This series, narrated by Miriam Margolyes, shatters the image of Queen Victoria as a stern, buttoned up monarch by using her diaries, journals, letters and archive treasures to reveal a highly complex, human queen and give an exciting fresh perspective on her remarkable achievements and dramatic life. Showing her to be a woman of tremendous passion, who battled personal demons. A dutiful monarch who to strove to serve her people in a new way. And a pioneering woman who broke new ground as a global ruler, devoted wife and matriarch – all at the same time. Visiting royal residences Kensington Palace and Osborne House, experts uncover the truth about the fashion, food, family, love and power of one our greatest ever monarchs.