The story of how an unassuming little girl grew to be Queen Victoria, one of the most powerful women in the world, amid battles with her scheming mother, the Duchess of Kent.
Kate Williams tells the story of how an unassuming little girl rose to be the most powerful woman in the world. At her birth few believed Princess Victoria would ascend the throne, but a number of untimely deaths and the failure of her uncles to father any children meant that Victoria became heiress to the British throne. The battle between her and her mother the Duchess of Kent, however, was to become a fierce maternal struggle, as the duchess schemed to share in the power and riches that would one day be Victoria's.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kate Williams |
Producer | Michael Wadding |
Broadcasts
- Sat 18 Oct 2008 20:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Yorkshire
- Tue 28 Oct 2008 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Wed 19 Nov 2008 02:35
- Sat 18 Apr 2009 20:35
- Thu 3 Dec 2009 00:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Fri 4 Jan 2013 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Scotland & England only
- Mon 6 Mar 2017 22:00
- Thu 2 Nov 2017 00:40
- Mon 18 Jun 2018 01:15
- Wed 22 May 2019 01:00
- Wed 13 Jan 2021 22:40
- Thu 14 Jan 2021 01:30
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