The Queen's Husband: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson
4.4 • 869 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
In this second to last episode of our The Queen’s Husband series, I’m joined once again by the wonderful Dr. Linda Porter as we turn our attention to one of the most famous royal consorts in history - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
So much of Prince Albert’s reputation has been shaped by the image of the devoted husband standing faithfully beside Queen Victoria, but who was he really? Linda explores Albert’s early life in Germany, his marriage to Victoria, and the enormous influence he had on the monarchy, politics, culture, and family life in nineteenth-century Britain.
From royal romance to political partnership, this episode takes a closer look at the man behind the title of “Prince Consort.”
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Host: Rebecca Larson
Guest: Dr. Linda Porter
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tudors Dynasty and Beyond podcast, history with a twist. |
| 0:07.2 | And now your host, Rebecca Larson. |
| 0:10.8 | Hello and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Rebecca Larson, and I'm very, very happy to welcome back again, Dr. Linda Porter. |
| 0:18.6 | Welcome. |
| 0:19.9 | Thank you, Rebecca. |
| 0:23.2 | You know what? We've been going on this journey with this series of the Queen's husband that you've been doing with us, and I'm so |
| 0:27.8 | excited because today we have reached the husband of Queen Victoria, and this is, I don't know, |
| 0:34.6 | Victoria is fascinating to me. It's not like I've read up a lot on her, |
| 0:38.9 | but there's just something about her reign that intrigues me and his part of all of that. So I cannot |
| 0:46.5 | wait to hear what you have to say about him today. Okay. Well, I think one of the first things to say about this period, and I make no, I should make an |
| 0:59.7 | apology, I'm not a Victorian historian. I mean, obviously in the course of my education, |
| 1:06.1 | that I probably know more about it than the average person, but I think the thing to remember about it is that it is a period of absolutely enormous change |
| 1:16.9 | from when Victoria came to the threat at the age of 18 in 1837, which was not unexpected, |
| 1:24.7 | of course, because although George III and Queen Charlotte |
| 1:29.3 | had a large family with a large number of sons, the sons had either died out |
| 1:35.3 | or had illegitimate children who couldn't ascend the throne. |
| 1:39.4 | So that by the time you get to the sort of earlier part of the 19th century, there was some |
| 1:49.5 | desperation as to what might happen. And so Victoria's father, who'd remained unmarried for |
| 1:56.2 | quite a long time, he was living with a mistress, I think, who was a French actress, I'm trying to remember, |
| 2:02.5 | in a very happy sort of state. When he got the call from at home, oi, you've got to get married |
| 2:08.6 | and produce legitimate heirs. And so he married a German noblewoman, Victoria's mother. And they did produce just the one child, a girl, |
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