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to retreat, Duke.

They should reach Jalalabad
within a month.

In January?

The weather will be closing in.

Through the Khyber Pass,

they'll be single file
in places.

Damned easy to ambush.

I'm afraid there
is no alternative.

Elphinstone believes
the Kabul garrison

to be indefensible.

He has no choice, sir.

They have been guaranteed
safe passage.

I wouldn't put my faith

in Afghan promises.

Thank you, gentlemen.

I see no reason
to trouble the queen with this.

I do not want to distress her
at this delicate time.

Ma'am.

This is ridiculous.

Drina, it is too dangerous--
please!

I may have had a baby,

but I'm quite capable
of walking down the stairs.

Victoria.

Is this wise,

to be out of bed?

Sir James said at least a month.

This is what I'm telling her,
Albert,

but she doesn't listen to me.

I'm not going to stay in that
chair for a moment longer.

Your Majesty.

Albert, let's go out.

Let's go out into the fresh air.

I want to go riding.

Riding... are you sure?

Yes, of course I'm sure.

Forgive me, ma'am.

I am afraid
it will be most irregular

for you to appear in public
before you have been churched.

Churched?

Your Majesty.

It is customary for a woman
who has had a child

to be purified

in church
before she rejoins society.

And you are?

Drummond, ma'am.

Sir Robert's private secretary.

Well, Mr. Drummond,
I am not a woman.

I am a queen.

Almighty God,

we give thee humble thanks
that thou hast vouchsafed

to deliver this woman from the
pain and peril of childbirth,

and cast out her sin.

The peace and blessing
of God Almighty,

the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost,

descend upon thee,
and remain forever.

Amen.

What does the Archbishop know

about the pain
and peril of childbirth?

The ignominy of having to kneel
in front of that old man

as if I had committed some sin,
instead of having a baby.

Such a charming ceremony.

I remember how it was
after I had you, Victoria.

To be welcomed back
into the Church

after receiving
such a gift from God.

God had nothing to do with it.

I won! I won!

I've missed this so much.

Let's go round again.

But I've so much to do.

Go!

Albert!

Albert, wait!

You couldn't beat me
even with a head start.

Well, perhaps I know how happy
it makes you to win, Liebes.

I've missed this too.

Not now, Lehzen.

Mein kleines Mädchen.

What beautiful blue eyes

you have.
All babies have blue eyes,

Albert.

I think you should come down
to the kitchens, Mr. Penge.

Mr. Craddock has struck
one of the kitchen maids.

Can't you see

I'm busy, Brodie?

He has a knife,
Mr. Penge.

You are in deep trouble my dear.

May I remind you, Mr. Craddock,

that this is Buckingham Palace,

not Bedlam.

You will give me that knife.

It may be a palace upstairs,

but down here,
it's no better than a rookery.

I caught her red-handed

in the pantry
with a loaf in her hand.

I was just taking the stale
bread for Dash's dinner.

Mr. Francatelli always said
just go in there and get it.

But I am not
Mr. Francatelli.

Indeed, you are not,
Mr. Craddock.

The knife.

Everyone get back to work.

Ma'am.

I'm so glad you've made
a full recovery.

I feel much better now
I'm back at work, Lord Alfred.

Confinement does not suit me.

Ma'am, may I ask you to look

at my brother Septimus's
commission.

It should be on the army list.

Uh, Albert has been doing
the boxes in my absence.

I'm sure he would have
approved it, though.

Thank you, ma'am.
It's most appreciated.

Sir, dispatch from
General Elphinstone.

Thank you.

Albert. There you are.

Do you have the boxes?

Boxes?
Yes.

It seems I have so much
to catch up on.

Ah, no.
Do not worry, Liebes.

I have already gone
through them.

I've summarized my findings
for you here in this memorandum.

Thank you, my angel,
but I should like the boxes

to be sent to me, so I can--
I can master the detail.

Of course.

So long as you do not think

you will wear yourself out.

I think I can manage.

To be honest, Miss Skerrett, I
do not think that you're ready

for the chief dresser's
position.

However I have spoken
to the queen,

and for some reason
she thinks you should replace

Mrs. Jenkins.

I hope you will justify
Her Majesty's faith in you,

Mrs. Skerrett.

But I ain't married, baroness.

Oh, neither was Mrs. Jenkins.

Not to a man, that is.

I remembered you

dress to the left, sir.

The fit should be
nice and snug now.

Thank you.

It fits you perfectly.

I'm glad it has
your royal approval.

Where are you going
all dressed up?

to inspect my regiment.

The Eleventh Hussars?

It won't take me long
to get ready.

You want to come with me?

It may be your regiment, Albert,
but it is my army.

It does the men good
to see their queen,

and Lord knows we need
to keep morale high

if the rumours
from Afghanistan are true.

Has anyone told the queen?

The prince still feels

there is no need
to worry her majesty

so soon after her confinement.

She looks robust enough to me.

But you're prime minister
now, Peel.

The uniforms are magnificent.

But are they practical
in the field of battle?

The helmets, for example.

The plumes they are...
irrelevant.

But so splendid.

I do not think this uniform
is designed for modern warfare.

But I think I would
feel brave wearing it.

God save the queen!

God save the queen!

I'm glad to see Your Majesty
fully recovered.

How fortunate you are to have
such an able... substitute.

I try to be of service.

I was wondering, ma'am,
if you have come

to a decision
regarding your ladies?

More than that, Sir Robert.

The new Mistress of the Robes
arrives today.

Oh, and might I inquire
as to whom you have chosen?

The Duchess of Bucchleuch.

Have you met her, ma'am?

No.

I have met all your other
suggestions, Sir Robert.

She was on your list.

At the very bottom.

I hardly think...
If you will excuse me.

Ma'am.

May I, ma'am?

I wanted to see
the princess before I go.

I like watching her sleep.

When my children were babies,
it was my favourite time too.

Did you like them?

Straight away?

Well... I was pleased
they were healthy.

I would have killed anyone
that caused them any harm,

but like them?

I think that comes later, ma'am.

Having a baby is a sacrifice

as well as a blessing.

I will miss you, Harriet.

But you must come
to the christening.

You're so good
with my Coburg in-laws.

Your carriage is here, Harriet.

Till the christening then.

Your Majesty,

The Duchess of Buccleuch

and the Honourable
Wilhelmina Coke.

Your Majesty.

Welcome to Buckingham Palace,
Duchess.

Oh, I have been here
before, ma'am.

Serving Queen Adelaide.

Such a great lady.

May I introduce my niece,
Wilhelmina,

as your Maid of Honour.

Keep your back straight.

Madam.

May I show you and Miss Coke
to your apartments, Duchess?

I expect you remember the Palace
from before, Duchess.

In my day, it was only a house.

But at least it was clean.

My valet tells me that
your new Mistress of the Robes

does not like her rooms.

Why aren't we going to the
commissioning of HMS Trafalgar?

I went through those boxes
this morning.

I know, Albert, but it is
a very good thing I did.

You forgot to put Septimus Paget
on the list of new commissions.

I did not forget;

I did not find him suitable.

But he is quite charming,
like all his family.

Lord M always says, "Every
officers' mess needs a Paget."

Well, if Lord Melbourne

understood that charm's
not the most important trait

in a soldier, then perhaps
we would not be retreating

from Kabul.

Retreating from Kabul?

Well, why didn't you tell me?

I-I did not want to alarm you.

Not alarm me?
Albert.

They'll be going through
the Khyber Pass in winter.

You know about the Khyber Pass?

Of course I know
about the Khyber Pass.

Well, it is no reason
for concern, Victoria.

It's only
a strategic redeployment.

Really?

They are my soldiers, Albert.

I need to know these things.

And what's more, you have
no right to keep it from me.

Forgive me.

I was only trying to make

your life easier.
Is that what you were doing?

You and Robert Peel.

You always seem
very cosy together.

We have many common interests.

You know he appreciates my ideas
for reforming the army.

For improving the uniform.

He also agrees that
an officer should only

be promoted on grounds
of merit alone

and he was most complimentary
about my helmet designs.

I don't give a fig
about your helmets.

Where are you going?
To the nursery.

Isn't that where you think
I belong?

Have you read

The Old Curiosity Shop
by Mr. Dickens, ma'am?

I believe it is much admired.

I have just got to the death
of Little Nell.

Oh, it is so poignant, ma'am.

I thought I would never
stop crying.

Crying over a book.

I've never heard such a thing.

In my day,

no unmarried girl

would be allowed to read novels.

I thought you might like to see
the princess, Majesty.

Oh, Lehzen, look--
she's smiling at me.

Wind, more likely.

You had better sit next
to me, Mrs. Skerrett.

I'm married
to the job now, Brodie.

Well, let's hope you prove

more faithful
than your predecessor.

I suppose you will be looking
for an assistant now.

I'm sure the baroness
will have ideas.

Even the baroness
can make mistakes.

From time to time.

Good afternoon, Lord Alfred.

Your Majesty.

I wanted to tell you

that your brother's commission
has gone through.

Oh, I cannot thank you enough,
ma'am.

Septimus is quite
my favourite brother.

I'm sure he will do very well.

Tell me, have you seen
the prince?

Why yes, ma'am,
I passed him just now

talking to the prime minister.

Ambushed at Gandamack, according
to the latest dispatch.

Good afternoon, Your Majesty.

I'm sorry to interrupt you.

I do wonder what it is
you're discussing so earnestly.

Army reform or...

perhaps it is the situation
in Afghanistan?

I do have some interest
in these matters, Sir Robert.

I'm a soldier's daughter.

The prince and I were discussing
the new...

Sanitation Commission, ma'am.

The commissioner,
a Mr. Chadwick,

has some quite radical thoughts

about the London sewers.

Would you care to hear them?

I'm sure Albert

will explain it to me later.

Tell me is
there any news from Kabul?

Nothing.

Nothing reliable.

The mails are uncommon slow.

When you do get word,
I want to know.

Immediately.

I hope you don't mind

being outside, Duke.

A soldier is used to marching
in cold weather, ma'am.

I have asked you here because...

I want to know how things
are in Afghanistan.

About as bad as they can be,
ma'am.

Macnaghten, the envoy,
hacked to pieces

by Afghans in Kabul.

And that fool Elphinstone,

instead of getting
the hell out of there,

dithered until
the snows came in.

Four thousand men
we had in Kabul.

Let's hope they get home safely.

It sounds like a defeat.

No one wants to call it that.

But yes, ma'am,
that's what it is.

Afghanistan is a wretched,
godforsaken place.

Nothing but rocks
and sand and tribesman

who fight like tigers.

We should have left well alone.

Thank you, Duke,
for being so candid with me.

It's an old man's privilege.

And you should know the worst.

If the army don't make it back,

the country will look to you,
ma'am, for direction.

I will be ready, Duke.

No, thank you.

Papa?

Ah, good.

Why didn't you tell me

Macnaghten had been
hacked to death in Kabul?

Myself and Peel
did not think it necessary

until we had hard evidence
and a plan to retaliate.

How thoughtful of you.

You have no right to decide what
I should or should not know.

I saw no reason to upset you
without the facts, Victoria.

I am the sovereign of this
country, Albert.

It is not your decision to make.

His Majesty,
the King of the Belgians,

His Grand Ducal Highness,
the Duke of Saxe Coburg...

Eos!
Dash.

...and his Serene Highness,
Prince Ernest.

Oh, my dear Victoria.

How well you look.

Motherhood suits you.

Now you will be distracted
by those nursery duties

so dear to women's hearts,
I hope to help dear Albert

with the burden
he must be facing.

I am sure he will
appreciate your help

on the Sanitation
Commission, Uncle,

while I attend
to affairs of state.

I don't spend all my time
in the nursery.

Oh, she has the family chin.

It is a pity she's only a girl,
Albert.

but plenty of time, eh?

A fine couple like you.

I expect a grandson
by Christmas.

She is a delightful baby,

and almost as beautiful
as her mother.

Thank you for bringing Eos.

He missed you, so very much.

I have missed him, too.

Dash!

Harriet was always
so good with Dash.

Perhaps it is a Whig talent,
ma'am.

We have a new

Mistress of the Robes, sir.

So it seems.

What happened to the last one?

She went back
to her husband, sir.

You know, I'm most
surprised by this soup.

What's this?

I believe it is a prune, sir.

A prune?

They put prunes in the soup?

Cock-a-leekie soup.

A fine Scottish recipe.

My late husband
always swore by it

when he had an attack
of the gout.

So this is not soup
but a medicine.

That would explain the taste.

God in heaven.

A cockscomb.

Give it a good chew, ma'am.

Nothing quite like it

for women at our time of life.

What was the name
of our old chef,

Lehzen?
Mr. Francatelli, Majesty.

Please tell Mr. Francatelli
I would like him to return.

Yes, Majesty.

Another decision made
in my absence.

Has there been some upset?

I detect that all is not well

between Victoria and Albert.

Did you have to leave dinner
quite so abruptly?

I couldn't bear to sit there
for a moment longer.

Evidently!

All I can think about, Albert,

is the one man
I thought I could trust--

my husband-- has deceived me.

Deceived?

No, no, no.

There was no deception.

I mere, I merely--

I merely tried to shelter you
from something

I thought you would
find distressing.

I do not need
your shelter, Albert.

You have completely
undermined me.

Victoria, please.
At least Lord Melbourne

treated me as an equal,

not as some child
to be protected

from unpleasantness.

Victoria, do you not understand

if Lord Melbourne and
Palmerston had not interfered

in Afghanistan
in the first place,

this whole debacle might
never have happened.

You know, I think you are tired.

I think your mother was right.

You should have rested
for longer.

I am not tired, Albert,
I am angry!

Do you know, I think perhaps

I should sleep
in my own quarters tonight.

Hopefully by the morning,

you will have recovered
your reason.

Kinderspear.

Like gutting
the Christmas goose.

I have too many
battles to fight.

So.

Victoria?

She has changed so much since
the baby.

I do not recognize her.

She's angry with me for not
telling her all the truth

about the atrocities in Kabul.

But I only wanted to
give her time with the baby,

a respite from her position.

Perhaps Victoria doesn't like
you trying to do her job.

I was only trying to help.

Of course.

But Victoria might think that
you are trying...

...to control her.

Shall we?

Thank you, Ernest.

You know, I think you will make
a very good husband one day.

Not much chance of that
unless, of course,

the Duchess of Buccleuch
is a widow?

Your Majesty.

Sir Robert asked me to give you
the army list, ma'am.

In case you wanted to make
any more amendments.

Mr. Drummond?

Yes, ma'am?

Is there any news
of General Elphinstone's army?

Of my troops?

Not to my knowledge, ma'am.

But if there is news,
I want to be the first to know,

however bad.

Do you understand, Mr. Drummond?

I do, ma'am.

Drummond.

Ma'am, we should discuss
the order of ceremony

for the christening.

I thought that motherhood would
make her less difficult,

but it has only made her worse.

Albert should give her another
baby schnell.

My dear brother, there is no
need for such coarseness.

But I think I shall
not leave immediately

after the christening.

I have such a happy knack
of pouring oil

on troubled waters.

But Victoria is a tempest.

The queen is not happy
with the new chef.

Do you know why
Mr. Francatelli left?

I have no idea.

But you know where he has gone?

Then I would be grateful,
Mrs. Skerrett,

if you could tell him that
the queen would like him

to return.

Oh no, baroness.
I don't think

I'm the best person to...
The queen is relying on you,

Mrs. Skerrett.

Good morning, Mr. Francatelli.

You look very well.

You know that Mrs. Jenkins left.
I am chief dresser now.

Did you come here
to tell me that?

Because, if so,
I have a kitchen to run.

No.

I came here to ask you...

or rather to tell you

that the queen would
like you to come back.

Back to the palace?

Well, uh, you can tell
Her Majesty

that I wouldn't come back
even if she paid me five times

what I'm getting here.

Wait.

That day when you left...

I came to find you,
to tell you that...

But I was too late.

Yes,

Mrs. Skerrett,

you were.

An English princess would make
all the difference.

In Berlin, Prussia becomes
more powerful every year.

And it is so important that it
develops in the right way.

My daughter is not even
12 weeks old.

I think that when she
is of an age to marry,

she will have her own ideas.

Young ladies have a mind
of their own, it is true.

But sometimes,
their elders know best.

It is entirely possible
I won't have any more children

and the baby will
one day be Victoria II.

Oh, nonsense.

Albert is my son and he will not
neglect his duties.

Papa. Please.

I am sure that you and Albert
will give your country

many princes and princesses.

Actually, Uncle Leopold,
what my country needs

right now is a queen.

Not a brood mare.

I commend this child,

Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa,

to the care of her sponsors.

Who answers for this child?

Dost thou renounce

the devil and all his works,

the vain pomp and glory
of this world

and the carnal desires
of the flesh?

I do.

In the name of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Ghost,

I baptise this child.

What a charming piece.

I'm glad you like it.

I composed it myself
for the occasion.

You?
Mm.

It is the leaning
Tower of London.

Or perhaps it is a tipsy cake,
Your Serene Highness.

'Tis a pleasure to see you
again, Duchess.

May I present my husband, sir?

Your Serene Highness.

The palace is not quite the same

without your wife, Duke.

My wife is an ornament
wherever she is.

If you'll excuse me.

This is inedible.

Lehzen, when is
Mr. Francatelli coming back?

Unfortunately, ma'am,
he does not wish to leave

his current position
at the Reform Club.

My apologies, Sir Robert.

I thought you would
want to know at once.

Excuse me, Duke.

You know, ma'am,
my eldest brother

is on the committee
at the Reform.

Lord Alfred, how many
brothers do you have?

Oh, seven, ma'am.

I could have a word
with William if you like.

Please.
That would be very kind.

Excuse me, ma'am.

I hate to be the bearer
of ill tidings

on such a joyous occasion,

but there is something
I must tell you.

I'm sorry to say that the worst
has happened in Afghanistan.

Despite being guaranteed
safe passage,

the remainder of the column
was ambushed near a village

called Gandamack
and annihilated.

Four thousand men left Kabul.

There is only one man survivor,
a Dr. Brydon.

Despite being wounded,
he managed somehow to make it

across the border
to a garrison in Jalalabad,

50 miles
through hostile territory.

He's just arrived in London.

I must see him.

At once.

One of the Gilzais took a swing
at me with his blade

but he got the Blackwood's
magazine I'd stuffed in my hat

instead of my scalp;
paper had frozen solid.

Doesn't seem right
that I should still be alive

when so many decent men
are dead.

You have been exceedingly brave,
Dr. Brydon.

And I thank you
for coming here today.

We all thought about you, ma'am,
over there.

My friend,

Captain Souter...

He was singing
"God Save the Queen" when he...

When he was, uh...

I wish he was beside me now.

He would say your picture
does not do you justice,

ma'am.

Another petition came for you
this morning, sir.

It's not me they
should be writing to.

We had no business
being in Afghanistan,

and now our brave
soldiers have paid the price

for their folly of...

Melbourne and Palmerston.

Great game indeed.

I see you have the papers.

A bad day for
the country, ma'am.

What a humiliation.

I am quite aware
of that, Duchess.

Order! Order!

Can the prime minister explain
to the house how it is

that the mighty British Army
could be so humiliated

at Gandamack?

I suggest that the real question
should be

what were the British Army
doing in Afghanistan,

in the first place?

A question the honourable
gentleman knows

can only be answered
by his party.

That's right, that's right!

Why were we there?
Shame.

Order!

We will try to play this down,
of course.

But the country will know
we've been defeated.

By tribesmen

with barely a dozen
muskets between them.

The mighty British Army,
defeated by savages.

The army needs to be reformed.

It needs officers
of ability, not breeding.

I keep saying that the uniform
is impractical.

My designs for the helmet...

This is no time to quibble
over helmets, Albert.

We need to do
something splendid.

Sir Robert,

I read in the order papers

that HMS Trafalgar is
to be commissioned tomorrow.

I have decided to attend.

Are you sure that's wise, ma'am?

This is a time for the country
to lick its wounds,

not celebrate a famous victory.

I must agree, Victoria.

Now is the time to attend
to your family,

not to parade yourself
in public.

I'm sure you agree, Albert.

I do not think we should
celebrate defeat.

And you, Duke?

What do you think?

I think you're absolutely right,
ma'am.

Trafalgar was a great victory,

but it came after a defeat.

We must remind the nation
that its army and navy

are the best in the world.

Thank you, Duke.

Please make the arrangements.

Ma'am.

I will not be able to attend,

Victoria, I have a meeting
of the Sanitation Commission.

As you wish,

but I think the fighting spirit
of this country

is more important than...
plumbing.

Your Royal Highness.

I thought you would
be with the queen.

As you see I am not.

Her expression,

it's as if she knows
what I am thinking.

When the queen was a little
girl, maybe five years old,

she said to me, "I can see
you missing your home, Lehzen,

"and sometimes you want to cry.

But I will make
you happy again."

She was so young
and yet so wise.

I'd forgotten it.

Her Majesty, the queen.

Today...

this becomes my ship.

It is called Trafalgar,
after a great victory,

when this country
defeated a tyrant

who threatened
our very existence.

We have our travails now.

For we have suffered
a blow in Kabul.

Brave men have perished in
the snows of the Khyber Pass.

We mourn their loss.

But as a soldier's daughter,
I know

this nation has the greatest
armed forces in the world.

We will snatch
victory from the jaws of defeat.

And the spirit of Trafalgar
burns as bright now

as it has ever done.

Nicely done, ma'am.

Nicely done.

You know Peel, I think
little Vicky

is doing her country proud.

They know their queen
is there when it counts.

It's disgusting in here, ladies.

Do you think I could cook
in a room like this?

Mr. Francatelli,
you came back!

These pots and pans are a
disgrace, don't you think?

I want them scrubbed

so you can see every one of
your little pockmarks in 'em.

Excuse me.

Mrs. Skerrett?
Mmm.

Thank you.

Miss...
Cleary, ma'am.

The Chiswick Institute sent me

about the junior dressers
position.

I expect she is dreaming
of her future husband,

the King of Prussia.

Well, that's just the start.

Uncle Leopold
would have his way,

we would have a Coburg
on every throne in Europe.

I don't want her to be a pawn
in some dynastic game.

I want my daughter to be free
to marry as I did.

For love.

I'm sorry I was rude
about your helmets.

They really are very practical.

But not very splendid.

No.

I just want to make things
better, you know.

I know you do.

But you must remember
this country has a past

as well as a future.

Do you think our future might...

might involve more of this?