Victoria

What fun we had doing these.

Look at this one.

How young you look, Albert.

Well, that was

before I was the father to...

seven children.

That's you when you were a baby, Vicky.

Who's that nursemaid holding me?

That's me, silly!

Oh, Vicky is right,

you don't look like a queen at all.

Of course I don't.

Mama, look,

Bertie is trying to put a marble up Affie's nose.

Affie, stay still.

Right.

Bertie.

Bertie?

Do you wish to hurt your brother?

It's an experiment, Papa.

Ah-ah.

Bertie, leave your brother alone at once!

Sit over there, Bertie.

Sit!

Vicky,

I want you take your brothers

and sisters back to the nursery,

your mama's not feeling very well.

Is the new baby making her feel cross?

I don't understand why she keeps getting them.

I'm sure she'll feel better soon.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with me.

The new coin would be worth a tenth of a pound.

It is a step towards introducing

a modern decimal system.

Ah, well, we all have ten fingers after all.

Seems like the most logical system.

Yes, but there's something so irritating

about the decimal point.

12 is a number that likes to be divided; ten isn't.

Yes, but the decimal system

works perfectly well on the Continent.

Perhaps they're better at long division.

A new coin

deserves a new image.

It is an opportunity to put something beautiful

in the pocket of the people.

I would like to have a hand in its design,

if I may?

Certainly, sir.

And what do you think we should call the new coin?

Totally unnecessary.

Ah, Uncle Leopold.

You've arrived just in time.

That is my specialty.

We need a name

for the new decimal coin.

In Europe we would call it a florin.

Excellent suggestion, Your Majesty.

A name that works both at home and abroad.

Uncle Leopold, let me present my prime minister.

And this is my...

foreign secretary.

Oh, Lord Palmerston needs no introduction.

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I'm delighted to have made such an impression, Your Majesty.

First you undermine my authority,

then you are insolent to King Leopold.

No one is indispensable!

No, indeed, Prime Minister.

One day you will go too far.

And then I will be the one

with the idiotic grin on my face.

Your Serene Highness, what an unexpected pleasure.

Official business?

There is to be a ball for the christening,

in the fashions of the last century.

Will I valuable enough to receive an invitation, I wonder?

That remains to be seen.

Invites are for valuable members of society.

All I ask is that you look at me,

like you did in Ireland.

I may be wearing livery, but I am the same man.

Nothing has changed.

Exactly, I'm still married.

To a man who's not worthy of you.

Would you like me to arrange

for an oil lamp by the piano, Your Grace,

if there's not enough light?

I'm worried that Joseph here might spill...

wax on you.

Arthur.

Alice.

Helena.

Affie.

Of course you remember Bertie and Vicky.

Please accept this book of etchings, Uncle Leopold,

to keep us near your heart always.

Oh...

How like your dear father you are,

my dear.

Bertie.

Make a bow to Uncle Leopold.

Oh, it is a mouse.

And the Prince of Wales, however,

takes after the other side of the family.

Yes, that is what I always say.

Bertie is a Hanoverian.

Uncle.

Don't you recognize Feodora?

Uh...

Why, she practically lives next door to you.

Feodora, of course.

What an unexpected pleasure to see you here, Duchess.

I know how busy you are at the palace.

The queen has been...

out of sorts since the birth.

She likes to have me on hand, and I can hardly refuse.

Indeed.

How pleasant for you, my dear, to have such powerful friends.

Ah, of course, you're right at the center of things.

The prime minister and Lord Palmerston

are always at the palace, are they not?

Yes, they do come and go, rather.

Hmm.

Well, I, I have been giving some thought

to your costume for the christening.

You have?

I think you should go as my grandmother,

the ninth duchess.

She was painted by Gainsborough.

I have a, a miniature here.

Oh, she's lovely.

Sold.

Like so many things.

Until you restored the family fortunes...

My dear.

"President of the Society

for the Improvement of the Laboring Classes."

Hmm.

This country is lucky to have such an industrious prince.

Well, there is still so much

to do.

Three years ago I thought

that this country would go the same way

as France, but...

well, it seems that the English, they may grumble,

but they do not come to the boil.

Mm-hmm.

It is the weather, I think.

It is hard to lead a revolution in the rain.

I am... so proud of you, Albert.

Well, I had a good teacher.

Ah...

Bertie get back to bed at once.

I can't get to sleep without my mouse,

and I can't find it

anywhere.

Oh, there you are Bertie. Oh, what a child.

I've been looking for him everywhere. Come on.

I want my mouse!

Then you must come with me.

I have it safe.

Feodora,

you are like the pied piper.

You cannot imagine, Uncle,

how fortunate we have been to have Feodora here as of late.

No, no matter what I do,

Bertie will be my legacy.

I love him so very much, but can you imagine him as king?

He is your son.

He will not disappoint.

"London News?"

Sir.

"London News," mate?

What are you all gossiping about?

Gott in Himmel.

What is it?

Our private pictures!

The printer must have sold the etching plates.

They were private.

Was fur ein Schwein.

Oh, my poor sister, I hope...

I hope you will not upset yourself too much.

What's wrong with a mother giving her baby a bath?

Even a woman with your political opinions, Miss Turner,

must understand that what this country needs

is a sovereign, not Mrs. Bun the baker's wife.

I'm going to cancel the ball.

I won't have them... laughing at me.

Victoria, I know this is...

a difficult time

at the moment, but try,

try to keep things in perspective.

It's easy for you to say, no one is laughing at you.

Well, on the contrary,

laughing at me, it is a...

a national pastime.

I was... I was so looking forward

to starting my, my duties again,