She fell for his looks in history and proposed in 4 days., it's in her diary. She was a twenty yrs old with the emotional maturity of a fifteen trs old who went for the guy who was in her view more handsome. Young girl always go for the one who apparently doesn't want them. Anyway, I think Albert was terribly miscast.…

He wasn't particularly taken by her in history, but it was his duty to fall for her and he was flattered by her reaction to him. It was she who fell for his looks and proposed in 4 days. He was also concerned because if she said no, he would have had no other good marriage options, and he had known for years his…

This is the first review I ever read that doesn't stress that Tom Hughes doesn't make a very good job.

Albert has been chosen by the Saxa Coburg family since ages to be VIctoria's husband and he got a specific education for that. The reasons why they chose him are many.. including him being younger, 'pure' and with a lot of sense of duty towards his family. It's well explained in history books.

I watched the series when it aired in the Uk and I got so interested in their relationship that i read a tons of books (biographies of Victoria and Melbourne such as the ones respectively written by Lady Longford and Lord Cecil, extracts from Victoria's (censored) diaries, Charles Greville's memoirs and other books…