Queen Victoria's Private Life Described In Her Own Words | A Monarch Unveiled | Real Royalty

Queen Victoria was one of the 19th century's most prolific diarists, sometimes writing up to 2,500 words a day. From state affairs to family gossip, she poured out her emotions onto paper.

Those close to her were afraid her more alarming opinions might escape in written form, causing havoc. In fact much of her writing was destroyed after her death and her personal journals edited by her daughter. But what survives frequently reveals a woman quite different to the one we think we know. AN Wilson reads her personal journals and unpublished letters and discovers the factors that shaped the queen's personality. From the tortured relationship with her mother, to the dominant men she clung to in search of a father figure and the powerful struggle that made her marriage to Prince Albert a battleground, Queen Victoria was always a woman in search of intimate relationships. As a daughter, a wife, a mother and the queen of a growing empire, as friends and family came and went, her pen remained her constant companion and friend.

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[shortylucy]

By far, this is my favorite documentary of the Queen Victoria. She was so complicated, so uncensored, a revolutionary. I do wish they would have touched on how she changed animal welfare…. She was pioneer and advocate for animals and pets. Regardless, this was a very informative and beautiful documentary.

[arleneshanley]

Just because she had things doesn't mean she wasn't abused. This kind of thinking is why people who suffer emotional and psychological abuse aren't believed.

[ronj]

I just love how the narrator flips from the British accent into the German accent when he refers to who was speaking. Such a delight. Well done.

[talitam.]

I don't think she was struggling to have motherly feelings because she was just obsessed with her husband. I think it goes deeper than that and it may have started during her childhood and her relationship with her own mother + unresolved trauma. How can you mother a child when you were not mothered properly yourself.

[shelikestuff]

Being a mother of 9 in those times is something.. childbirth could be deadly and she did it successfully so many times. Wow

[Carrie_]

Queen Victoria fascinates me but the way this story was being told by the host in this video is brilliant! He's the best ever!

[okiejammer]

Love this. Very well done. Non-biased, very well researched. And INTERESTING. I learned so much.

[dr.barrycohn]

One of the better docs on this queen. Brings HER to life way more than many other than focus boringly from the outside of her. Well done.

[garymeise]

I have seen so many Victoria documentaries and I really love this one. I still learned some things new and I'm grateful that the focus was her diaries and letters. And thank God you guys got Anna Chancellor to read them she's brilliant. That really sealed the deal.

[mw]

Wish there were more documentaries on Victoria. So hard to find good ones like this one

[lindapepper]

Surprising to see the diaries being handled without gloves to protect the paper from body oils.

[katd.]

Anyone have a giggle when he had the German accent when reading excerpts from Albert’s letters? 😂

[Goforth_Melissa]

I love this guy! He’s so theatrical when reading quotes.

[lizzabug]

21:42 I think it’s wrong for him to exclaim that the myth of her unhappy childhood began. She is the only one who lived her childhood, she knows what she felt, just because she played with dolls and dressed up her dog doesn’t mean she was not abused or unhappy, she probably would have been clinging to the little things that brought her joy. He shouldn’t speak on her experience as such. 😢

[SelinaCat]

Wow, this guy's interpretation of her childhood is so obtuse. She had no socialization with kids, cut off from the outside world, then had a traumatic event when she was dismissed being close to death.

[kendralynn]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a documentary put such a negative spin on Albert. Very interesting..

[joannem]

I was shocked at how much Beatrice looks just like Victoria when she was young.

[Colls]

Queen Victoria would have been all over social media and instagram. Reposting the latest drama, #blessed pictures of Albert helping out with the cute kids 😂

[jillkursner]

A remarkable woman.
Simply giving birth to nine children, in those times, was an achievement in it's self.

[ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah]

From minimalist to knick-knackery!
Priceless 😂