S1.54 Victoria's Biography (Part 1/5: 1817-61)

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🗓️ 28 September 2012

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In the first of five podcasts we look at the life and reign of Queen Victoria, beginning in 1817 with the death of the Prince Regent's only legitimate child, Princess Charlotte, and the race among George III's sons to produce a legitimate heir. The Duke of Kent was the winner, but he did not have long to enjoy it, leaving Victoria under the thumb of Sir John Conroy and her mother in the Kensington System, keeping her under strict control. In this episode, we follow her stand against Conroy, her early years as queen with the genial PM Lord Melbourne, and finally her marriage to Prince Albert. This is a very different Victoria from the popular memory: young, spirited, laughing and sensual - but the tragedy of 1861 would change everything... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0	Welcome to Rex Factor! This week, Victoria.
1:05.0	Victoria.
1:07.0	With your host,
1:16.6	Grand Duke and Ali Hood.
1:21.5	Hello, Hello.
1:22.3	Welcome to Rex Factuing or the Kings and Queens of England from
1:24.5	Alfred the Great to Elizabeth the second. And this week, Victoria. Indeed, we've
1:28.8	had rather an extended break. Our longest one. Apologies if you've been kept waiting, but we had the fun of the Olympics.
1:35.0	We did, and Paralympics?
1:37.0	You saw gold medals every time you went?
1:39.0	I'm afraid so.
1:40.0	But for Britain, obviously.
1:42.0	But also, I should say, another reason for this is that there's a lot to do for Victoria.
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