"The Clockwork Prince" is the fourth episode of the ITV drama, Victoria. It aired on 11th September 2016.
Plot[]
Despite Leopold's assertion that it is Victoria's destiny to marry Albert, she is cool towards her cousin, and more impressed by the new penny post system. The queen begins to warm up to her cousin after waltzing with him. On a visit to Windsor, she comes to realise that they have common interests and is grateful when he saves her injured dog named Dash, - though she resents his passing his political opinions. As Lord Melbourne announces his intention to resign Victoria finally proposes to Albert, declaring that theirs will be a marriage of inconvenience. Below stairs Miss Skerrett commits a crime to help her impoverished cousin Eliza but, thanks to the Queen's generosity, is undetected.
Cast[]
- Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria
- Tom Hughes as Albert
- David Oakes as Prince Ernest
- Alex Jennings as King Leopold
- Margaret Clunie as Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland
- Anna Wilson-Jones as Lady Emma Portman
- Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne
- Jordan Waller as Lord Alfred Paget
- Catherine Flemming as Victoria, Duchess of Kent
- Daniella Holtz as Baroness Lehzen
- Tommy Knight as Brodie
- Nell Hudson as Nancy Skerrett
- Basil Eidenbenz as Lohlein
- Samantha Colley as Eliza Skerrett
- Eve Myles as Mrs Jenkins
- Ferdinand Kingsley as Charles Francatelli
- Adrian Schiller as Penge
Trivia[]
- First appearance of Lohlein, Eliza Skerrett.