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World Service,2 mins

The relationship between Victoria and Melbourne was deliberately romanticised according to historical adviser on TV’s Victoria

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Helen Rappaport, historical adviser on hit TV drama series Victoria, on the problems of turning history into drama Picture shows Jenna Coleman and Rufus Sewell as Queen Victoria and Lord Melbourne in the ITV drama Victoria (c) ITV Publicity

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