Queen Victoria: In Her Own Words

Queen Victoria: In Her Own Words

Documentary 2021

Available on My5

Exploration of the queen's life through her diaries, journals and letters, as well as other items in the royal archives, to reveal the human behind the image and giving a fresh perspective on her life.

Documentary 2021

Starring Miriam Margolyes

EPISODE 2

Love, Lust & Leadership

Queen Victoria's journals reveal how she struggled to reconcile her different roles as monarch, wife and passionate lover, and mother to a growing brood of children.

45 min · 23 Jan 2021 U
EPISODE 3

Queen In Mourning

A look at how the queen coped with the death of her husband Prince Albert, which plunged her into a deep depression she struggled to recover from. On the day of her beloved husband's funeral in Windsor, Victoria is grieving miles away.

45 min · 17 Apr 2021 U

Miriam Margolyes

Narrator
Stuart Strickson

Director
Nick Tanner

Director
Stuart Strickson

Producer
Nick Tanner

Producer

About

Queen Victoria: In Her Own Words

DOCUMENTARY

Exploration of the queen's life through her diaries, journals and letters, as well as other items in the royal archives, to reveal the human behind the image and giving a fresh perspective on her life.

Information

Studio: Channel 5
Released: 2021

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Subtitles: English (United Kingdom)