A Soldier's Daughter 

Victoria returns to her royal duties sooner than expected after the birth of her first child. She suspects her husband and prime minister are concealing news from her. Albert's family descend on the palace for the christening.

Director:

Lisa James Larsson

Writers:

Daisy Goodwin, Daisy Goodwin (created by)

Stars:

Jenna Coleman, Nell Hudson, Daniela Holtz

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jenna Coleman	...	Victoria
Nell Hudson	...	Skerrett
Daniela Holtz	...	Baroness Lehzen
Nigel Lindsay	...	Sir Robert Peel
Peter Bowles	...	Duke of Wellington
Tom Hughes	...	Albert
Catherine Flemming	...	Duchess of Kent
Margaret Clunie	...	Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland
Anna Wilson-Jones	...	Lady Emma Portman
Leo Suter	...	Drummond
Jasper Jacob	...	Lord Chamberlain
Peter Ivatts	...	Archbishop of Canterbury
Adrian Schiller	...	Penge
Tommy Knight	...	Brodie
Peter Forbes	...	Craddock

Storyline

A month after giving birth, Victoria is frustrated at being cosseted and angry that Albert and the government are excluding her from their business. She is particularly annoyed to learn that they have kept from her the slaughter of British troops in the unwinnable war in Afghanistan and rebuffs Leopold's view that her baby girl is betrothed to a foreign power for political purposes. In the wake of public outrage at the Afghani defeat she rallies the country with a personal appearance whilst Albert's brother Ernest advises him on healing the marital rift. Below stairs the departure of Mrs Jenkins means promotion for Miss Skerrett whilst chef Francatelli is 'persuaded' to return and the formidable Duchess of Buccleuch becomes the new Mistress of the Robes.

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Plot Keywords:

christening | prime minister | afghanistan | family gathering | three word episode title | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Diana Rigg (Duchess of Buccleuch) and Peter Bowles (Duke of Wellington) acted together fifty years earlier in the fifth season, episode 3 of The Avengers The Avengers: Escape in Time (1967).

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Goofs

The writing method of the 19th century and well into the 20th century relied on children being first taught to hold then pens and pencils correctly and then being taught to write. Queen Victoria's method of holding her pen is clear in many of the images of her writing at her desk. Jenna Coleman in S2 E1 clearly is seen holding her pen in the modern "untaught" monkey grips style.

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Crazy Credits

The episode is dedicated to Marie Fargus 1977-2017

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Connections

Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Seth Rogen/Jenna Coleman/Clean Bandit & Julia Michaels (2017)

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Soldier's Daughter

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min 65 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color