"What my country needs right now is a queen. Not a brood mare." such a feminist quote!
@anastasiaisabella73546 жыл бұрын
Ira Williams true ! The country didn't need a brood mare !!
@erinaleigh19466 жыл бұрын
And yet oddly she wasn’t a feminist
@tacosmexicanstyle78466 жыл бұрын
Ira Williams Less a feminist, more a practical woman who wanted to succeed where her mother and various other figures in her life had failed. She desired power over the people who would traditionally have controlled her because of the deep mistrust in people like her mother, and she goes about snatching power back from them in some very petty / immature ways in some instances... The Flora Hastings incident comes to mind as a particularly poorly managed attempt to disgrace an enemy
@patchesohoolihan6666 жыл бұрын
“I am most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of ‘Women’s Rights,’ with all its attendant horrors… Were women to “unsex” themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.” - Queen Victoria
@danielgardecki10465 жыл бұрын
@@patchesohoolihan666 I haven't argued with any feminists about feminism in over a year, but the next time I do, I'll make sure I remember to post that quote. I wonder what they will think?
@samanthos56946 жыл бұрын
Is this the Victoria who once her husband died never stopped wearing black for the rest of her life?
@lisamclouth59266 жыл бұрын
Sam Anthos yes,it is.She was worthless after he died as Queen.
@hollyparkerrx5 жыл бұрын
But she was incredibly in love with Albert so naturally after he passed she was in a dark place, a very lonely place until Abdul Karim came into her life. If you lost someone you loved more than anyone else that would send you the way Victoria went.
@hayleebennett65965 жыл бұрын
@@hollyparkerrx thats depressing😑😑😑
@hollyparkerrx5 жыл бұрын
organic crystalmeth Depressing but sadly true.
@thajackeline4 жыл бұрын
Actually, Victoria was even more active as a queen after her husband died, i believe he controlled her quite a lot
@BubblyBrainiac6 жыл бұрын
Tom Hughes quote on a man having to restrain his intelligence is quite ironic because that is what women have constantly had to when faced with a male dominated society.
@samanthos56946 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!
@gabykappscomposermariagabr7495 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have expressed it better. 'Restraint' was the shackle that was put on our wrists since infanthood. Victoria was Queen and yet, for all her power and vested glory, she had to constantly prove herself.
@rillitocoyote28846 жыл бұрын
Victoria possessed rather keen instincts - what in modern terms is referred to as situation awareness. One glaring exception was the Irish Potato Famine - the Queen could not fathom the uniform, insidious and pervasive discrimination against Catholics by the Protestant ruling class - and to his day - remains a stain/blight upon the legacy of British rule.
@VCYT6 жыл бұрын
WRONG as she helped ease the problem by getting 1st hand a report an influencing.
@Elizabeth-cm6sy5 жыл бұрын
Mark Gable So the millions of Irish that literally wasted away to nothing more than skin and bone is an exaggeration?
@scottibrown32742 жыл бұрын
I think in Season 2 they do cover the Irish Potato Famine and in the show at least, it shows that Victoria wanted to help but Parliament couldn’t agree or something along those lines. And later in her life I think Victoria did regret what happened during the Irish Potato Famine
@QUARTERMASTEREMI66 жыл бұрын
The appeal of Victoria and her ability to stand the tests of her era, [if it could so much as be put in a mere statement], could no be better said than that by British Prime minister Sir Winston Churchill: that, "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.'' [*simply paraphasing for the sake of space available. Don't quote me on that...] → “Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.” (“The Sphinx Without a Secret”, Oscar Wilde) → “I am every day more convinced that we women, if we are to be good women, feminine and amiable and domestic, are not fitted to reign; at least it is they that drive themselves to the work which it entails.” (Queen Victoria) → “Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God’s will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.” (Queen Victoria)
@greyghost83436 жыл бұрын
What a great interview from the cast. Can't wait to see the newest season :))
@rie60746 жыл бұрын
Omg the last line, well done Victoria :^)
@twstf89055 жыл бұрын
Jeezus! Jenna is beautiful it's almost excruciating! 😂
@qewr42316 жыл бұрын
Jenna Coleman is fabulously beautiful.
@greatvalue_ethelcain5 жыл бұрын
4’11?? Well, now I feel tall 😂
@KarleyFox70694 жыл бұрын
Same
@kytyoy56944 жыл бұрын
She's about my mom's hight...I'm taller than one of the greatest queens of England. Makes me feel a special kind of powerful.
@rewiredhuman33473 жыл бұрын
@@kytyoy5694 You feel powerful because of your height? What are you? A primitive needing your height to survive among other primitives? Let's stop the idiocy of believing height makes someone superior. Biased and limiting belief systems are not useful. A short woman - Queen Victoria - was something that you the 'taller' one will never ever be, sorry sweetie, it is what it is. Seek your power from your character, knowledge and goodness, not from illogical beauty standards.
@rewiredhuman33473 жыл бұрын
Whatever your height is buddy, you are enough and great as you are, do not let the primitive people define standards for you. It is not height that makes the person, it is character - and strong and ethical character is somthing our previous society leaders did not really have - hence those unintelligent standards assigned to humans.
@kytyoy56943 жыл бұрын
@@rewiredhuman3347 How is high an illogical beauty standard? I'm not saying that I'm better than a queen who ruled an entire country efficiently, I was pointing out that I've always been considered the shortest and for once I felt tall. Is there a problem with that?
@autumnbranch90616 жыл бұрын
i do love queen victoria
@65g46 жыл бұрын
i love the show
@ilahildasissac19434 жыл бұрын
To think Queen Elizabeth has ruled for nearly 70 years!
@SaphireKancer903 жыл бұрын
"Ruled" is rather an inappropriate term. Current british monarchs are more figureheads and have no (or little) say on how the country is ran. Why they still exist is beyond me...same for other countries that have elected officials, but still waste taxpayer money on kings/queens and their decendant and their lifestyles.
@alangervasis3 жыл бұрын
@@SaphireKancer90 What tax payer's money ? The monarchy represents the culture and tradition of a country. Many non-european country still preserve their monarchy. Maybe some self-loathing culturless buffons can't digest it but it is part of a country's heritage.
@proudsussexer7 күн бұрын
Reigned not ruled.
@autumnbranch90616 жыл бұрын
jenna coleman as queen victoria tom hughes as prince albert
@MariangelysGonzalez136 жыл бұрын
Alex's caracter is always the queen's stupy uncle. ha ha ha ha
@melissah84156 жыл бұрын
Shame on PBS who is now making people pay to see episodes they missed. "P" now stands for Public or Pricey. Also shame on you for taking Koch Industries as an advertiser!!!
@kerriethompson20733 жыл бұрын
I knew! I downloaded the PBS app because I wabted to watch Downton Abby, but I was shocked to learn that I had to pay! The show's been off the air for years now! So annoying!
@sweetbitter24 жыл бұрын
Tom looks and sounds just like Sam Claflin.
@arbebitbit98545 жыл бұрын
Alex Jennings nailed the role.
@SC-dm1ct Жыл бұрын
From what I understand, Queen Victoria hated governance, politics, the women's rights movement, and thought women belonged in the home. She was quite happy Albert took so eagerly to it, and let her not. The woman wasn't a feminist icon, she just happened to be queen.
@srinivasparthasarathisharm28713 жыл бұрын
Actually uncle my country now needs "the queen".... Masterof all pieces
@ilahildasissac19434 жыл бұрын
I did not know she was that short.
@srinivasparthasarathisharm28713 жыл бұрын
King leopold became EDWARD VIII
@kiannaknox16105 ай бұрын
Lol that’s what I noticed when I watched this !
@peoplesrepublicofunitedear23373 жыл бұрын
Did Albert speak English?
@Kbmm4062 жыл бұрын
I didn’t like the British accent till Jenna Coleman spoke it
@theresageorge3472 жыл бұрын
Not a. Queen, she over come mostmiserble time of century
@Axel-ll2jp5 жыл бұрын
Lady ollena
@libcarljabon39253 жыл бұрын
4'11?!!!!
@carlrobert13494 жыл бұрын
Hers grand parents.ruin lindholmensgard in Sweden and escaped back to the north of Sweden.
@Oct463 ай бұрын
i adore this serial. its wonderful and gorgeous!👍but victoria was quiete nervous and angry in serial. was it because of pregnancy and childbirth or are there a lot of features of feminist attitude ?
@Kelly-s8w5l4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@albertschmitz8094 Жыл бұрын
En français svp
@GodBlessAmerica-rx9jw6 жыл бұрын
She would have been so much better with Lord M
@hollyparkerrx5 жыл бұрын
Well not really because he died when she was 27, so she would have become a widow so incredibly young and possibly would have gone into mourning then.
@mariaclemens32825 жыл бұрын
🤮⚰️
@NguyenNguyen-yj4rf5 жыл бұрын
In real life Lord M was in his 60s, a supporter of slavery and child labour, having a thing for underage girls, cheating on his wife, with lots of sex scandals. Victoria also got into many troubles thanks to him. And you think she would have been better if she had married him???
@einezcrespo21074 жыл бұрын
Lord M had a reputation and not a very good one. LOL He was notorious for being a rake.
@EuSeiT6 жыл бұрын
I just LOVE to see those stupid actors talking about Queen Victoria as if they knew anything about her. They were merely repeating the words written to them, nothing else. I also think the way to understand her is to see how she treated her children. That is how one can judge her character.
@GirlX9016 жыл бұрын
Eu Sei you clearly haven't been watching these for too long. Jenna Coleman was given the opportunity to read Victoria's personal journals and diaries. That is where her knowledge comes from. Including the journals that speak of her children. She loved her children but she was queen in a time in which mothers and queens "couldn't" be the same thing.
@greyghost83436 жыл бұрын
That's a very harsh comment regarding the series. Personally i think, and I'm sure many would agree with me that the cast gave a brilliant performance and the series has been very well-produced as well as directed. Sure, there might be some historical inaccuracies ( which no doubt is the same for EVERY series intended to depict people and their lives more than a CENTURY ago) but overall, all the characters have been brilliantly portrayed with Jenna Coleman definitely giving the part of Queen Victoria its due. I myself certainly find the series a well-worth pastime. Or perhaps you could do us all a favour and publish an article giving full explainations and evidence as to why you think the actors are so incompetent as to guarantee such severe criticism from your side. At the very least, please do refrain from insulting people and their efforts without having full knowledge about the subject.
@the_real_littlepinkhousefly5 жыл бұрын
Any actor worth their salt will study the characters they are portraying (particularly if they are historical people) and do their best interpretation based on what they've researched. They will have more knowledge of these historical figures than the general public, though probably not as much as a true historian. I'm sure they know what they're talking about here.
@einezcrespo21074 жыл бұрын
@lcyw20 Not only did she read Victoria's diaries Jenna had to learn to ride side saddle and dance since Queen Victoria loved riding and was an enthusiastic dancer when she was younger.
@rodneysandson Жыл бұрын
There's lots of historical proof that Victoria loved her children. Yes,she might have called them ugly as babies but like every mother,she cared about them. A momentary reaction to a situation may be insufficient to judge and get the full picture of someone's personality