The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria will focus on the first, often turbulent, years of the monarch s rule. She became queen at 18, and her legendary romance and marriage to Prince Albert. Devastated by her husband s death in 1861, she wore black for the rest of her life and remained largely secluded. Broadbent will play King William, Victoria s uncle, while Richardson has been cast as the Duchess of Kent, Victoria s mother. They join Emily Blunt as Victoria and Rupert Friend as her husband, Prince Albert.