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Queen Victoria: Love, Lust, and Leadership

Queen Victoria was a woman of tremendous passion who battled personal demons; a dutiful monarch and groundbreaking global ruler; and devoted wife and matriarch — all at the same time. Visiting royal residences Kensington Palace and Osborne House, experts uncover the truth about the fashion, food, family, love and power of one Britain's greatest ever monarchs. Narrated by Miriam Margolyes.

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Queen Victoria: Love, Lust, and Leadership

Season 1 Episode 102 | 45m 15s | CC

Victoria and Albert’s wedding brings the nation together in celebration, and starts the tradition of the white wedding dress. The happy couple spend their wedding night at Windsor Castle and Victoria tells all in her journal, revealing a sensuous side that would have made many Victorians blush. She becomes a wife and a mother within a year of marriage – the first ruling British monarch to do so.

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