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<i>This article contains spoilers.</i>__NOTOC__[[File:Victoria.jpeg|thumbnail|left|Victoria, Season 1]]<i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXM0RDM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01LXM0RDM&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5a0ed5123c161a2ddedaa36e15a9a0b2 Victoria]</i> Season 1 looks at the early reign of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) who ruled at a time when there were many social and technical changes in British society during the 19th century. Her long rule also saw the United Kingdom become a major global power, where the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" accurately described the expanse of United Kingdom's global empire. The first season looks at her accession to the role as queen, her marriage to Albert, and her struggles to assert her authority as many saw her as a child or lacked the reason to be an effective monarch.

<i>Victoria</i> ==Key Events==Season 1 looks at begins with the early reign death of Queen King William, who was Victoria's uncle. As the king did not have any legitimate children through his marriage, the succession passed down to Victoria. The first few episodes focused on Victoria 's inexperience, her sometimes naivety, as she was only 18 years old at the time she became queen in 1837. Key events focused on her mother (1819Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-1901Saalfeld) who ruled and John Conroy, her mother's secretary and friend. Rumors, as suggested by the show, had it they were possible lovers, but this was unclear. In both reality and the series, Conroy and Victoria's mother caused difficulties for Victoria, where Conroy was portrayed as controlling and he even was shown as attempting to rule in a regency. [[File:Dronning victoria.jpeg|thumbnail|left|Figure 1. Coronation of Victoria.]]However, his attempts at a time when there were many social regency likely did not happen, although he did try to have greater influence in court. One early controversy was Victoria having accused Lady Flora, a lady-in-waiting close to Conroy, of being pregnant, which would have been scandalous as she was unwed. However, after physical examination by a doctor, it was determined that Lady Flora had a terminal liver tumor, causing Victoria embarrassment and public anger at falsely accusing Lady Flora. This made Victoria look insensitive and technical changes loose popularity given how she treated the dying Lady Flora. There is truth Victoria's sheltered life, as Victoria was brought up in British society during a system called the 19th centuryKensington system, which greatly controlled who Victoria could talk to and interact with. The system was intended to have greater control of her. Her long rule This also saw made her have few true friends and Victoria did describe that she had a melancholy childhood (Figure 1).<ref>For more on Victoria's early reign, see: Williams, K. (2009) OCLC: 276647568. <i>Becoming queen.</i> London, Arrow.</ref>  As Victoria struggled to break free from the United Kingdom become grips of Conroy, and to some extent her mother, she forms a major global powerclose relationship with Lord Melbourne, or William Lamb, where who was the phrase "Prime Minister at the empire on time. He became a close confidant of Victoria, which was accurate. The series also indicates a very close relationship formed between them, which is also likely ture. It even suggests Victoria had a romantic interest in Lord Melbourne, where she eventually proposes to him (the sun never sets" queen had to propose in order to get married). This marriage proposal was unlikely to have occurred, as Lord Melbourne was used 58 years old at the time that Victoria came to describe power and, given the fact that Victoria never knew her father, likely treated Melbourne as a surrogate father figure.  The show focuses on political rivalries that were occurring at the time in the late 1830s between the Tories and Whigs, the two primary parties. There was even a crisis, the so-called Bedchamber crisis, where the United Kingdom's empire stretched Tory leader Robert Peel was to many parts of be given the globePrim Minister role. The first season looks at However, he insisted that Queen Victoria remove some of her accession ladies of the bedchamber, as they had husbands who were Whig politicians, suggesting to Peel that Victoria was too heavily biased toward the Whigs. However, as these were Victoria's friends, she refused, causing a crisis since Peel would have normally taken the role of Prime Minister as queenhis party now controlled parliament. Eventually, Melbourne was again asserted as Prime Minister, where the events depicted are mostly accurate in the series.<ref>For more on early controversies in Victoria's reign, see: Rappaport, H. (2003) <i>Queen Victoria: a biographical companion.</i> ABC-CLIO biographical companions. Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO.</ref> As Victoria struggled to gain and show her marriage authority, the series then introduces how she met and was introduced to Albertafter a series of other potential suitors. In reality, she had already known Albert prior to her ascension and had already indicated her struggles some romantic interest in him. As the show depicts, she was very struck by him, although the series depicts that his stiff personality at times was off putting to assert her authority . It also shows Albert as protective of Victoria and jealous of Melbourne, although this probably was not the case. However, with the rise of Albert at court, the influence of Melbourne did diminish on Victoria. This is more to do with the fact that as many saw Albert became her as husband he played also a child or lacked greater role in government and fulfilled roles Melbourne would have done earlier on. Victoria formally proposed to Albert on October 15, 1839, with the wedding taking place on the reason to be an effective monarch10th of February 1840.<ref>For more on Prince Albert, see: James, R.R.[[File(1984) <i>Prince Albert:Victoriaa biography.</i> 1st American ed.jpeg|thumbnail|VictoriaNew York, Season 1]]Knopf : Distributed by Random House.</ref>

==Key Events==Season 1 begins with Although Victoria was sometimes called the death grandmother of King WilliamEurope due to the many monarchs that derived from her line and that married into various European households, she, in fact, who hated childbirth and having to go through the process of having children (she had nine children). This worry about childbirth was shown in the series, where she brings up her fear of death in the process as this occurred to some other royal women in her line. Some of Victoria's uncle. As the king diary entries did not have any legitimate children through his marriage, the succession passed down to Victoriain fact, suggest her worry and fears of childbirth. The first few episodes focused <ref>For more on Victoria's inexperiencechildren and their birth, see: Van der Kiste, J. (2009) <i>Queen Victoria’s children.</i> 2nd ed. Stroud, History Press.</ref>  Meanwhile, there were social tensions in the United Kingdom, as she was only 18 years old at widespread poverty in the country and social unrest in places created tensions. Edward Oxford did try to assassinate the time young Queen as she became queen rode in 1837. Key events focused on her mother (Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) and John Conroycarriage with Albert near Buckingham palace, her mother's secretary which had just become the official palace. This did occur and friend. RumorsOxford, as suggested by the showdepicts, had it they were possible loverswas committed to an insane asylum after the attempt, but this with the queen showing some indignation that he was unclearnot executed for his acts. In both reality and the The seriesindicates her uncle, Conroy and Victoria's mother caused difficulties for who was now King of Hanover but also was the potential successor to Victoriauntil she gave birth to a child, did suggest that she may be assassinated, where Conroy was portrayed as controllingwhich possibly implicated him in a plot. There is truth to However, no such evidence of thiswas found, as Victoria was brought up in a system called the Kensington systemseries, which greatly controlled who and most likely there was never any serious suspicion of her uncle.<ref>For more on social discord and assassination attempts on Victoria, see: Murphy, P.T. (2013) OCLC: 859559768. <i>Shooting Victoria could talk to : madness, mayhem, and interact withthe rebirth of the British monarchy. This made her </i></ref> In fact, any plot could have caused war against Hanover, which would have few true friends and Victoria did describe that she had a melancholy childhooddeterred him.

As Victoria struggled to break free from the grips of Conroy, she forms a close relationship with Lord Melbourne, or William Lamb, who was the Prime Minister at the time. The series indicates a very close relationship formed between them, which it did. It even suggests Victoria had a romantic interest in Lord Melbourne, where she eventually proposes to him (the queen had to propose in order to get married). This is highly unlikely to have occurred, as Lord Melbourne was 58 years old at the time that Victoria came to power. The show focuses on political rivalries that were occurring at the time in the late 1830s between the Tories and Whigs, the two primary parties. There was even a crisis, the so<dh-called Bedchamber crisis, where the Tory leader Robert Peel was to be given the Prim Minister role. However, he insisted that Queen Victoria remove some of her ladies of the bedchamber, as they had husbands who were Whig politicians, suggesting to Peel that Victoria was too heavily biased toward the Whigs. However, as these were Victoria's friends, she refused, causing a crisis since Peel would have normally taken the role of Prime Minister as his party controlled parliament.ad/>