LucyWorsleyrestagestheweddingofQueenVictoriaandPrinceAlbert.EachdetailisbroughtbacktolifeinaspectacularceremonyasLucyrevealshowthiseventsavedthemonarchyandinventedmodernmarriage.
Aidedbyateamofexperts,Lucyrecreatesthemostimportantelementsoftheceremonyandthecelebrations,scouringhistorybooks,archives,newspapersandQueenVictoria'sdiariesforthedetails.Sherevealshoweverymomentwasbrilliantlystage-managedformaximumeffect.Likeeverygoodmarriagecelebration,thefilmisaheadymixoffinefood,fabulousclothes,music,emotion,gossipandintrigue.Fromthewhitedresstothemassivetieredwhitecake,fromthemusicsungbythechoirtothemomentringswereexchanged,eachelementhasbeencarefullyresearchedandremadeforagrandstagingofthebigdayitself.
TheexpertsincludefoodhistorianAnnieGray,clothingexpertHarrietWaterhouseandmilitaryhistorianJasdeepSingh.WovenintotherecreationoftheweddingdayisthestoryofVictoriaandAlbert'scourtshipandengagement,anditspoliticalimportance.Lucyunpacksandexploresthehiddeniconographyandsymbolismofthishugelysignificantwedding,andrevealsnewinsightsintoVictoriaandAlbert'srelationship;bothpublicandprivate.
Thefilmshedsnewlightonthewiderimplicationsoftheweddingandrevealshowthisoneextraordinaryeventhelpedtoinventmodernmarriage.
