QUEEN VICTORIA EPISODES Archives - AGE OF VICTORIA PODCAST

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2021 – TICKLING THE CHRISTMAS IVORY

2021-12-22 age-of-victoria 00:57:56 0 Comments

What could be more of a traditional Victorian Christmas than carols by candlelight with an orchestra, piano and harp? Quite a bit actually. Victorian piano’s were a late addition and the carols were a really new thing. Find out how carols and piano’s go together like new age German synth and wannabe edgy 20 somethings.

This episode covers.

Intro & reviews.
The Victorian carols hitlist.
Good King thingy and the famous Reverend Doctor Neale.
Queen Victoria’s rather gaudy piano.
The Victorian piano market.
A quick note about the class system.
Industrialisation & piano’s.
So what should I use for a Victorian Carol Concert?
A nice little story.

Golden C18th Style Grand Piano, made by French firm S & P Erard, it was gilded and painted by the miniature painter François Théodore Rochard.

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EP042 EARLY DAYS OF A ROYAL MARRIAGE

2021-12-05 age-of-victoria 0:47:10 0 Comments

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Marriage isn’t easy, even in the early days, especially a royal marriage. It’s even harder if you are an intellectual who dabbles in cutting edge music, but your wife only thinks of you as a sex object. It wasn’t easy being Albert. Victoria had a lot of on her plate too, what with being a new Queen, starting her journey to Empress, and that pesky pregnancy. Oh and saving the political system of the U.K.

Intro & reviews.
Albert & the music.
Beethoven.
The invention of the neutrality of the crown.
Corruption, reform & sexual politics.
A woman’s role as queen.
India sounds interesting.
Good governance.
Pregnancy & child birth.
A might have been.

EP031 VICTORIA & ALBERT – A ROMANTIC PRINCE & A WEDDING

2020-08-01 age-of-victoria 00:47:29 0 Comments

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How does the Queen of Kingdom and ruler of the Empire choose a husband? This is not a choice to get wrong, so Victoria was under pressure. Was Albert the Romantic Prince and perfect companion of her dreams? Learn about the Prince, his childhood, his music, & his journey from shy intellectual to confident suitor to the Queen.

This show covers

Prince Alberts childhood & family scandals.
The close relationship between Germany & Britain.
The German Romantic movement.
Did they really fall in love?
Albert had groove.
A royal proposal & Lord M’s advice for marriage.
What, a German? Tory opposition and financial constraints.
Preparing for the wedding.
The Bride Wore White.
A very, very successful wedding night.

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EP030 QUEEN VICTORIA’S NO GOOD, VERY BAD YEAR

2020-07-01 age-of-victoria 00:56:38 0 Comments

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How was Victoria coping with being Queen? She was intelligent, stubborn, cultured, but sometimes misguided and blinkered. Worse, the nation itself seemed fractured, bitter, and in danger of collapse. Her first two years as monarch showed the need for her to have a partner. Someone who could share the load, act as a lightning rod and shield on shoulder, and make the transition from partisan Queen to Monarch for the whole nation. There were some dangerous rocks in the waters and Victoria would have to learn to tread carefully as she made her steps on the journey to being the monarch that united the nation.

This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s
Lord Melbourne – brief biography
Introduce Sir Robert Peel
Situation of UK/Empire in 1830’s.
Chartism.
Lady Flora Hastings
Affair of the Bedchamber
Resolution
Victoria’s mental/physical state.
How Prince Albert helped.

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3RD ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VICTORIA & ALBERT – A ROYAL, AND A ROMANTIC

2020-06-01 age-of-victoria 00:43:11 0 Comments

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EP030 3rd Anniversary Special: Victoria & Albert -a Royal and a Romantic.

The podcast is 3 years old, so time for Victoria and Albert to become a couple. One of histories famous romances and two names that almost define the age. Yet it was a strange road that brought them together. In this show we look at Queen Victoria’s tricky love life, the problems of being a royal celebrity, meet some of Prince Alberts competition, and learn how they finally came to meet. But was it love at first sight?

Gallery of Romanticism Key Works

This show covers

Reviews and thank you’s for 3 years
The importance of the German Romantic movement.
The problems of a royal marriage.
A woman? As Queen? What would the Bible say?
Immaturity and dynastic tangles.
Stalking Victoria.
Enter Prince Albert, stage right.
Duke Alex, boxes of bling, and heartbreak.

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EP024 VICTORIA; CRISIS & THE CROWN

2019-11-01 age-of-victoria 00:46:18 0 Comments

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The time has come. Victoria must weather the final crisis on her way to the throne. Join me for an exciting conclusion to Victoria’s childhood where she finds out if she has iron in her soul.

This show has

Continuation of her teenage years.
Relationships with King William IV.
The state of the monarchy.
Victoria’s desperate crisis.
Ascending the throne.
Coronation and triumph.

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EP022 Politics – The Tories & the battle for Catholic Emancipation

2019-09-01 age-of-victoria 00:43:49 0 Comments

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This episode on the Tories & the Battle for Catholic Emancipation continue our breakdown of the complex political system in the 1820’s & 1830’s to show you how it all fits together. If you want to know about the reasons why the British struggled with Catholics, and why the Tories always seemed to be fighting against reform, then this is the episode for you.

This episode covers

The state of politics in 1820-1830

The definitions of a political party

Famous figures of the Tory old guard

The death of Castlereagh and the rise of the Duke of Wellington

The problem of Catholics & the Crown

Our old frenemy the Prince Regent/George IV makes a cameo

The battle over the Catholic Emancipation

The personal impact on the Young Victoria.

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MINISODE 014 FILM REVIEW “VICTORIA THE GREAT”

2019-05-14 age-of-victoria 00:32:58 0 Comments

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I’ve launched a Patreon and I review our first film about Queen Victoria – Victoria the Great. I also read out the latest iTunes reviews.

The show starts with the announcement about Patreon and the various tiers. Then I remind listeners to send in questions for the upcoming 2nd anniversary special. The middle of the show is a run down of how I will do film/TV series/book reviews and an evaluation of whether historical accuracy is important. This is followed by a short review of Victoria the Great. Finally there’s the run through of listener reviews.

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EP020 PT2 WHY EDUCATE A QUEEN & WHAT SHE LEARNT

2019-05-01 age-of-victoria 00:51:42 1 Comment

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In Ep20 pt 2 we continue our journey through Queen Victoria’s childhood education. Pt2 explores the specifics of education, what she learnt, and crucially, how her education would fit her into the increasingly strict and complex Victorian class system. It wasn’t easy being “the girl who will be Queen.” It also covers her relationship with her ally and mentor Uncle Leopold, King of Belgium.

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EP020(pt1) Why educate a Queen?

2019-04-03 age-of-victoria 00:35:55 0 Comments

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In Ep20 pt 1 we continue our journey through Queen Victoria’s childhood. In this 2 part show you will see how Victoria was educated; as a child, but also as a future Queen. She joined an elite group of people who could read and write, but she had a huge weight of expectation to live up to.

Ep20 pt1 explores the philosophy of education to see why a Queen needed to be educated. It sets her education in the context of the 1820’s/1830’s and compares it to the experience of regular children. It also covers how this fitted in with the arrival of Victoria’s governess, and long term ally, Louise Lehzen. It wasn’t easy to educate a queen, but then again education was a rare thing.

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EP019 Queen Victoria’s childhood pt1 “Life can be fragile”

2019-03-01 age-of-victoria 00:59:02 0 Comments

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Join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham for the first part of our series on Queen Victoria’s childhood. She was growing up at a time when life was fragile at best for children; between disease, poverty and murder, reaching adulthood was not guaranteed. Victoria had to face, an uncle who wanted to usurp the throne, a power hungry mother, and a corrupt household advisor called Sir John Conroy who hungered for money and power…..

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EP018 Early days

2019-02-01 age-of-victoria 00:50:03 0 Comments

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Join your host Chris Fernandez-Packham and discover how Victoria is dealt the first tragedy in her life. Learn about the perils and power of being a Duchess. Plus we meet the abusive and magnetic John Conroy, a man of ambition and secrets. We also witness the death of a King and Victoria’s slow, unlikely, but inevitable climb towards the throne. But before she got there, she would have to survive the abusive Kensington system and learn that trust is a dangerous luxury for royalty.

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EP017 A Queen (Victoria) is born

2018-12-03 age-of-victoria 00:37:11 0 Comments

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We meet Queen Victoria at last.

This episode covers George III, the Prince Regent, the royal family tree, the succession, the death of Princess Charlotte, Victoria’s parents – The Duke & Duchess of Kent, her birth and finally her Christening & the origins of her name. There’s a fully transcript for the episode HERE

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