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Victoria & Albert: The Royal Wedding

Lucy Worsley restages the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Each detail is brought back to life in a spectacular ceremony.

Lucy Worsley restages the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Each detail is brought back to life in a spectacular ceremony as Lucy reveals how this event saved the monarchy and invented modern marriage.

Aided by a team of experts, Lucy recreates the most important elements of the ceremony and the celebrations, scouring history books, archives, newspapers and Queen Victoria's diaries for the details. She reveals how every moment was brilliantly stage-managed for maximum effect. Like every good marriage celebration, the film is a heady mix of fine food, fabulous clothes, music, emotion, gossip and intrigue. From the white dress to the massive tiered white cake, from the music sung by the choir to the moment rings were exchanged, each element has been carefully researched and remade for a grand staging of the big day itself.

The experts include food historian Annie Gray, clothing expert Harriet Waterhouse and military historian Jasdeep Singh. Woven into the recreation of the wedding day is the story of Victoria and Albert's courtship and engagement, and its political importance. Lucy unpacks and explores the hidden iconography and symbolism of this hugely significant wedding, and reveals new insights into Victoria and Albert's relationship; both public and private.

The film sheds new light on the wider implications of the wedding and reveals how this one extraordinary event helped to invent modern marriage.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 May 2023 02:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 01:09

    Waldo’s People

    New Vibration

  • 01:11

    Barnes & Heatcliff

    Strong Enough (feat. Jessica Folcker)

Credits

Presenter Lucy Worsley
Queen Victoria Abbie Garland
Prince Albert George Merrick-Cunningham
Lord Melbourne Michael Nettleship
Queen Mother Irina Klyushkova
Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Melaisi
Executive Producer Jon Swain
Producer Ian Denyer
Production Manager Helen Wallbank

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