A heavily pregnant Victoria is frustrated by both Albert and her mother's attempts to confine her to the Palace. Cumberland arrives in London, hoping that Victoria may die in childbirth, as he is still the heir Presumptive. Determined to show herself in public, Victoria goes for a drive and is accosted by an unhinged admirer, desperate to free her from her ‘German tyrant'. Whilst Victoria is taken aback, she is resolute that it will not frighten her and despite Albert's misgiving, goes out again.
Quest roles:
Peter Firth(King of Hanover), Nigel Lindsay(Sir Robert Peel), Samantha Colley(Eliza), Margaret Clunie(Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland), Robin Soans(Sir James Clark), Alex Jennings(King Leopold), David Oakes(Duke of Coburg), Basil Eidenbenz(Lohlein), Harry McEntire(Edward Oxford), Andrew Scarborough(Captain Childers), John Hodgkinson(Police Inspector), Aoife Kennan(Abigail Owen)