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Podcast: British History: Royals, Rebels, and Romantics
Episode: Mother and Daughter Drama, Starring Queen Victoria
Description: This week, we’re turning to family dramas between mothers and daughters. Playing the role of both is our friend Queen Victoria! As a daughter, she had a rebellious relationship against her mother, the Duchess of Kent. Becoming Queen meant Victoria was able to shake off her mother’s smothering influence—and she did. As a mother, Victoria had enough children to have all kinds of maternal relationships—good, bad, and in between. For today, we’ll see this range in the relationship to her youngest daughter, Beatrice. The Duchess tried to prepare Victoria to be Queen. Unfortunate...