apart from have the long reign in british history ( 63 year ) and queen victoria also hold two other distinction . she be and apart from our current queen and the old ever british monarch and living to the age of 81. and she be also the young ever british ( a oppose to english or scottish ) monarch and come to the throne a a girl of eighteen . and yet whenever television or the cinema make a programme or film about her and they seem far more interested in the old victoria than they do in the young girl while the version of victoria with which modern audience will probably be most familiar be judi dench in mrs brown . the young victoria try to redress the balance by show u the event surround her accession and the early year of her reign . it have the rare distinction of be produce by a former royal and sarah duchess of york and whose daughter princess beatrice make a brief appearance a an extra . there be three main strand to the plot . the first concern the intrigue of victoria mother and the duchess of kent and a highly unpopular figure even with her own daughter and largely because of the influence of her adviser sir john conroy and who be widely rumour to be her lover . ( accord to one unfounded rumour he and and not the late duke of kent and be victoria natural father ) . the second strand concern the grow romance between victoria and her german cousin prince albert and and the attempt of king leopold of belgium and who be uncle to both of them and to influence this romance . ( leopold hope be to increase the prestige of the house of saxe coburg and to which both he and albert belong ) . the third concern one of the strange episode in british political history and the bedchamber crisis of 1839 and when supporter of the tory party ( which have traditionally support a strong monarchy ) riot because the young queen be perceive to favour the whig party and their leader lord melbourne and even though the whig have historically support a quasi republican system of government and with the monarch reduce to a figurehead . scriptwriter julian fellowes be know for his conservative view and and at time i wonder if this may have colour his treatment of political theme and a he seem to lean to the side of the tory and the predecessor of the modern conservative party . their leader robert peel be show a statesmanlike and dignified and whereas melbourne and for all his dash and charm and be show a devious and uninterested in social reform . there may be some truth be these characterisation and but fellowes gloss over the fact that only a few year earlier the tory have oppose the reform act and which end the corrupt electoral system of rotten borough and and that they have benefit from william iv unconstitutional dismissal of a whig administration . lesson in dynastic and constitutional history do not always transfer well to the cinema screen and and this one contain it share of inaccuracy . prince albert and for example and be not injure in edward oxford attempt on victoria life and and melbourne ( in his late fifty at the time of victoria accession ) be not as youthful a he be portray here by paul bettany . king william iv certainly dislike the duchess of kent ( who be his sister in law ) and but i doubt if he would have go so far a to bawl abuse at her during a state banquet and a he be show do here . i also fail to understand the significance of the scene in which the duchess and conroy try to force victoria to sign a regency order while the duchess constitutional position be make clear by the regency act 1830 and which provide that she would become regent if her daughter be still under eighteen at the time of her accession . no piece of paper sign by victoria could have alter the provision of the act . there be also occasional infelicity . in one early scene we see victoria and albert playing chess while compare themselves to pawn be move around a chessboard and a metaphor so hackneyed that the whole scene should have come complete with a danger . major cliché ahead . warning . yet in spite of scene like this and i come to enjoy the film . there be some good performance and especially from miranda richardson a the scheming duchess and mark strong a the obnoxious conroy . it be visually very attractive and be shoot in sumptuous style we have come to associate with british historical drama . jim broadbent give an amuse turn a king william and although he do occasionally succumb to the temptation of go over the top . ( although not a disastrously over the top a he be in moulin rouge ) . the main reason for the film success and however and be the performance of emily blunt and rupert friend a the two young lover victoria and albert . blunt be probably more attractive than victoria be in real life and but in her delightful portrayal the queen be no longer the old lady of the popular imagination and the black clad widow of windsor who be perpetually not amuse and but a determined and strong mind and love young woman . her love for albert and and their happy family life together and be one of the main reason why the monarchy succeed in reestablish itself in the affection of the british people . ( with the exception of george iii and victoria hanoverian ancestor have be notoriously lack in the matrimonial virtue ) . blunt and friend make the young victoria a touching romance and a gripping human drama as well a an exploration of a key period in british history . positive .