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| The royal pair will visit France and Germany |
Are you ready, royal subjects? Her Royal Majesty Queen
VICTORIA returns to reign the small screens in United Kingdom on
ITV this Sunday, August 27th, earlier than ever, with eight new episodes of the second season which will be topped later on in December with a two hour Christmas special for royal festive delights. Viewers in United States will start watching the second season later in January on Masterpiece
PBS.
QUEEN'S POSTNATAL DEPRESSION Resuming one month after the first series ended with the queen giving birth to her first child (she had more than a dozen of them which is strange given that history has marked her as a non motherly and even
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| Victoria won't find motherhood easy in the second season |
cruel matriarch who never liked children nor babies), the new season establishes
VICTORIA as a working mother, learning to balance her responsibilities as both parent and Queen. However, Prince Albert is
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| Victoria and Albert will discover a sanctuary in the Isle of Wight |
still struggling to find a role for himself alongside his powerful wife as she returns to her duties, intent on proving that she can be both a mother and dutiful Queen.
The role of the impulsive and fitful monarch is again in the safe hands of lovely
Jenna Coleman who, as you can see in the trailer below, will be sporting the latest glamorous outfits the 19th century could provide,
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| The queen will face troubles in Ireland and Afganistan |
while
Tom Hughes again plays her toyboy husband Prince Albert who feels robbed of his masculinity as the queen's consort. Among the known faces, we shall again watch marvellous
David Oakes as Albert's brother Prince Ernest,
Nigel Lindsay as Sir Robert Peel,
Alex Jennings as King Leopold,
Peter Bowles as Duke of Wellington,
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| Mammoth Screen is again producing the popular series |
Daniela Holtz as dear Baroness Lehzen and
Catherine Flemming as the Duchess of Kent. Below stairs
Nell Hudson returns as Nancy Skerrett,
Ferdinand Kingsley as chef Francatelli! The series will also see some new faces arrive at the palace, with
Diana Rigg joining the regular cast as the Duchess of Buccleuch, the young Queen’s new and
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| Fitful queen will be throwing a hairbrush at poor Albert in one of the episodes |
very outspoken Mistress of the Robes, and guest appearances will include
Emerald Fennell,
Martin Compston (who will fight for the poor that the queen has left to die of hunger in Ireland after potato famine),
Leo Suter, Bruno Wolkowitch and
Denis Lawson (as the Duke of Atholl, who welcomes Victoria and Albert to the Scottish Highlands).
