“We must not let in daylight upon magic,” British essayist Walter Bagehot once wrote of the English monarchy, and Queen Victoria in particular. “Victoria,” which is based on a novel about the famous ...

MASTERPIECE: Anything you can say to tease us about Season 3?COLEMAN: We’re going to be coming at a place of instability within the monarchy; we take for granted that the monarchy was always secure, ...

Fact: "She did come to Britain, and there was talk of her marrying the emperor. I've slightly conflated a lot of that, but yes, it was in the air."Indeed, Napoleon III did make a proposal of marriage ...