Episode 2

The honeymoon is all too soon over for Albert and Victoria, as pressing matters of state require her attention.

But their happiness is made even greater when their first child is expected...

A portrait of this extraordinary queen's younger life and happy years of her marriage, reveals some of her remarkable and long-lasting achievements.

Written by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria.

Starring Imogen Stubbs.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes.

Duchess of Kent ........ Anna Massey
Prince Albert ........ Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ........ Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy ........ John Rowe.
Melbourne ........ Christopher Cazenove
WAG ........ Andrew Wincott
William IV ........ Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie ........ Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky ........ Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ........ George Allonby

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2001.