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♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana, hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah. ♪

And now the other way.

Please don't let me
interrupt the recital.

Uncle Leopold.

What a surprise.

I know I should have written,

but I'm afraid I
acted on impulse.

I wanted to see my family.

I missed your birthday, Albert.

♪♪

I wanted you to have something

to remember me by.

How thoughtful.

Please excuse me.

Albert does not seem
in a very receptive mood.

Are you surprised?

Everything I do
is for the family,

Victoria.

Really?

I don't see how your revelation

has helped Albert.

I think a real father would
not have been so selfish.

♪♪

What you are
suggesting, prime minister,

will be the death
of British agriculture.

There are more people
living in our towns now

than in the
countryside, Stanley.

Free trade is the only way

to make food
affordable to everyone.

We have a responsibility
to those less fortunate

than ourselves.

I take care of my
people, prime minister!

No doubt.

But I'm talking
about those members

of the laboring classes not
lucky enough to work for you.

I won't do it.

I gave my word as a gentleman
to uphold the Corn Laws,

and I am not in the habit
of breaking my word.

♪♪

Duke?

20 years ago, when I
became prime minister,

I thought I could never
support Catholic emancipation.

But when I took office,
I realized that a leader

must put the good of his country
before his own inclinations...

Or even the will of his party.

You have my
support, prime minister.

"And the king destroyed all
the spinning wheels in the land."

I can remember
this story, Lehzen.

You used to read it
to me when I was little.

Why is it so cold in here?

Baroness,

how many times
do I have to ask you,

please do not leave

the windows open

whilst Vicky is in the nursery?

She has such a
delicate constitution.

I've asked you
many times before.

We cannot allow
her to catch a chill.

What an old nanny
goat you are, Albert.

Really, I had the
windows open all the time

when I was at Kensington,
didn't I, Lehzen?

Yes, Majesty.

The benefits of fresh
air are considerable,

in my view.

More story!

Yes, darling. But first,

Mama is just going
to open up this window

for some fresh air.

Very well.

I shall leave you
to your fairy tales.

You look like Narcissus,

wondering who the
beautiful creature

gazing back at him from
the pool could possibly be.

Narcissus was a man.

This woman is just thinking
how haggard she looks.

That's exactly what
I was thinking too.

Forgive me for
interrupting your tête-à-tête,

but I wonder if I might steal
my nephew from you, duchess?

We have some Coburg
matters to discuss.

Certainly.

Have you heard of
the English saying,

"A bull in the china shop?"

But I am famous throughout
the courts of Europe

for my tact, Ernest.

Hm.

It is time for this House to
decide the fate of England:

Will we advance into the future

or recede into the past?

Is this a country

that can only flourish

in the sickly atmosphere
of prohibition and tariffs?

Let trade be free

between nations.

Choose the future,

not the past!

The Honorable Member

for Lincoln!

Mr. Speaker!

Is the Tory Party
really going to stand by

while our prime
minister renders us

dependent on
foreigners for food,

because he has listened

to the clamor of the mob?

I call upon

all like-minded Tories

to join me in resisting

with every parliamentary means

this heinous betrayal
of every virtue

that our great party stands for!

Sir Robert Peel may be a
friend to the working man,

but he's a traitor to his party.

The Corn Laws, Mr. Penge?

He's caving into the demands
of the Anti-Corn Law League.

But people are
starving, Mr. Penge.

Sometimes a man must do
what he believes to be right.

Sooner or later...

♪♪

The opposition to repeal
is all from my own party.

You're the only man
who can pass this bill,

Sir Robert. You
may be right, ma'am,

but even if I am successful,

it will be the end of my career.

They will never forgive me.

Oh, don't say that.

Your country needs you.

So do I.

Not to mention
Albert would be...

Albert will be what?

Astonished,

if the repeal bill did not pass.

Oh, of course it will pass.

I hope you are right, sir.

Do you know what I think,

Sir Robert?

Five years from now,

when the new parliament
building is completed.

I believe you will be the
prime minister that opens it.

Is that the Bible, Miss Coke?

On a Wednesday?

I was just reading about
David and Jonathan.

Hm.

When Jonathan dies,
David says he loves him,

with a love surpassing women.

I never knew that the
Bible could be so tender.

You look smart,

are you going out for dinner?

Yes. I am.

I hope you enjoy yourself.

Thank you, Miss Coke.

♪♪

♪♪

My apologies.

The Corn Laws debate
will go on for days.

The sleeping beauties
on our back benches

have woken up,

and they aren't happy.

I know. My father
and his friends

think repeal will be
the end of civilization

as we know it.

With respect, the days
when men like your father

will rule this country
are coming to an end.

Well.

Poor Papa.

Let's not talk
about politics. No.

Oysters, and champagne.

Yes, sir.

There's something
I must tell you.

You've set a date, haven't you?

For your wedding?

I have decided to break
off the engagement.

Why?

She seems like a
perfectly admirable wife

for a man with prospects.

I think you of all people must
understand why it cannot be.

Cannot be!

How dramatic you are, Drummond.

After Scotland...

I feel it's only right.

A successful politician

needs to have a wife.

Now you are going to
be a successful politician,

Drummond, I know it.

You're going to make a
difference in the world.

But you can't throw
that away for some...

indiscretion.

An indiscretion?

I can't let you
jeopardize your career.

Surely, that is
for me to decide.

You're not thinking
clearly, Drummond.

Gentlemen, your oysters.

I find I am not hungry.

♪♪

What do you think, Lehzen?

Shall I send for Sir James?

Sir James!

He'll just pull a long
face and prescribe

some calves foot jelly.

What the princess needs is
some amusement in the fresh air.

Yes, yes, I'm sure you're right.

Why don't we take her
for a drive in the park?

Hm?

Would you like that, darling?

I am just on my
way to a meeting.

Then I will accompany you.

A private meeting.

In Coburg, perhaps I should
not have spoken as I did.

Oh, Penge.

I wondered if you
could tell the kitchens

that the princess will be having
bread and milk for her supper.

Doesn't the princess care for
pickled herring and sauerkraut?

The prince has some
outlandish ideas about diet.

Hm, yeah, but in my experience,

he does not like
to be challenged.

The queen and I
are in full agreement.

No doubt, baroness,
but it's never a good idea

to come between
husband and wife.

Come in.

Your Royal Highness.

I wanted to enquire
as to how the repeal bill

was progressing.

I have opened up a
chasm in my own party, sir.

They accuse me
of breaking my word.

Oh...

You and I are the same,

I think.

Thin-skinned.

After 30 years in the
House, I should be used to it.

But I am no kind of host, sir.

Would you care for a brandy?

Thank you.

Well, a toast, therefore,

to... the thin-skinned.

May we always be stout-hearted.

Do you know, Sir Robert,

when I first came to
this country I was so...

disappointed.

I could not understand how
in such a powerful nation,

the politicians were so
determined to keep still,

to deny the march of progress.

Ah.

Then I met you,

and I realized my
judgment had been...

hasty.

You must persevere,

for this country's sake,

and also, I must say,

for my own.

I wish I had you beside
me on the front bench, sir.

♪♪

Those damned rotten potatoes

are the cause of it all.

I think Sir Robert is
doing the right thing.

But, with respect,

even your support won't keep

that bounder George
Bentinck and his cronies

off Peel's back.

They would rather
be out of power

for a generation

than support the best leader
the Tory Party's ever had.

As queen, I can do nothing.

But you, duke...

you could talk to them.

If they were my soldiers,

I would have them flogged

for insubordination.

But the party has no discipline.

I'm afraid they will
bring Peel down.

You're too pessimistic, duke.

You don't win as many
battles as I have, ma'am,

by underestimating the enemy.

♪♪

Victoria, she does
look rather flushed.

I do think perhaps
she has a fever.

It is a healthy glow, sir.

From the fresh air.

Victoria, feel her head.

She does feel a little warm.

But only little.

I'm sure she'll cool down
when she's had her bath.

Well, I hope you are right.

Where are you going?

I'm going to parliament.

To see Sir Robert?

Well, I'm going to
witness the debate.

I would like to lend my support.

Albert, is that wise?

As you have so
often reminded me,

the crown must seem
to be above party politics.

Of course,

but I am not the monarch.

And also I believe it is my
duty to stand behind the man

to whom I owe so much.

Albert, if you go,
they will assume

you are doing so at my request.

I disagree.

Just as I disagree with
you and the baroness

about the health
of our daughter.

It is not the same!

Yes, Victoria, it is.

You think you are
right in both instances.

How can he be so objectionable?

I believe that he knows
you are right, Majesty,

but he does not
care to admit it.

Lehzen, he's making
a terrible mistake.

I agree, Your Majesty.

I should forbid him to go.

Do you think you
would succeed, Majesty?

I've noticed that the
prince does not always

respect your authority.

♪♪

Most satisfactory.

The mercury vapor
is unpleasant, I know,

but it is effective.

Yes, this is a very
pleasing result.

I hope that we
do not meet again.

I am...

thinking of getting married.

So long as you
remain symptom-free,

you may propose
with a clear conscience.

Oh, Mr. Drummond,
just the man I need.

I wonder, could you direct
me to the Strangers' Gallery?

You're going to listen
to the debate, sir?

Evidently.

I ask you to remember
the terrible winters

earlier in this decade,

when there was hardship

And suffering
throughout the land.

Are those winters

effaced from your memory?

From mine they never can be.

We must be ready for the
season when famine comes again,

by abolishing the Corn Laws.

Then at least we can be sure

that when a black day comes,

it will not have been
aggravated by the laws of man.

The honorable
member for Lincoln!

Mr. Speaker,

is the prime
minister so frightened

of the opposition

within his own party,

that he feels the need to
summon a royal nursemaid

to keep the ogres at bay?

I'm sure it is just
a cold, Majesty.

No need to worry.

I hope you're right.

At last!

Where have you been?

Have you sent for Sir James?

I couldn't find you anywhere.

Well, she most
definitely has a fever.

Lehzen thinks it's just a cold,

and you weren't here.

If you do not send for
Sir James immediately

I cannot answer for
the consequences.

The princess needs
medical attention.

Please, send for
Sir James at once.

And now will you tell me
where you have been?

You know that woman...

she has bewitched you!

Did you go to the
House? She is not fit

to look after our children.

Well, she was always
most attentive to me.

Oh no, I know very
well that the baroness

never denied you
anything, Victoria.

That is why you enjoy
her company so much.

That is a hateful
thing to say, Albert!

Take it back! No, I will not!

Baroness Lehzen has
indulged you your entire life!

She never checked
your willfulness.

My willfulness! There
is a stubbornness in you

that a responsible guardian
would have eradicated

whilst your character
was still being formed.

My stubbornness!

Did you go to the House
tonight, Albert, or not?

Baroness Lehzen
was the only thing

that kept me from despair
when I was growing up.

You exaggerate, as usual!

Do you know I think the
baroness tried to come

between you and your mother,

just as she is trying to
come between you and I.

That is a ridiculous suggestion!

No, Victoria it is not.

So either she leaves or I do.

But you are my husband.

Exactly.

♪♪

I thought you
left hours ago, sir.

Lady Peel is in the country,

and I don't fancy
bumping into Bentinck

and his cronies at the Carlton.

And hear them call the
prince my nursemaid.

You will take care,
won't you, Sir Robert?

Remember Spencer Percival.

No one's gonna shoot me in the
House of Commons, Drummond.

Bentinck wants

his moment of glory,

not to swing from
Albion's fatal tree.

Very good.

♪♪

Good day.

Good morning, sir.

I hear there was no vote

last night.

No, sir.

The mood in the
House after you left

was rather ugly, but I believe

the division bell
will ring tonight.

Lord Melbourne once told
me that the House of Commons

would not take kindly
to a German prince.

We members of Parliament

are jealous of our
independence, sir.

I apologize if I made
things more difficult for you.

That was not my intention.

I know, sir.

♪♪

Oh, I was just
coming to find you.

Ah, that's a coincidence,
I was just looking for you.

The queen would like

some beef tea sent
up to the nursery.

Of course.

I-I want to show you something.

It's not the royal yacht,
I know, but at least

you won't get seasick
on the Serpentine.

An afternoon away
from all of this...

What do you say, Nancy?

I say...

yes, please!

♪♪

Congestion in the lungs?

Is that dangerous?

As I said to the prince
earlier this morning,

such a complication
is always a concern

in-in a child of
such a tender age.

You've spoken to the prince?

Yes, ma'am, only this morning.

He asked me

if the princess's condition

could have been
caused by a draft.

I see.

And what did you say?

Very difficult to say
one way or the other.

But for now our concern
must be for the princess.

We must hope this
fever breaks soon.

And if it doesn't?

♪♪

Harriet...

Try not to worry, ma'am.

These childhood fevers
can seem much worse

than they really are.

It's my fault.

No.

I took her for a
walk in the park

because Lehzen thought
that she needed some fresh air.

And now Albert
blames Lehzen and...

says that she's
coming between us.

It can be very difficult

to hold two people in
your heart at once, ma'am.

♪♪

"Drummond.

I have been thinking about
our interrupted dinner."

Mr. Drummond?

And whether it could be revived.

A message for you.

"I understand I have no
right to determine your future.

"But I think it would be a
shame if you never tasted

"the oysters at Ciro's.

"I will be there this evening.

Yours, Alfred."

♪♪

It must be said Mr. Speaker,

that the prime minister is
a man who has never failed

to change his mind

when he found it expedient.

A man without honor or, indeed,

any ideas of his own.

A man who rejects his own party

to bask in the
glory of royal favor.

And a man who is
now turning his back

on the very landowners

that have made
this nation great.

Sir, a moment.

I sent out the whips.
Bentinck is a total blackguard.

I ought to call him out!

I don't think a
duel would be wise,

prime minister.

He has insulted my honor!

I may be a prime minister,
but I'm also a gentleman.

No one could doubt that, sir.

But I fear such an
action would do nothing

to advance your cause.

You sound like my wife.

Lady Peel always
tells me I'm too hasty.

I trust Florence will
keep you in order.

This is my Calvary, Drummond.

I hope I can bear it with grace.

I know you will, sir.

♪♪

Harriet!

There is something I need to...

Um...

I must get back to the nursery.

♪♪

I couldn't wait any longer.

Such a vulgar tune,

I can not understand why
it has become so popular.

Oh.

I thought you liked weddings.

Only between the
right people, Ernest.

I will be delighted
when you marry

Princess Gertrude

Von Mecklenburg Strelitz.

Then I'm afraid you
will be disappointed.

How's Vicky?

I will go to the nursery
to see if I can help at all.

I think your brother

is about to make
a terrible mistake.

At least he is honest
about his desires.

Even you must see the difference

between a private encounter
and a public mésalliance.

I can see the difference
between hypocrisy and truth.

Oh, Albert.

Perhaps when you are
older you will understand

that it is not always
necessary to be right.

I trust you are
returning to the nursery?

♪♪

My love.

My love. My love.

She is strong...

Like her mother,

she will not be beaten.

Your hand?

Well, that is what happens
when I do not listen to you.

We've both been stubborn.

It doesn't matter now.

♪♪

I speak for the
workers of this country

who may not have votes,

but who deserve nonetheless

to buy untaxed food.

Mr. Speaker,

I commend this
bill to the House.

I move the Bill of
Repeal onto the table.

Those in favor to the right

and those not in
favor to the left.

Lock the doors!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Ayes, 327.

Nos, 229.

The ayes have it.

Unlock!

♪♪

♪♪

The fever has broken!

♪♪

♪♪

God bless Sir Robert Peel!

Hurrah!

Thank you. CROWD: Hurrah!

Thank you. CROWD: Hurrah!

- Thank you very much.
- Hurrah!

Thank you.

You sure I can't take you home?

Thank you, sir, but I
have an engagement.

Thank you for stopping me

making a fool of
myself over Bentinck.

Thank you.

Sir Robert Peel! Prepare
to meet your maker.

♪♪

Drummond!

Oh God, talk to me!

Drummond!

Drummond, talk to me!

Talk to me!

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

My apologies

for keeping you waiting.

Vicky's fever has
broken and, um...

Sir James thinks she
will make a full recovery.

I'm relieved to hear it, ma'am.

Why the grave faces,

gentlemen?

What is it, the bill?

The bill passed last night,

by 98 votes.

Oh well, this is a
great day, Sir Robert!

It is the beginning of a
new era of enlightenment.

Some lunatic took a
shot at Peel last night

as he left the House.

Drummond was with him and...

he stopped the bullet.

Dead?

Why would anybody
want to kill you?

The gunman was a farmer

who thought the repeal
bill would ruin him.

Will you excuse me, ma'am?

I will go to Drummond's
mother and fiancée.

It must be me that tells them.

Yes. Yes, of course.

Oh, that poor girl.

A letter for you, ma'am.

Thank you.

Lord Alfred, I-I wonder if you

would accompany me to
the Amber Drawing Room?

I'm finding the
stairs rather tricky.

I can help you, aunt.

No, I want Lord Alfred.

I hope you're feeling
strong, Lord Alfred.

Why, duchess? Would
you like me to carry you?

I'm afraid...

you will find this
very hard to bear.

Take a deep breath.

Now, another one.

Here.

Have some of this.

I may be old, but I'm not blind.

I know what he meant to you.

Now, I suggest
you go to your room

and compose yourself.

And remember, at the funeral,

the chief mourners
will be his mother

and his fiancée.

We're going with the queen

to visit poor
Mr. Drummond's fiancée.

The queen is waiting.

Would it be very wrong of me

to want to talk about

happier things?

There is something that
I would like to ask you.

After dinner.

The usual place?

♪♪

This is nice.

Nothing to do except sit back
and watch you do all the work.

Well, that's the way
it should always be.

Are you offering to keep
me in the lap of luxury?

A woman like you

should be lying on a sofa
all day eating strawberry tarts.

You do make very good tarts.

I do make very good tarts.

I think I need some shade.

Would you like to
come under my parasol?

♪♪

Your Majesty,

I came to advise you

that my government
will be defeated tonight

on the Irish bill,

and when that happens

I have decided to resign.

Sir Robert, are you sure?

Now that the repeal
bill has passed, ma'am,

I feel my work is done.

And...

After Drummond, well...

You have been a
great prime minister.

Thank you, ma'am.

Serving you has
been a privilege.

Even if it wasn't
always very easy.

But always... illuminating.

I shall miss your
counsel, very much.

You flatter me, ma'am.

I think we both know that
no one is indispensable.

♪♪

♪♪

Sir Robert,

you are leaving?

For the last time, sir.

"To every thing
there is a season,

and a time to every
purpose under heaven."

Well I-I wish it was not time.

Goodbye, sir.

Goodbye.

♪♪

♪ Wohl zwischen seine Bein ♪

♪ Da muß der Hirsch
geschossen sein ♪

♪ Geschossen muß er sein ♪

♪ Auf eins, zwei, drei ♪

♪ Juja, Juja ♪

♪ Gar lustig ist die Jägerei ♪

♪ Allhier auf grüner Heid' ♪

♪ Wohl zwischen seine Bein ♪

♪ Da muß der Hirsch ♪

What's the matter,
Master Brodie?

Have you seen the mark of Cain?

Actually it's more
like a rash, sir.

Coppery in color.

Would you like me to
get you a hand mirror,

so you can get
a better look? No.

I have seen quite enough.

♪♪

The prince says to
tell you that he is sorry,

but he is indisposed,
your grace.

"And Cinderella
married Prince Charming,

and they lived
happily ever after."

She looks like herself again.

Thank goodness.

I was so worried.

I did not doubt that she
would recover, Majesty.

There is so much of you in her.

She looks like Albert.

Lehzen?

Majesty.

I've been thinking...

It's selfish of me, keeping
you here in England.

Your family in Hanover
must miss you terribly.

They have managed
without me for 20 years.

I hardly remember them.

Then think how happy
they'll be to see you again.

I doubt they will recognize me.

Lehzen...

I have never wanted
you to have to choose

between the prince and me.

When you got married,

I wondered if it was
time for me to go.

But somehow I could not
find the moment to leave.

I thought you still
needed me, you see.

My loyalty has
always been to you.

And only to you.

Not to Conroy.

Not to your mother.

I have dedicated my
life to protecting you.

Lehzen, you don't need to
protect me from the prince.

He loves me.

Just as you do.

My belief is that he would
like to control Your Majesty.

Lehzen, it's because
you've never been married

you think of marriage
as a... as a battle

where one side must
achieve victory over the other.

The prince and I, we
have our differences...

but we're on the same side.

I'm glad to hear that, Majesty.

In that case, I will make
the necessary arrangements.

The only thing that
I have ever wanted

is your happiness, Majesty.

You must know, Lehzen.

For many years...

you were everything to me.

Do you remember
how you held my hand

when we walked down
the stairs at Kensington?

I never wanted you to fall.

I never did.

Oh, Lehzen.

♪♪

I will miss you so much.

♪♪

Cut down in the
flower of his youth,

we come here today to mourn

the passing of Edward Drummond,

a man who had already
achieved so much.

A devoted son.

A man who only next
month was to be married

in this very church.

♪♪

♪♪

Florence, this is Lord Alfred.

Lord Alfred.

Edward spoke about you so often.

You both liked
those awful cheroots.

We-we-we shared some bad habits.

He-he will...

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I trust the carriage

is to your
satisfaction, baroness.

Yes, Mr. Penge.

I have brought you
something for the journey.

♪♪

I will miss you, Mr. Penge.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

Good boy.

Mama, mama!

Look what Uncle Leopold brought.

Uncle Leopold is... very kind.

I would do anything
for my family.

♪♪

I know.

A ride, a ride!

Oh, come on
Vicky, this is Herbert.

This is Herbert!

Say hello to Herbert.

Hello, Herbert.

Good, good.

Bertie.

♪♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana ♪

♪ Hallelujah ♪

♪ Gloriana, hallelujah ♪

♪ Hallelujah. ♪