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Dominated by her possessive mother and her bullying consort, Conroy, since childhood, teen-aged Victoria refuses to allow them the power of acting as her regent in the last days of her uncle William IVs rule. Her German cousin Albert is encouraged to court her for solely political motives, but, following her accession at age eighteen, finds he is falling for her and is dismayed at her reliance on trusty Prime Minister Melbourne. Victoria is impressed by Alberts philanthropy, which is akin to her own desire to help her subjects. However, her loyalty to Melbourne, perceived as a self-seeker, almost causes a constitutional crisis, and it is Albert who helps restore her self-confidence. She proposes and they marry, Albert proving himself not only a devoted spouse, prepared to take an assassins bullet for her, but also an agent of much-needed reform, finally endorsed by an admiring Melbourne.
A young woman comes of age, a queen and no ones puppet. We watch Victoria (1819-1901) navigate amidst many who want to control her, starting with her mother. The Kings of England and Belgium have picked mates for her: she examines her choices and prefers Albert, a Saxon Prince, Belgiums choice. Shes also in the thrall of Lord Melbourne, Prime Minister when at 18 she takes the throne. Shes lost when his party is beaten; her stubbornness in political and personal affairs nearly undoes her authority and marriage. Its Alberts help she accepts; counseled by the kings widow, Victoria finds something for Albert to do, and in the process, finds balance and social purpose.
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