A Soldier's Daughter

Episode aired Jan 14, 2018
TV-PGTV-PG
49m

8.1/10

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Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes in Victoria (2016)

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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 descen... Read allVictoria 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.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.

8.1/10

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Director
- Lisa James Larsson
Writers
- Daisy Goodwin
- A.N. Wilson(principal source material: "Victoria: A Life" by)
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Daniela Holtz and Jenna Coleman in Victoria (2016)

David Bamber and Daisy Goodwin in Victoria (2016)

Andrew Bicknell, Catherine Flemming, Antony Barlow, and Jenna Coleman in Victoria (2016)

Jenna Coleman and Callum Kevin Swift in Victoria (2016)

Director
- Lisa James Larsson
Writers
- Daisy Goodwin
- A.N. Wilson(principal source material: "Victoria: A Life" by)
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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. —don @ minifie-1

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Trivia
HMS Trafalgar, a ship of the line carrying three decks of guns, was christened in 1841, and Prince Albert was in attendance. The ship shown appears to be HMS Trincomalee, a much smaller frigate commissioned in 1917.

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.