What Is The Historical Accuracy Of The Movie The Young Victoria

In The Roycroft Dictionary, author Elbert Hubbard wrote, “History: Gossip well told”. Hubbard’s words ring true to the events that took place in Queen Victoria’s life and the movie representing her actions, as well. The acclaimed movie, The Young Victoria, stars Queen Victoria, played by Emily Blunt, and Prince Albert, who prove their selfless love for each other after living in other people’s worlds. The movie shows Victoria’s struggle to find herself while she finds her allies too. I believe that the movie, The Young Victoria, is not an accurate portrayal of the real life events of Queen Victoria because of incorrect representation of Victoria’s love interest Albert, characters from her young life, and situations surrounding her love
For instance, while the movie mainly focused on Victoria and Albert’s relationship, Victoria was constantly being pushed to find new relationships. “King William encouraged Victoria to meet other suitable candidates for her hand,” (“Victoria” Historical). Even her uncle who ultimately wanted Victoria and Albert to stay together was pushing them away. For the movie to have been completely accurate, they should have shown how many other suitors she had because she easily could have chosen someone else over Albert. Also, in the movie Queen Victoria only seems to care about politics and Albert, whereas this is not the case. Queen Victoria had quite a personal life, “Life was not all work. She loved parties and balls and delighted in staying up till dawn dancing. She was not keen on hunting but like to ride and kept dogs. So hard did she play that some of her ministers began to fear that she was exhibiting the Hanoverian love of sensual pleasure that had led her uncles into sexual escapades and debt,” (“Victoria” Historical) In the movie, Queen Victoria seems like a no nonsense women who would not have time for these things, so they underestimated her personal life. It also shows that while she was dealing with all of the terrible political issues, she had other problems too, which would have really added to the movie. Lastly, in real life Victoria acted differently among different people, but in the movie she only had one personality. In the movie she was mainly just selfish, but in reality, “those she disliked found her somber and terrifying; her ladies, servants, and grandchildren thought she looked “so dear” and idolized her,” (“Victoria, Queen”). This was an important part of who Victoria was, and the movie didn’t do a very good job of showing the fear that some people felt when in her presence. Victoria’s love and political life caused inaccuracies in