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Foreign Secretary Lord PalmerstonĮpisode 1. Learn more about the real Princess Feodora of Leiningen. Victoria resents her big sister for up and leaving her on her own at Kensington when Feodora got married to a German prince. She is meeting Albert and the kiddies for the first time and under extreme durress, so given that even freeloading poor relations like Albert’s can visit whenever they please, these sisters cannot be close. One wonders what her relationship is with mummy, and if it is any better than Victoria’s. When Feodora speaks to Victoria, she sounds a lot like her equally passive aggressive Mummy Dearest (who, by the way, is conveniently absent this episode).
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Victoria isn’t so sure about taking in sister Feodora, but Albert insists. Drama queen! She weaves her tale of the revolution’s woe to Victoria and Albert. Even though she looked serene enough in the boat, as soon as she reaches Victoria in the Buckingham Palace drawing room, she throws herself on the floor in tears. Princess Feodora of Leiningen (played by Kate Fleetwood, a Tony nominee for playing Lady Macbeth opposite Patrick Stewart) is escaping the mob uprisings within the German Confederacy. Victoria’s old, half-forgotten half-sister Feodora arrives unceremoniously into Season 3 by rowboat to the British shores. Pictured l to r: Lilly Travers as Duchess Monmouth Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria Kate Fleetwood as Princess Feodora. From children to great great great great great grandchildren, the answer is 1,167! Both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are Victoria’s great great grandchildren (again with the kissing cousins!). Might Victoria be getting tired of having all these babies, and in such rapid succession? Daisy Goodwin explores that question in this Season 3 preview interview.įYI: As the tally of children rises (we know that Victoria and Albert had nine in all), I wondered how many direct descendants Queen Victoria actually has. One also gets the impression that both Bertie and Little Vicky are going to be very disappointed with this fact of life. The Queen then encourages Bertie to try it on too, but he protests, “Crowns are for girls!” Victoria and Albert exchange looks that make me wonder if they are thinking it’s time to sit little Bertie down for The Talk, and explain to him where monarchs come from. Little Vicky sees mummy’s crown sitting on her dressing table and asks to try it on. He displays the personality traits he was known for all his life: He’s a whiny brat.Ī unique sibling rivalry is brewing. Little Vicky is an overachiever Bertie, not so much. He smiles at her snobbish grasp of the system. When he asks why no curtsy for him, she tells him it’s because he doesn’t rank (he’s not the sovereign – he’s just the hired thoroughbred put out to stud). Little Vicky has a curtsy for mummy but none for daddy. Their first scene stealer is when the nanny brings them – starched and pressed – for their daily visit with their parents for tea. Victoria and Albert have added two new children to their royal brood, and a sixth is well on it’s way – and now that the oldest ones Victoria and Bertie can speak coherently, they’ve got a lot to say! Let’s get down to what’s so unsettling in Episode 1: Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown.
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And speaking of the Year of Revolution, this is the first Victoria season to debut in the United States first – fans in the United Kingdom have been left clutching their pearls that the series isn’t even scheduled yet for 2019.Īfter every Sunday night broadcast, I’ll share my episode recap and hope that you’ll weigh in on the night’s drama in the comments, below.
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It causes all the players in Queen Victoria’s life to be moved around like pieces on Albert’s chessboard.