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HistoryPop: S02E03 – Victoria

In which we talk about Victoria and Albert’s relationship – also about babies. Victoria had lots of them. Also – unusual in her time period ALL of her children survived til adulthood. Not bad for first cousins.

HistoryPop: S02E02 – Victoria

jenna coleman victoria GIF by BBC First Australia

S02E02- Victoria, in which we explore a bit of Victoria’s early reign through the lens of the PBS/Masterpiece series, Victoria! Did you know that they sized her coronation ring for the wrong finger (so it was too small) and that they shoved it on anyway? It was particularly painful, but Victoria soldiered on (and wrote about it in her diary later!). Let’s explore her relationship with Lord M, her mother, and her early reign in HistoryPop!