Lord Palmerston (Laurence Fox) and his wife Emily (Pandora Clifford) in scene from Episode 8. See a photo of the concoction, if you dare, and learn more. In Victorian times it was thought to be uber nutritious and a thoughtful gift to send to someone who’s sick. There is a rumbling afoot to bust her out.įYI: Calf’s Foot Jelly: Is a rather disgusting sounding (and looking) concoction a gelatin made from boiling a calve’s feet, flavored with lemon. Monmouth taunts her with, “Ha ha! I beat you to it, I already told the Queen my version and she’s not sending the cavalry, she only sent calf’s foot jelly.”īut Sir Duke didn’t account for the sisterhood of the traveling bloomers.
Sophie tells her hateful hubby that he’ll be sorry when the Queen finds out. But she’s holding in her hand the Queen of Hearts: Victoria. Her solitary confinement is interrupted only by more threats from Monmouth to send her to the asylum and throw away the key altogether. Sophie is still locked in the attic, sobbing, guarded by Nurse Ratched. That’s the ticket, and tickets it does sell. Victoria has a solution: The Queen will be the opening ribbon cutting act. Tickets aren’t selling because it seems the ladies who lunch crowd (who, any Broadway producer will tell you, are key to profitability) fears brushing up against the riffraff. Palmerston mocks it, the tabs call it a White Elephant (this very episode’s name) and predict the crowds will cause a new plague, the PM wants to declare a State of Emergency, and at the last minute, the Russian exhibits are held up by ICE, or maybe it was just ice. Everyone is still skeptical about the Great Exhibition. Selling The Great ExhibitionĪlbert has been burning the candle at both ends (just what one would expect from notoriously frugal Albert).
However, in this Season 3 finale, she plays the uncontested hero. She was born to the highest privileges and seeks to rule fairly, but she is plagued by people near and far who would tear her down. The title of the first Victoria episode this season – “Uneasy lies the Head That Wears the Crown” – sums up Victoria’s life. Preying on Albert’s unease at playing second fiddle to a Queen, Feodora talked Victoria down at every opportunity. This push and pull provides the tension in every season.Įven the greatest of love stories has its share of antagonists, and for Victoria and Albert, random royals showing up on their doorstep have always played that role.
What is the theme of Victoria’s third season? I’d have to say it’s the conflict of tradition versus innovation, whether writ large in the public arena and the fate of nations, or small within the home between family members.
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