But if the Spanish Queen marries your cousin, 427 00:39:41,140 --> 00:39:42,730 Prince Ferdinand of Coburg, 428 00:39:42,780 --> 00:39:45,610 who is so closely allied with your good self, 429 00:39:45,660 --> 00:39:49,690 then my government will think it is an act of aggression. 430 00:39:49,740 --> 00:39:52,450 That is what we call in France an impasse. 431 00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,500 There is another solution... 432 00:39:56,500 --> 00:39:58,410 .. should we wish to take it. 433 00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:00,770 Imagine, if you will... 434 00:40:00,820 --> 00:40:02,420 that... 435 00:40:03,940 --> 00:40:05,980 .. this bunch of grapes... 436 00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:11,580 .. is the Queen of Spain. 437 00:40:14,860 --> 00:40:18,020 Now, here they are on the vine. 438 00:40:19,580 --> 00:40:22,570 They look delicious, don't you agree? 439 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:26,210 But they are guarded by a vicious dog. 440 00:40:26,260 --> 00:40:29,380 So the first person that picks a grape... 441 00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:32,020 .. is bitten by the dog. 442 00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:34,930 Mauled to death. 443 00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:37,930 So the question that we have to ask ourselves is 444 00:40:37,980 --> 00:40:42,460 are the grapes, delicious though they are, worth the consequence? 445 00:40:47,340 --> 00:40:50,170 So if I follow your metaphor... 446 00:40:50,220 --> 00:40:53,340 you propose that we both do nothing? 447 00:40:55,460 --> 00:40:59,490 It would be a shame to let our new friendship wither on the vine. 448 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,730 But my government will think that I am weak. 449 00:41:02,780 --> 00:41:04,900 They don't trust British. 450 00:41:05,780 --> 00:41:08,730 Perfide Albion, Napoleon said. Excuse me, ma cheri. 451 00:41:08,780 --> 00:41:11,740 Surely you do not care what your ministers think? 452 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:15,690 Surely you have the authority to present a... 453 00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:17,700 a fait accompli. 454 00:41:18,940 --> 00:41:21,980 The understanding of one sovereign to another. 455 00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:32,780 So let's drink champagne... 456 00:41:33,740 --> 00:41:39,210 .. to celebrate the new understanding between our two great nations. 457 00:41:39,260 --> 00:41:44,580 To the understanding between us, to the Entente Cordiale. 458 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:47,250 To the Entente Cordiale. 459 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,800 Champagne! 460 00:42:22,260 --> 00:42:23,900 I miss France. 461 00:42:24,820 --> 00:42:26,820 I don't. 462 00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:29,410 Did you not enjoy it at all? 463 00:42:29,460 --> 00:42:33,050 You have to admit that the French court was extremely elegant. 464 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:35,420 Elegance is all very well, but... 465 00:42:36,860 --> 00:42:39,620 .. my brother Mungo was killed at Trafalgar. 466 00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:43,370 They may do things with style, Wilhelmina, 467 00:42:43,420 --> 00:42:45,490 but I do not like the French. 468 00:42:45,540 --> 00:42:47,540 At heart, they are not... 469 00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:50,210 .. respectable. 470 00:42:50,260 --> 00:42:52,930 What about you, Drummond, what do you think? 471 00:42:52,980 --> 00:42:55,370 I agree with the Duchess. 472 00:42:55,420 --> 00:43:00,220 The trip was stylish but... not altogether respectable. 473 00:43:09,980 --> 00:43:12,580 Hello! Oh! 474 00:43:13,340 --> 00:43:15,010 Hello, darling. 475 00:43:15,060 --> 00:43:16,690 Mwah. 476 00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:18,460 Have you missed me? Oh. 477 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:22,530 Vicky. Hello. 478 00:43:22,580 --> 00:43:24,330 Oh, let's see you. 479 00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:27,330 My goodness, Lehzen. You've grown. 480 00:43:27,380 --> 00:43:29,250 It took a while, of course, 481 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:32,210 for Louis Philippe to see things from our point of view, 482 00:43:32,260 --> 00:43:35,130 but once he had heard the arguments for mutual neutrality, 483 00:43:35,180 --> 00:43:37,530 he realised that was the only reasonable position. 484 00:43:37,580 --> 00:43:39,850 Albert was so eloquent, really. 485 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:42,130 It was his words that convinced the King. 486 00:43:42,180 --> 00:43:45,460 - To His Royal Highness. - His Royal Highness. 487 00:43:49,700 --> 00:43:51,810 Well, we are grateful to you, sir. 488 00:43:51,860 --> 00:43:54,410 The country cannot afford another war with France. 489 00:43:54,460 --> 00:43:56,370 Do you really think it would come to that? 490 00:43:56,420 --> 00:43:59,250 - I found Louis Philippe most congenial. - I'm sure he was, ma'am. 491 00:43:59,300 --> 00:44:01,170 But his country is not. 492 00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:04,130 They've had one revolution, they could easily have another. 493 00:44:04,180 --> 00:44:07,330 When a king is under pressure, the easiest way to unite his people 494 00:44:07,380 --> 00:44:10,340 - is to find a common enemy. - Hm. 495 00:44:12,820 --> 00:44:14,810 Do you wish to say something, Duchess? 496 00:44:14,860 --> 00:44:17,050 I was merely thinking how pleasant it is 497 00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:20,530 - to be eating English food again. - You are too old-fashioned. 498 00:44:20,580 --> 00:44:24,010 - I thought the food was delicious. - It is not honest food. 499 00:44:24,060 --> 00:44:27,770 Everything's covered in sauces. Who knows what's underneath? 500 00:44:27,820 --> 00:44:31,250 Give me a wholesome plate of boiled mutton and turnips. 501 00:45:06,820 --> 00:45:09,330 Albert, what is it? Whatever's the matter? 502 00:45:09,380 --> 00:45:11,410 We have been deceived. 503 00:45:11,460 --> 00:45:14,610 Your Majesty, King Louis' son has become engaged 504 00:45:14,660 --> 00:45:16,340 to the Spanish Queen. 505 00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:21,900 - Louis Philippe gave us his word. - He was using us, Victoria. 506 00:45:44,380 --> 00:45:47,900 I really thought we had achieved something great there. 507 00:45:49,700 --> 00:45:51,540 Albert, look at me. 508 00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:57,580 As Wellington would say, we may have lost the battle... 509 00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:03,820 When we went to France, we were... not ourselves, you and I. 510 00:46:05,500 --> 00:46:07,500 But now, whatever happens... 511 00:46:07,980 --> 00:46:09,980 .. we're united. 512 00:46:12,900 --> 00:46:15,060 There are no secrets between us. 513 00:46:17,180 --> 00:46:19,060 No secrets. 514 00:46:27,140 --> 00:46:29,370 Actually, that's not... 515 00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:31,420 quite true.