<P> Victoria premiered on 28 August 2016 on ITV . The first series consisted of eight episodes and concluded on 9 October 2016 . In September 2016, ITV renewed Victoria for an eight - episode second series, which premiered on 27 August 2017 and was followed by a 2017 Christmas special . In December 2017, Victoria was renewed for a third series . </P> <P> The first series depicts the first few years of the reign of Queen Victoria, portrayed by Jenna Coleman, from her accession to the throne at the age of eighteen, to her intense friendship and infatuation with Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell), to her courtship and early marriage to Prince Albert (Tom Hughes) and finally to the birth of their first child, Victoria . The second series follows Victoria's struggles on managing her role as Queen with that of her duties to her husband and children . </P> <Ul> <Li> Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria </Li> <Li> Tom Hughes as Prince Albert </Li> <Li> Peter Bowles as the Duke of Wellington </Li> <Li> Catherine Flemming as the Duchess of Kent </Li> <Li> Daniela Holtz as Baroness Lehzen (series 1--2) </Li> <Li> Nell Hudson as Miss Skerrett </Li> <Li> Ferdinand Kingsley as Charles Elmé Francatelli </Li> <Li> Tommy Knight as Archibald Brodie </Li> <Li> Nigel Lindsay as Sir Robert Peel </Li> <Li> Eve Myles as Mrs. Jenkins (series 1) </Li> <Li> David Oakes as Prince Ernest </Li> <Li> Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy (series 1) </Li> <Li> Adrian Schiller as Mr. Penge </Li> <Li> Peter Firth as the Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale and King of Hanover </Li> <Li> Alex Jennings as King Leopold </Li> <Li> Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne (series 1--2) </Li> <Li> Bebe Cave as Wilhelmina Coke (series 2--) </Li> <Li> Margaret Clunie as the Duchess of Sutherland (recurring series 1, main series 2--) </Li> <Li> Tilly Steele as Miss Cleary (series 2--) </Li> <Li> Leo Suter as Edward Drummond (series 2) </Li> <Li> Jordan Waller as Lord Alfred Paget (recurring series 1, main series 2--) </Li> <Li> Anna Wilson - Jones as Lady Portman (recurring series 1, main series 2--) </Li> <Li> Diana Rigg as the Duchess of Buccleuch (series 2--) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria </Li>

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