7.046 minSeason 3 • Episode 8
LatestThe world's eyes are on the Great Exhibition, and the Royal couple. Does triumph or failure beckon? Lives will be changed forever as intrigue unfolds amongst the exhibits.
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
Acting
Jenna Coleman transforms from teen rebel to iron-willed matriarch
Production
Palace sets so lavish you'll forget they built them for TV
Costume
Evolving wardrobes that literally track her growing power
Creator
Daisy Goodwin
Jenna Coleman
Queen Victoria
Tom Hughes
Prince Albert
Nell Hudson
Nancy Skerrett
Ferdinand Kingsley
Francatelli
Adrian Schiller
Penge
Tommy Knight
Archibald Brodie
Anna Wilson-Jones
Lady Emma Portman
Jordan Waller
Lord Alfred Paget
Lily Travers
Duchess Sophie of Monmouth
Laurie Shepherd
Prince Bertie
Kate Fleetwood
Princess Feodora
Laurence Fox
Lord Palmerston
John Sessions
Lord John Russell
David Burnett
Joseph
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jenna Coleman stayed in character so intensely between takes that crew started calling her 'Your Majesty' accidentally.
The show's cancellation after season three means we never see her widowhood or Diamond Jubilee—Britain's longest-reigning queen until Elizabeth II, and the series just... leaves her there.
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