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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