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With the birth of Victoria's seventh child, a ball is planned to celebrate the christening. Victoria is shamed when private pictures of her bathing a small child appear in a London newspaper. Her sister is behind this and continues to undermine her status, taking payment for doing just that. Albert, the whiney, reactionary clueless husband, thinks everything this woman says is true. He is constantly responding to what Victoria suspects as her air-headed, shortsighted conclusions. He thinks he knows best. He brings in a phrenologist to measure Bertie'a (the heir apparent to the throne's) head. Apparently, his stupidity quotient is quite high and there is little hope for him. Albert has been on the boy from birth, demeaning who he is and taking any joy out of his life. The boy is a little twerp, but a created one. Albert seems to think that he needs to be kingly from the age of 11. There is also continuing sexual activity between the Dutchess and the big hunk of a courtier. There are two episodes to show how this will play out with her domineering husband just coming into knowledge of what is going on. Albert is becoming more and more boorish. He is not the king and never will be. Victoria is compassionate to her subjects and he can't seem to figure that out, resenting every move she makes to be the people's queen.