Victoria: A Royal Love Story (2010)

Genre : Documentary, History

Runtime : 0M

Director : Julian Birkett

Synopsis

Fiona Bruce traces the story of one of history's great royal love affairs: the love between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It was a love based on a powerful physical attraction, and it grew into a marriage that set the tone for the Victorian age. Over the 20 years they spent together, until Albert's tragic death, they gave each other a dazzling collection of paintings, sculptures and jewellery. That collection was on show - much of it for the first time - at a major exhibition in London, and it reveals a new and passionate side of the royal couple.

Actors

Fiona Bruce
Fiona Bruce
Herself - Presenter

Crews

Julian Birkett
Julian Birkett
Director
Basil Comely
Basil Comely
Executive Producer

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