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♪ Hallelujah ♪

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♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana, hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah. ♪

♪♪

We can't go on like this.

It's time we made
a life together.

How would we do that?

Look at this necklace, Sophie.

This should do

until... I make my fortune.

There are goldmines
in California.

America?

As far away from Monmouth

and Mr. Penge as possible.

♪♪

It's perfect!

Look, even the
veins on the leaf.

It is remarkable.

This looks like a
bronze by Cellini,

but if you lift it up...
It's light as a feather!

That's because inside
it's plaster of Paris.

We dip it in the tank,
and just like the rose,

it's covered in a
thin film of metal.

And yet it looks exactly
like the real thing!

This electroplating is a chance

for great work to be within
the reach of the common man.

Dukes and dustmen can both
be surrounded by works of art!

Ah, Victoria, please.

I do not think you
have met Mr. Cole...

He is my colleague

from the Royal Society
of Arts and Commerce.

Your Majesty.

I've never met a man
with quite so much

energy.

If you want steam, get Cole!

We have just been discussing

the Society's
forthcoming exhibition.

Oh!

Gold-plated roses.

So this is what you
are planning to show?

Amongst other wonders, ma'am.

If you had seen how the
electroplating bath works,

Drina, it is truly remarkable.

Really?

Would you like me to give
you a demonstration, ma'am?

Oh, don't worry.

I don't want to
interrupt your work.

Besides, I have my
boxes to attend to.

♪♪

Humiliation!

Don Pacifico, a
British citizen in Athens,

was attacked by a mob.

Because he is a Jew.

The police didn't
simply watch it happen...

they joined in.

We must restore the dignity
of Her Majesty's subject.

♪♪

I agree with what you said
in there, Lord Palmerston,

but how do you propose to
avenge one man's dignity?

Send in the Duke of Wellington?

If it comes to that.

♪♪

Good morning, Mama.

Yes, good morning.

Is that me when I was a baby?

I hope I grow up and
live happily ever after.

Like you and Papa.

♪♪

Do I need to remind you,
Joseph, that I expect footmen

to be respectfully
dressed at all times?

My appearance has
always upset you, Mr. Penge.

Why should today

be any different?

Joseph!

I know you're upset,
but promise me you won't

give Mr. Penge any
more reason to hate you!

There are plenty of
reasons to hate me.

But be careful.

In my experience,
when people are in love,

they forget to keep
their wits about them.

Why didn't the police intervene?

They were too
busy throwing rocks

at the poor man and his
family along with the rabble.

I thought, as somebody
who can't abide

religious intolerance,

that you may have an
opinion on the matter.

Indeed.

We should take action.

I intend to, ma'am,
with your blessing.

Whatever is necessary.

I thought it would be best
if I explain the situation

to Your Majesty and
the prince in person.

The prince is too
busy, with Mr. Cole.

Cole!

I'm surprised he has the time.

He's always so busy
designing teapots.

He and the prince
are thick as thieves.

Really?

His Royal Highness
has a proposition

to make to the committee.

I think that our annual
exhibition is too...

parochial.

So, I propose that

this year we invite
other nations,

to send their finest products.

A fair to show the
whole world's ingenuity.

With all due respect,
Cole, there's a reason

we don't invite foreigners.

I don't think Manchester
cottons want to be displayed

next to French silks.

But we have nothing
to be afraid of!

What of worth has
ever been achieved

which did not inspire fear?

Imagine if the Egyptians
had given into their doubts

before they began the
Great Pyramid of Giza,

or the Greeks the
Lighthouse of Alexandria?

For an exhibition on
the scale you imagine

we'd have to build a new hall,

and that would cost money
we don't have, I'm afraid.

There will be some
practicalities to overcome,

that I, I cannot deny.

Mm!

Mm...

Ooh!

Ah...

Thank you, Your Grace.

Hm.

I believe my wife's
having relations

with one of your footmen.

Um...

I have my suspicions
about who it might be.

The man will go to any length

to get ahead.

Well, the trouble
is, I need evidence.

I can't follow her
around the palace myself,

so I need somebody...
trustworthy

to do it on my behalf.

Indeed, Your Grace.

May one ask... what you
intend to do with such evidence?

I intend to prosecute
the footman for interfering

with my property.

And you will need to
give evidence in court.

Well, perhaps this will help
you overcome any scruples?

♪♪

I had no idea you
played so well.

Oh, I've fallen out of practice.

My husband is not
so fond of music.

It seems to me your
husband is not a man of taste.

No.

When we were first married,

Albert used to spend hours
watching me at the piano.

I'm sure he would now,

if he had more time, ma'am.

I'm not so sure.

Ever since Feodora came, he...

never smiles at me anymore.

I always used to be
able to make him laugh,

I used to be his...

friend, his companion.

Now I feel I'm just his wife.

True love, in... in
whatever form it finds itself,

is just as hard to
lose as it is to find.

Please, play some more.

The Greek government,

led by that German
princeling King Otto,

has refused to make reparation

for the insult inflicted
upon one of our citizens...

Don Pacifico.

We must show

that we will not tolerate
this flagrant abuse

of all international
standards of decency.

I have discussed the
matter with Her Majesty

and she agrees with me.

But what do you propose, sir?

♪♪

Albert.

Prime Minister!

Have you heard about
Palmerston's latest outrage?

He is proposing a naval
blockade of Athens.

Did he mention

any of this to you, when
you spoke with him?

He told me about the
plight of Don Pacifico

and we agreed that
something must be done.

He is a British subject.

Palmerston is...

so persuasive.

You probably didn't understand
the implications, Drina.

Victoria, I implore you,

stop this man, before
his recklessness

turns this whole
situation into a war.

Do you believe if Palmerston
carries out this plan

that war is inevitable?

I cannot say what Palmerston

and his gunboat diplomacy
will mean to this country, ma'am.

And I'm afraid I am not the best
person to advise you anymore.

But you're the
commander-in-chief of the army.

Not for much longer, ma'am.

Duke, does that mean...

It has been an honor

to serve you, ma'am...

but my time has come.

Duke, this country needs
you, now more than ever.

You need a younger man,

someone who can keep
Lord Palmerston in check.

So you do believe he's
putting this country in danger?

That is not for me to say.

You are, however, in safe
hands with the prince, ma'am.

I am certain that he will
give you very good advice.

♪♪

I believe you have the
knave of hearts, Sophie.

How did you know?

Oh, I have played many
card games in my time.

You need to be careful,

for his sake as
well as your own.

I wonder if you
know what happened

to Caroline Norton.

She was accused of having
a criminal conversation

with Lord Melbourne.

She never saw her fortune
or her children again.

Melbourne was lucky to spend
his last days in Brocket Hall

and not Newgate Prison.

Had he been an ordinary man...

I very much doubt the jury
would have been so lenient.

No question.

It must be in the capital.

Brunel has predicted

15 million bricks
for the building.

Yes, well, we are expecting
thousands of visitors each day.

We're going to
need an open space

around the size of... Hyde Park!

That, Mr. Cole,

is a brilliant suggestion!

♪♪

The nation's greatest park

to be destroyed by a huge

masonry edifice

and polluted by the
detritus of society.

We shall have to find a
design that is temporary.

But strong enough to
house the entire contents

of the world's manufacturing?

It shall be a feat
of engineering

such as the world
has never seen.

I wonder if the prince has
considered where the drunkards

shall relieve themselves?

Look at these designs

for what we might call
public conveniences.

Trees that have stood
there for centuries

will have to be cut down!

Surely we can find a
design to incorporate them?

I think we better
open submissions

to every architect
in the country.

This one looks like a cake.

I think it's a Coburg loaf.

Aren't I right, Papa?

I thought the children might
like to see some designs

for Albert's exhibition.

Perhaps you might also
care to take a look, Drina?

There you are.

Show it to your mother.

Look, Mama.

I thought the intention

was to celebrate
Britain's achievements,

not to make it look ridiculous.

Yes, well, Palmerston
has already seen to that.

He's gone ahead,

he's ignored Parliament

and sent the gunboats already.

Yes, well, I am due to
speak with him in a moment.

It's too late.

Well, you're the
one who's planning

to humiliate the nation

with this giant
gingerbread house!

Drina!

The exhibition will
bring together the finest

in the arts...

Come along, children.

Was that really necessary?

I think it's time
Feodora went home

to her own family!

Victoria, I can tolerate Bertie

not wishing to share with
Alfred because he is a child.

You are a 30-year-old
woman, who has still not learned

how to play nicely.

I am not a child, Albert!

Well, stop behaving like one.

♪♪

Your Majesty.

I suppose I do not
have to explain to you,

why I summoned you here.

These curious bloomer suits

that the American
ladies are wearing?

Well, I give you my word

that none shall
reach these shores

while I am foreign secretary.

Women in pantaloons indeed!

Lord Palmerston,

I did not give you my blessing
to order a naval blockade.

But we did agree,

we needed to find
justice for Don Pacifico.

Yes, I assumed

you would find a
peaceful solution.

I didn't think you
would send in the navy

for the sake of one man.

I do not wish to
alarm you, ma'am,

but Greece is getting
ideas above its station,

and is support by Russia,
whose armed forces

are set to eclipse
ours by Christmas.

Then do you think it sensible
to provoke Russia like this?

It's an overreaction,
it will surprise her.

Yes, but the king of
Greece is Albert's cousin.

Family are not
always friends, ma'am.

Indeed.

Lord Palmerston...

May I ask you a
question? Certainly, ma'am.

If force is not an option

with which to
surprise your enemy,

what other choices are there?

You're the Queen of England,

and you can't get rid
of your enemy by force?

To do so would only damage
the alliance I want back.

In that case, it might help to
turn your enemy into your ally.

♪♪

What's making you
smile, Duchess?

It's from William.

He's arriving at
the end of the week.

Be careful not to get
too excited, my dear.

You've seemed
rather... frenzied of late.

I do hope that your duties
to the queen aren't proving

too much for your nerves.

♪♪

You summoned me?

Is someone joining you?

You.

Would you be so kind?

I know relations between
us have been... trying.

But we are sisters after all.

I think it's time we
put the past behind us.

You believe it's that simple?

Perhaps I've not
been as generous

as I ought to have been.

Our lives are very
unequal, after all.

Is there something
I can offer you,

a token of my goodwill?

Something?

Anything.

I want my daughter.

Now she's 16, I believe
it's time she came to court.

Your daughter?

Yeah.

I don't suppose you
remember her name.

♪♪

He knows.

He doesn't frighten me.

You don't know
what he's capable of.

He could destroy you, Joseph.

I know that were he
to find out about us,

he wouldn't want anyone to know.

That's why the Duke at
Chatsworth paid me off.

For what?

Let me explain.

I understand. Sophie.

I should have been
protecting myself, not you.

Sophie!

Why are the newspapers
so shortsighted?

Can they not see the benefits
the exhibition will bring?

People are scared
of anything ambitious.

And, of course, it is a
very costly enterprise.

The costs, they
shall be recouped,

a thousand times over.

Only if the exhibition's
a success, sir.

Which, of course, it will be.

Has any suitable
designs come in?

None yet that suit our
financial situation, sir.

Right.

You've seen what
they're saying in papers.

Finally we have
an opportunity to...

Sir Charles!

Labouchere!

I wonder what matters of trade

you have to discuss
with the prime minister

that do not concern
the foreign secretary.

Is it so difficult to
believe we've matters

to discuss that
don't involve you?

I thought lying
was a basic skill

for any prime minister.

And I always thought
diplomacy was a basic skill

for a foreign secretary, and
yet your handling of this affair

in Greece has
provoked condemnation

from both France and Russia.

Good day.

Good day.

Disgrace...

♪♪

Emma, you are old friends
with Palmerston, are you not?

Do you really believe
he will survive this?

I believe he is a man who
enjoys flying too close to the sun.

That's true.

He is resilient.

I wish I could say
the same of the prince.

He's working so
hard on this exhibition.

He will prove his
critics wrong I am sure.

Hmm...

I hope so.

I wish I could be sure he
was doing the right thing.

I couldn't bear for all
that effort to go to waste.

No man likes to be
told he is wrong, ma'am.

But you could distract him.

If we have 30
countries exhibiting...

We will need an
area of at least...

500,000 square feet.

And the problem that we
have is it will take years

to build something of this scale

with all of the stone and
brick that has being proposed.

Yes...

It is imperative we find a
design with light material.

So if the building

is to begin there and would
reach beyond those trees...

Indeed, sir.

Way beyond the trees.

♪♪

Good afternoon,
Your Royal Highness.

Lord Palmerston.

May I ask what
you're doing, sir?

We are marking out the
perimeter of the exhibition.

Ah...

I admire your tenacity.

Yes, well, I have learned
not to pay too much heed

to public opinion.

Spoken by a man who
has never had to rely on it

to keep his position.

Well, you don't seem worried
about yours, Lord Palmerston,

considering the circumstances.

Well, perhaps I should
become a novelist instead.

Both professions
are just telling stories.

The difference is,

novelists are writing fiction,

politicians...

telling lies.

And the similarity is that
people will believe any story

if it's told well enough.

Good day, sir.

Good day.

Although they
are very big shoes,

or should I say boots, to fill,

I was wondering if
you had any thoughts

as to your successor.

Mm... not an easy role to fill.

Need someone rational,

responsible, considered.

It seems to me, Albert has all
of those qualities in abundance.

I think it would be a
great use of his talents,

and perhaps better
than the exhibition.

Ah, yes.

In battle, we
call that feinting.

Feinting? Distracting
the attacker

so that they do not
enter the fray at a point

that could be catastrophic.

If you mean do I want to
protect Albert from harm,

then yes.

Your Grace.

Why do you call me "Your Grace"?

Old habits.

Of going after duchesses?

I am not proud
of what I've done.

If we run away together,

I will get nothing.

We will be penniless.

Caroline Norton's husband
took everything away from her

when she tried to divorce him.

Perhaps the prospect
is no longer so enticing.

Sophie...

I will be a rich man

with you by my side.

At Chatsworth

I pretended to love someone.

I wanted to make
something of myself.

But all I want...

is to wake up

beside you every morning...

And not feel as though
I am committing a crime.

♪♪

Albert?

Albert.

I have something
important to tell you.

Wellington wants you to succeed
him as commander-in-chief.

And I agree.

Commander-in-chief?

Yes.

Finally a chance, Albert,

to show your
country you're worthy

of their respect.

Well, the exhibition

will show them
that, will it not?

Nothing like this has
ever been done before.

Because the crown and
commerce are not natural allies,

if it is not successful...

Albert, you know what
the papers are saying.

Victoria, this, this is my
chance to prove myself.

Do you really
think I have the time

to be commander-in-chief?

Just wanted to do
something for you.

♪♪

Good evening, Your Majesty.

If you have summoned
me here to berate me,

you needn't have bothered.

I've had quite
enough of that today.

Oh...

Seems you've lost your
knack at pleasing the public.

It'll take more than a
few unfriendly headlines

to get rid of me, ma'am.

I hope so.

Really?

Yes.

I find that, despite everything,

I value your advice.

I am honored.

Did you succeed in turning
an opponent into an ally?

Let us say that I've
made an advance.

♪♪

Where have you been?

Why are you awake?

I spoke to Feodora today.

She's going to bring Heidi over.

Heidi?

Her daughter.

I just wanted to do
something for my sister.

Albert?

Albert?

♪♪

I'm so looking forward
to meeting my niece.

Adelheid, you mean.

Yes, Adelheid.

I hope to help Adelheid
in any way I can.

Though I don't seem to be

good at helping
anyone at the moment.

What's she like, Feodora?

She's hopeful...

carefree...

spirited.

Just like I was at that age;

before Mama banished
me to Langenburg.

Well, if it's any consolation,
Mama always made me feel

like she would rather
be somewhere else

than in my company.

And yet still she
made you feel guilty

for not showing her
enough affection.

Albert thinks I should put
my childhood behind me.

Perhaps we both can.

♪♪

You would think that by now
we would have found a design

that represented what
we are trying to do,

but... this looks
like a mausoleum.

We want to celebrate the
union of art and industry,

not bury it.

If we don't start building
now, we won't be ready in time.

Well, then perhaps our failure
to come up with the right design

is a sign, Mr. Cole.

Signs are for the
superstitious, sir.

♪♪

Palmerston.

Russell.

Let me begin by asking:

what does it mean to be a
citizen of this great nation?

What does it mean
to be an Englishman?

Is it a question
of birth? Location?

Dress?

By none of these
criteria could Don Pacifico

be called an Englishman,

but I believe

that to be a subject of
Her Majesty the Queen

means so much more

than any of these things.

The builders have
increased their estimate

by £10,000.

Which we do not have.

We could make
the building smaller,

cut down the
number of countries?

Then the whole point of
the project would be lost.

It is meant to be
a great exhibition.

I think it still
will be great, sir,

just on a smaller scale.

I think the only thing that
is going to be great, Cole...

will be my humiliation.

The British citizen, like
the Roman, in days of old,

held himself free
from indignity,

when he could also say,

"Civis Romanus sum;"

so also the British
subject, shall feel confident

that the watchful
eye and strong arm

of England,

shall protect him from
injustice and wrong,

in whatever land he may be.

♪♪

Papa! Papa! We have
something to show you.

Look!

Here it says,

sh... sh... sh...

It says shame about
your exhibition, Papa.

Children!

Leave your father in peace.

Albert.

What is it you wanted
to talk to me about?

I have been offered the position

of commander-in-chief.

Oh!

Well, there is no one
who would do better.

Well, I think there are
many people who could

command the
army with distinction,

but I, I, I am the only man

who could bring
the exhibition to life.

The exhibition

is a dream, a
marvelous one, but...

Do you think it
is time that I, uh...

woke up?

Perhaps I should.

♪♪

So he refused the position

of commander-in-chief?

That's extraordinary.

I thought he would
have leapt at the chance

of reorganizing the army.

No, he thought the
exhibition more important.

Rather like you putting
the defense of Don Pacifico

before your career.

Pam! Pam! Pam, sir!

I think you overestimate
my integrity, ma'am.

Nothing, not even
a naval blockade,

comes between me and the people.

I knew they'd come round
to my way of thinking.

Oh, and besides, we did get
to teach the Russians a lesson

without even firing a shot.

God save you, Your Majesty.

How did you know
they would come round?

Every paper was
predicting your downfall.

I tend not put too much stock
in what the papers say, ma'am.

♪♪

Your Majesty.

Mr. Cole.

Is something the matter?

I came because there
was still one architect

I wanted the prince to meet.

But he has informed me that
he will be too busy with his duties

as commander-in-chief to
carry on with the exhibition.

But he turned it down.

That was when he still had
faith in the exhibition, ma'am.

But he no longer believes
he can win over the public.

It seems to me the public
are won over by resolve.

If you believe in
something firmly enough,

they will too.

I feel responsible, ma'am.

If the prince has been
discouraged, Mr. Cole,

you are not to blame.

Excuse me.

I believe ma'am,
that the prince,

has taken a stroll
around the gardens.

Thank you.

♪♪

William has come home early.

Will you send for my carriage?

Remember, Sophie,

what I said about America,

I meant it.

Of course.

But first I need to see my son.

It's been too long.

Albert!

Albert, wait!

Albert!

♪♪

I never should have offered
you that stupid position.

You were right.

You were right
about all of it. No!

No, Albert!

I married a dreamer,

not a soldier.

What if you married a failure?

♪♪

Then I would be proud

to have a husband
who was brave enough

to fail at something
he believed in.

♪♪

William!

William?

Mama!

William! Hello, darling.

Where are you taking him?

Mama!

What are you doing?

My instructions, Duchess.

Mama!

William!

Come along. Mama!

I'd like to introduce you to
Dr. Shepard and Dr. Payne

from the Sussex Lunatic Asylum.

They're here to examine
and certify you as a lunatic.

What other possible
explanation could there be

for your behavior?

Get off!

Get off me!

Get your hands off me!
What are you doing?

Get off me! How dare you!

You have no right!

You have no right to do this!

You are mistaken, my dear.

It is my sad duty to
protect you from yourself.

Get off!

♪♪

Your Majesty, Your
Royal Highness,

this is Mr. Paxton,

who works for the
Duke of Devonshire

as head gardener.

The queen felt that
given his background,

we'd do better
meeting in the open air.

What an honor to be
here, Your Majesty,

Your Royal Highness.

Well, thank you for
coming, Mr. Paxton,

but unless you came with a plan

for a building
that is temporary,

will not kill the trees,

and can be built within
a couple of months,

then I really feel we
will be wasting your time.

What the prince
means, Mr. Paxton,

is it is a challenge.

But Mr. Cole assures me that
if there is any man for the job,

it is you. Thank
you, Your Majesty.

Because I rather attribute
my own success to yourself.

Or, to be more specific,

the Victoria Amazonia lily.

You see,

when the duke entrusted
me to cultivate the seeds

of this exotic flower,
it grew so large

that I was able to balance
my own little girl on it.

Weren't you scared she'd drown?

Oh, I assure you
it was quite safe.

The plants are
surprisingly strong.

Like these lilies, the
secret is in the rigidity

provided by the radiating ribs

connecting with
flexible cross-ribs.

The Victoria Amazonia
lily grew so large,

that I had to design a new
greenhouse on a grand scale

to fit it; my design
was inspired

by structure of the
leaves themselves.

Was it expensive?

Not now that the tax
on glass has gone.

And was it easy to build?

Ah, it didn't take more
than a couple of months.

And can it be taken down?

I haven't tried it yet,

but, uh... it should be easy.

What about the trees?

Would they be able
to survive inside of it?

Oh, Papa,

it's a conservatory, it's
what it's designed for!

Ah, well, in that
case, Mr. Paxton,

I, I think these lilies may
provide further assistance

to your career.

Would you be able to
build your, your conservatory

on an even larger scale,
big enough to house

the entire contents of
the world's manufacturing?

A greenhouse to the gods.

A Crystal Palace.

I remember how ready
I felt for my coronation.

Now I see how unprepared I was.

I never doubted you
for a moment, ma'am.

I was fortunate to
have wise minds

who believed in me when...

when I could not.

I never had a daughter, ma'am,

but if I had, I like to think

she would have been
something like you.

I never had a father.

But I...

think I know what
it feels to lose one.

Stick to your guns, ma'am.

When you reach my
age, you will realize

there's no point getting
sentimental about endings.

♪♪

Hop, hop, hop, skotch, hop.

♪♪

Oh, Mama!

Children,

this is your cousin Adelheid.

Welcome to Buckingham
Palace, cousin Adelheid.

Oh, please call me Heidi.

Come, Heidi.

It's your turn.

Oh.

This morning I received
yet another report

that every anarchist in Europe

is intending to come

to the Great Exhibition.

And you believe this

to be true, Prime Minister?

On this particular matter,

I agree with the
foreign secretary.

We were one of the only
nations to prevent revolution.

And you now
decide, quite literally,

to invite it in.

Shall I begin the process

of disinvitation,

if such a word exists.

No, I don't think so.

You see, Lord Palmerston,

you are not the only man
with a vision for this country.

But my husband has vision
for a country that leads by...

curiosity rather
than intimidation,

competition
rather than conflict.

A vision that trusts in the
very best part of human nature,

not the worst.

You put it so well, ma'am,

but the public do not see
the exhibition in the same light.

Well, as you know from recent
experience, Lord Palmerston,

the public can change
their mind in an afternoon.

Sounds as if your
mind is made up.

It is.

Congratulations on
your victory in Parliament,

Lord Palmerston.

Your Serene Highness,
how kind of you.

You know, I could almost
believe we were friends.

But your type
don't have friends,

only allies.

Can an ally ask for assistance?

I have a daughter

who is now of a
marriageable age.

And you think I may know
some eligible young men?

Oh, tell me,

it wasn't by any
chance the queen's idea

to invite your daughter?

She has been most encouraging.

Oh...

Thank you.

Only you could have
known what to say.

You know me better than anyone.

You know me better than anyone.

That's why you've had enough.

What?

I've done everything I can
to make you love me again.

I can't turn back time.

What if...

I loved you in a different way?

What kind of different way?

Well, it is ten years

since we were married.

We have changed.

Perhaps our love has changed.

But of course I love you.

Well, I should think so.

Mm-hmm.

Albert!

Albert, give that back!

Wadsworth.

I was reading that!

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