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♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana, hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah. ♪

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Elphinstone has given
the order 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.

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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.

Mmm.

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.

ALBERT 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.

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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.

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It does the men good
to see their queen,

and Lord knows we
need to keep morale high

if the rumors 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.

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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 favorite 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.

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Your Majesty,

The Duchess of Buccleuch

and the Honorable
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 Honor.

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 cozy 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 favorite 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.

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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.

Ah...

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.

Ah!

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.

♪♪

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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.

COBURG 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?

LEOPOLD, DUCHESS,
WELLINGTON: I do.

In the name of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Ghost,

I baptize 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 honorable
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?

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪