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* HowTheyTreatTheHelp: Queen Victoria and Miss Nancy are both kind, loving and tolerant to Miss Cleary despite the fact that she is an Irish Catholic lady.
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* NiceToTheWaitress: Queen Victoria and Miss Nancy are both kind, loving and tolerant to Miss Cleary despite the fact that she is an Irish Catholic lady.
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** Albert attempts to avert this during the Chartist protests at the beginning of season 3, by moving the Royal Family to the Isle of Wight until London calms down. Unfortunately, Victoria's waters break after a near-miss from a brick thrown through a window, resulting in the MaternityCrisis trope instead.
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** Albert attempts to avert this during the Chartist protests at the beginning of season 3, by moving the Royal Family to the Isle of Wight until London calms down. Unfortunately, Victoria's waters break after a near-miss [[NearMisses near-miss]] from a brick thrown through a window, resulting in the MaternityCrisis trope instead.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Lord Melbourne's sister Emma appears in a single scene in "Doll 123". She doesn't appear again until she's reintroduced as Lord Palmerston's wife in season 3.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Having been AdaptedOut of the first two series, it comes off as this trope when Princess Feodora is introduced in Series 3.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: RememberTheNewGuy:
** Having been AdaptedOut of the first two series, it comes off as this trope when Princess Feodora is introduced in Series 3.
** Lord Palmerston is omitted from seasons 1 and 2, despite having been Lord Melbourne's foreign minister and brother-in-law (he married Melbourne's sister in 1839), and doesn't appear on-screen until season 3.
** Having been AdaptedOut of the first two series, it comes off as this trope when Princess Feodora is introduced in Series 3.
** Lord Palmerston is omitted from seasons 1 and 2, despite having been Lord Melbourne's foreign minister and brother-in-law (he married Melbourne's sister in 1839), and doesn't appear on-screen until season 3.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Fleeing the UsefulNotes/RevolutionsOf1848, Princess Feodora moves into Buckingham Palace for the duration of Series 3, much to Victoria's chagrin. None of this is historically accurate, by the way.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Fleeing the UsefulNotes/RevolutionsOf1848, Princess Feodora moves into Buckingham Palace for the duration of Series 3, much to Victoria's chagrin. None of Palace, and as far as Victoria is concerned, she has become this is historically accurate, trope by the way.middle of season 3. Albert, on the other hand, does not think that Feodora has overstayed her welcome. [[spoiler: Eventually subverted when Lord Palmerston gives Victoria some sibling relationship advice, and not only does Feodora stay until the end of the season, but she also brings in her daughter Heidi]].
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* UndercoverCopReveal: Abigail Turner is ''extremely'' upset to find out that her Chartist boyfriend was an undercover Scotland Yard inspector the whole time. When they reunite after [[spoiler: Abigail has replaced the now-deceased Skerrett as Queen Victoria's dresser]], she is ''still'' upset about it.
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* CoolTrain: The real-life Trope-Maker, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_(locomotive) the 2-2-0 Planet]], appears (played by a replica) in an episode of season 1. [[RailEnthusiast Prince Albert and Sir Robert Peel spend half the episode fanboying over it]].
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** Victoria notes that [[spoiler: her new dresser, Abigail Turner]] is normally talkative and unafraid to speak her mind, but is unusually quiet. It turns out Victoria's new tutor, Mr. Caine, is abusing Bertie, and everyone is afraid to speak out.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The very first episode begins with the death of King William IV and Queen Victoria ascending as a result. Sir John Conroy and Baroness Lehzen both arrange for pages (Mr. Penge and Mr. Brody, respectively) to inform them, so that they can be the first to know.
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* SadistTeacher: Mr. Caine, Bertie's tutor in an episode of season 3, is revealed at the end of the episode to be physically abusive, leaving red marks on Bertie's wrists. Victoria is [[MamaBear absolutely livid]] when she finds out.
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** There is no historical evidence that [[spoiler: Fredericka resented her half-sister's success or tried to undermine her marriage]]. She and Victoria kept up a frequent and cordial correspondence for decades, and Victoria was devastated when she died.
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** There is no historical evidence that [[spoiler: Victoria's half-sister Fredericka resented her half-sister's success or tried to undermine her marriage]].marriage. She and Victoria kept up a frequent and cordial correspondence for decades, and Victoria was devastated when she died.
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* AltarDiplomacy: Despite Victoria and Albert being the most famous marriage for love at the time, the show is still set in a time when this trope was still commonplace. Season 2 has an episode where Britain and France are arguing over whose candidate gets to marry Queen Isabella II of Spain, Vicky is set to marry the Crown Prince of Prussia by the end of season 3, and [[spoiler: Feodora attempts to use the Crystal Palace Exhibition as an excuse to arrange the marriage of her daughter Heidi with Napoleon III's son]].
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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Victoria and Feodora in season 3, especially after Feodora openly rants about her jealousy of Victoria in the second half of the season.
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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Victoria and Feodora in season 3, especially after Feodora openly rants about her jealousy of Victoria in the second half of the season. [[spoiler: Victoria ends up consulting Lord Palmerston for advice, leading to a temporary truce that lasts until the Great Exhibition, before Feodora goes back to Langenburg]].
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** Lord Palmerston starts season 3 as an obnoxious populist foreign secretary, who cheats on his wife. He's revealed to be skilled in psychology, cares enough about the people in his jurisdiction to evacuate them to New York during the Irish Potato Famine, understands what makes him relatable to constituents, and knows how Victoria's private family sketches (which she was deeply humiliated by the publication of) are actually a massive PR win for the Royal Family.
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** Lord Palmerston starts season 3 as an obnoxious populist foreign secretary, who cheats on his wife. He's revealed to be skilled in psychology, cares enough about the people in his jurisdiction to evacuate them to New York during the Irish Potato Famine, understands what makes him relatable to constituents, and knows how Victoria's private family sketches (which she was deeply humiliated by the publication of) are actually a massive PR win for the Royal Family. [[spoiler: Victoria even requests his advice for defusing her sibling rivalry with Feodora]].
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* PersonaNonGrata: Both Sir John Conroy and the Duke of Cumberland (later King of Hanover) are ''Personae Non Grata'' in Buckingham Palace by the end of season 1.
** [[spoiler: Mr. Caine, Bertie's abusive tutor]] becomes a ''Persona Non Grata'' in the palace halfway through season 3.
** [[spoiler: Victoria was willing to declare Feodora as unwelcome halfway through season 3, but Albert's friendship with her and Lord Palmerston's advice keep her around until the end of the season... when Victoria angrily declares Feodora ''Persona Non Grata'' after discovering [[AltarDiplomacy what she was planning to do with Heidi]] ]].
** [[spoiler: Mr. Caine, Bertie's abusive tutor]] becomes a ''Persona Non Grata'' in the palace halfway through season 3.
** [[spoiler: Victoria was willing to declare Feodora as unwelcome halfway through season 3, but Albert's friendship with her and Lord Palmerston's advice keep her around until the end of the season... when Victoria angrily declares Feodora ''Persona Non Grata'' after discovering [[AltarDiplomacy what she was planning to do with Heidi]] ]].
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* RejectionRitual: On two separate occasions, gentlemen will literally turn their back on someone who has done something wrong (and if they were seated, they will stand up just to turn their back on the person).
** The first time is when the Duke of Cumberland [[spoiler: is blamed for the first AssassinationAttempt on Queen Victoria, prior to it being found that the assassin was insane]].
** The second time is when Lord Palmerston handles the Don Pacifico Affair by blockading Greece, prior to his "Civitas Romanus Sum" speech.
** The first time is when the Duke of Cumberland [[spoiler: is blamed for the first AssassinationAttempt on Queen Victoria, prior to it being found that the assassin was insane]].
** The second time is when Lord Palmerston handles the Don Pacifico Affair by blockading Greece, prior to his "Civitas Romanus Sum" speech.
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** A fourth assassination attempt is by an angry Irish separatist, who attacks Victoria while Vicky and Bertie are also in the carriage.
** Sir Robert Peel is also targeted for assassination, this time by an angry farmer. [[spoiler: unlike the attempts on Victoria, this gun was loaded, but Drummond takes the bullet instead of Peel]].
** Sir Robert Peel is also targeted for assassination, this time by an angry farmer. [[spoiler: unlike the attempts on Victoria, this gun was loaded, but Drummond takes the bullet instead of Peel]].
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** A fourth assassination attempt is by an angry Irish separatist, separatist DisguisedInDrag, who attacks Victoria while Vicky and Bertie are also in the carriage.
** Sir Robert Peel is also targeted for assassination, this time by an angry farmer. [[spoiler:unlike Unlike the attempts on Victoria, this gun was loaded, but Drummond takes the bullet instead of Peel]].
** Sir Robert Peel is also targeted for assassination, this time by an angry farmer. [[spoiler:
* ContrastingSequelProtagonist: If Skerrett could be considered the 'protagonist' of the 'downstairs' subplot in seasons 1 and 2, [[spoiler: her replacement Abigail, who replaces her as Victoria's dresser halfway through season 3, could be considered this. While Skerrett is a ShrinkingViolet who falls in love with a chef and eventually leaves for love, Abigail is a gruff, no-nonsense worker unafraid to speak her mind, who joined the palace help after being spurned by an undercover police officer]].
** Lord Melbourne has a minor one when Victoria proposes to Albert.
** Various Maids have Oh Crap moments when the Boy Jones is sneaking around the palace. Jones himself then has one when he's discovered.
** Victoria when Abigail bluntly tells her about [[spoiler: Bertie being abused by his new tutor]].
** Bertie has one when threatened with [[spoiler: the aforementioned abusive tutor coming back]] if he doesn't behave himself.
** Bertie is later pushed all the way into a HeroicBSOD when [[spoiler: he's humiliated by a Phrenologist, thinking that he's stupid]].
** Bertie has one when threatened with [[spoiler: the aforementioned abusive tutor coming back]] if he doesn't behave himself.
** Bertie is later pushed all the way into a HeroicBSOD when [[spoiler: he's humiliated by a Phrenologist, thinking that he's stupid]].
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** The Duchess of Kent is last seen at the end of season 2, and does not appear on-screen (only mentioned) in season 3.
** Chef Francatelli leaves at the end of season 1, comes back for season 2, [[spoiler: and then leaves for good with Skerrett's death halfway through season 3]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With the Duchess of Kent being absent from season 3, Victoria's older half-sister Feodora takes up a similar role.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: During the Broad Street Pump episode in season 3, Brody overhears a discussion between Victoria and Dr. Snow and [[DramaticDrop is startled into dropping the stack of sweets]]. When Victoria asks, Brody explains [[spoiler: that the sick apothecary who Dr. Snow mentioned as an outlier had sold Skerrett a bottle of tonic made with water from the cholera-infested pump]]. Upon hearing this explanation, Victoria ''promptly'' heads out to visit [[spoiler: Francatelli and Skerrett]].
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* OhCrap: Several times throughout the series.
** Lady Flora Hastings has the first on-screen moment, when Victoria accuses her of carrying Conroy's love-child. Again when it turns out she's actually terminally ill with cancer.
** Victoria later has one [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong at her birthday party]] when [[EekAMouse rats are sitting on her birthday cake]].
** Victoria has a low-key one when faced with the prospect of falling pregnant.
** Victoria when she suddenly has MorningSickness in the middle of a concert.
** Victoria when a deranged fan "offers" to "rescue" her from Prince Albert.
** Victoria and Albert whenever someone makes an AssassinationAttempt on the Queen.
** Victoria and Albert when they get lost in the Scottish highlands. Everyone at the castle where she was staying [[MassOhCrap has pretty much the same reaction]].
** Victoria when [[spoiler: Albert [[DangerThinIce falls through the ice]] while he was figure-skating]].
** [[MassOhCrap Everyone in Buckingham Palace]] when Victoria's water breaks while the palace is besieged by a mob of angry Chartists.
** Brody when he realizes [[spoiler: Skerrett bought a tonic made with Cholera-tainted water]]. Victoria has the same reaction when informed.
** Victoria when [[spoiler: Albert falls unconscious after the Great Exhibition]].
** Lady Flora Hastings has the first on-screen moment, when Victoria accuses her of carrying Conroy's love-child. Again when it turns out she's actually terminally ill with cancer.
** Victoria later has one [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong at her birthday party]] when [[EekAMouse rats are sitting on her birthday cake]].
** Victoria has a low-key one when faced with the prospect of falling pregnant.
** Victoria when she suddenly has MorningSickness in the middle of a concert.
** Victoria when a deranged fan "offers" to "rescue" her from Prince Albert.
** Victoria and Albert whenever someone makes an AssassinationAttempt on the Queen.
** Victoria and Albert when they get lost in the Scottish highlands. Everyone at the castle where she was staying [[MassOhCrap has pretty much the same reaction]].
** Victoria when [[spoiler: Albert [[DangerThinIce falls through the ice]] while he was figure-skating]].
** [[MassOhCrap Everyone in Buckingham Palace]] when Victoria's water breaks while the palace is besieged by a mob of angry Chartists.
** Brody when he realizes [[spoiler: Skerrett bought a tonic made with Cholera-tainted water]]. Victoria has the same reaction when informed.
** Victoria when [[spoiler: Albert falls unconscious after the Great Exhibition]].
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* OopNorth: Abigail, the gruff, no-nonsense Chartist [[spoiler: who eventually replaces Skerrett as Victoria's personal dresser]], speaks with a north England accent.
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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Victoria and Feodora in season 3, especially after Feodora openly rants about her jealousy of Victoria in the second half of the season.
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* MotiveRant: Feodora rants about her jealousy of Victoria to her during the Georgian costume ball in season 3.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Victoria approaches this several times such as [[spoiler: when she thinks Lord M is abandoning her by resigning]] and [[spoiler: when Dash dies as she's coming to terms with the likelihood of Lord M also dying]]. Albert has his own moment when he [[spoiler: is led to believe that Leopold is his real father, casting his legitimacy and that of his children into question]].
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** Victoria approaches this several times such as [[spoiler: when she thinks Lord M is abandoning her by resigning]] and [[spoiler: when Dash dies as she's coming to terms with the likelihood of Lord M alsodying]]. dying]].
** Albert has his own moment when he [[spoiler: is led to believe that Leopold is his real father, casting his legitimacy and that of his children intoquestion]].question]].
** Bertie gets close in season 3, after being humiliated by Albert and a Phrenologist.
** Victoria approaches this several times such as [[spoiler: when she thinks Lord M is abandoning her by resigning]] and [[spoiler: when Dash dies as she's coming to terms with the likelihood of Lord M also
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** Bertie gets close in season 3, after being humiliated by Albert and a Phrenologist.
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** Averted in season 3 with both Bertie (who has a pet mouse) and Lord Palmerston (who happily handles said mouse at the Christening of Victoria and Albert's youngest child).
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** A fourth assassination attempt is by an angry Irish separatist, who attacks Victoria while Vicky and Bertie are also in the carriage.
** In season 3, Victoria holds a Georgian-themed costume ball... shortly after her family sketches were published, and where Feodora reveals her resentment and jealously towards her.
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* HiddenDepths: Penge is one of most consistently unlikable characters in the series. He's also fluent in German (despite a general distaste for all things foreign), an excellent dancer, and staunchly opposed to slavery.
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** Penge is one of most consistently unlikable characters in theseries.series, a no-nonsense manager of the downstairs staff, who is very strict towards his subordinates. He's also fluent in German (despite a general distaste for all things foreign), an excellent dancer, and staunchly opposed to slavery. In the season 2 Christmas episode he aspires to become a gentleman by investing in the railway.
** Lord Palmerston starts season 3 as an obnoxious populist foreign secretary, who cheats on his wife. He's revealed to be skilled in psychology, cares enough about the people in his jurisdiction to evacuate them to New York during the Irish Potato Famine, understands what makes him relatable to constituents, and knows how Victoria's private family sketches (which she was deeply humiliated by the publication of) are actually a massive PR win for the Royal Family.
** Penge is one of most consistently unlikable characters in the
** Lord Palmerston starts season 3 as an obnoxious populist foreign secretary, who cheats on his wife. He's revealed to be skilled in psychology, cares enough about the people in his jurisdiction to evacuate them to New York during the Irish Potato Famine, understands what makes him relatable to constituents, and knows how Victoria's private family sketches (which she was deeply humiliated by the publication of) are actually a massive PR win for the Royal Family.
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* RomanticismVsEnlightenment: In the show, Albert, Sir Robert Peel, and Feodora all side with Enlightenment. By contrast, Victoria, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Palmerston all side with Romanticism.
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* RomanticismVsEnlightenment: In the show, Albert, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Alfred, and Feodora various science-based guest characters all side with Enlightenment. By contrast, Victoria, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Palmerston all side with Romanticism.Romanticism.
** PlayedForDrama in season 3, when Bertie's behavior creates arguments as to whether he needs more discipline (the Enlightenment answer) or more love (the Romantic answer).
** PlayedForDrama in season 3, when Bertie's behavior creates arguments as to whether he needs more discipline (the Enlightenment answer) or more love (the Romantic answer).
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* SmashTheSymbol: In season 3, Victoria deliberately smashes Albert's phrenology diagram during an argument, as a reflection of how phrenology is causing Bertie emotional distress.
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** Phrenology, a pseudoscience attributing personality elements to various lobes of the brain, was considered a genuine science in the 19th century. It first appears in season 2, when a doctor uses it to explain why the boy Jones broke into Buckingham Palace. An episode of season 3 emphasizes how it could be utilized as an instrument of Ableism- with [[spoiler: Bertie breaking down crying, thinking he's stupid]].
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* RomanticismVsEnlightenment: In the show, Albert, Sir Robert Peel, and Feodora all side with Enlightenment. By contrast, Victoria, Lord Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Palmerston all side with Romanticism.
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* ScienceHero: Albert is a massive science enthusiast who spends various episodes trying to improve the lives of the British people with science and technology; Downplayed in the sense that he isn't a scientist himself.
** Deconstructed in season 3, since Phrenology, a pseudoscience, was considered a science in the 19th century, and Albert treats it as such as well. The result of which is Bertie suffering from self-loathing after being told he's irrational by a doctor.
** Deconstructed in season 3, since Phrenology, a pseudoscience, was considered a science in the 19th century, and Albert treats it as such as well. The result of which is Bertie suffering from self-loathing after being told he's irrational by a doctor.
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