The Oscar and BAFTA award winning Young Victoria is a dramatisation of the early years of Princess Victoria (initially played by Michaela Brooks) who is controlled by her mother, The Duchess of Kent (Miranda Richardson) and Sir John Conroy (Mark Strong) in their bid to establish a regency in the event the young princess succeeds King William (Jim Broadbent) but is deemed too young to rule. Their plans are however thwarted. At 17 Victoria (Emily Blunt) refuses to sign a document agreeing to a regency until she is 25 and history begins to unfold as King William's health deteriorates and King Leopold of Belgium (Thomas Kretschmann) hatches his plan for Victoria to marry his nephew, Prince Albert (Rupert Friend). The Young Victoria received BAFTA awards for best Costume Design and also best Make up and Hair and an Oscar for Costume Design. The Young Victoria was also Oscar nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Makeup.
Release / Airing: 06/03/2009
Locations used for this production:
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Balls Park (not accessible) >
The panelled rooms of the mansion were used to create a variety of scenes some of which took place in Victoria's bedroom when she either receives or writes letters to Albert as well as a number of dining room scenes. The bedroom scenes were those involving Victoria prior to her becoming Queen and moving to the London court. Balls Park was also used for the backdrop for a key scene which followed the death of King William. Victoria, with the support of Lord Melbourne (Paul Bettany) in whom she becomes increasingly reliant in the early years of her reign, brings the Queen's Council together for the first time and addresses them as their sovereign and Queen.
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Haileybury College (not accessible) >
An interior room of this private school were transformed into the Houses of Parliament. Lord Melbourne's support declines and the Whigs lose the vote to Robert Peel (Michael Mahony), a Conservative. The scene sees Peel demanding that the Queen review her household whilst Lord Melbourne and his fellow Whigs listen on. Peel insists the Queen replace her ladies in waiting, a request she later categorically refuses with rather unfortunately consequences.
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