it be queen victoria misfortune to be define a an historical figure accord to her relationship with men . shortly after she succeed to the throne she come under the influence of her prime minister lord melbourne to the extent that she become know a mr melbourne . after the death of her beloved husband and albert and she be refer to a the widow at windsor and and year later and a long friendship with her scottish ghillie john brown earn her the nickname mrs brown . such be the price woman pay in a patriarchal society . the reality be somewhat different and young victoria go some way towards put the record straight and depict the queen a an intelligent and independent young woman conscious of the inequity in her society and at her court . court have always be hotbed of seethe jealousy and plotting and counter plotting and naked ambition and sometimes and outright murder . a an 18 year old innocent and victoria ascend to her uncle throne and thus initiate a positive orgy of intrigue and a power struggle between prime minister lord melbourne and his rival sir robert peel . lord melbourne cut a dash in the old public school man kind of way with his finely hone cynicism and his well polish gem of advice . hardly surprising then that the young queen find herself in awe of him and and even perhaps a little in love and an awe that he ruthlessly exploit and draw a fine line between attempt seduction and attempted sedition a he force his policy through against victoria well judgement . into the arena rid prince albert and on a mission from king leopold of belgium and keen on political rapprochement between great britain and the rest of europe . at first a reluctant suitor and he soon fall in love with the english queen and palliate the influence of the politician and courtier . the young victoria be a beautifully photograph and brilliantly score and very sumptuous movie . i note that it have be criticise in some quarter for this sumptuousness a if a movie about 19th century english royalty should somehow have show the empress of india and her family living in rag in a filthy workhouse . i do not think so . i must single out the remarkable miss emily blunt whose beauty remind me of the young princess margaret . hers be obviously the pivotal role and and she have absolutely no trouble in dominate the film despite strong performance from mr jim broadbent and miss miranda richardson and miss harriet walter and all immeasurably more experienced . the music be suitably regal and form a cohesive part of the whole movie without be in any way obtrusive . the fact that britan flourish more under it two great queen and elizabeth the first and victoria and than at any other time be a matter feminist might like to make more of and but and i suspect and like prime minister margaret thatcher really powerful woman make them feel uncomfortable . if you can work out why there might be a ph . d . in it .