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Life. Duchess of Monmouth: The unbelievable true story behind Victoria’s most heartbreaking episode. By Hannah-Rose Yee. Updated 6 years ago. In season three of Victoria, a lady in waiting...
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Over the course of season three, the Duchess of Monmouth, Sophie (played by Lily Travers) – also a lady in waiting to Victoria – has become increasingly close to a royal footman, Joseph, and eventually plans to leave her husband, the Duke of Monmouth, and run away with her new lover. But the Duke gets wind of her plans, then gets two doctors to dec...
While Sophie may be dreamt up by Goodwin, the role is inspired by the Victorian social reformer and feminist writer, Caroline Norton. Norton was involved in a scandal in the prudish Victorian era, when she tried to leave her husband, the Tory MP George Norton in 1836. He was said to have beaten and abused his wife and for her own safety she escaped...
Further tragedy struck when her youngest son, William, fell from a horse in 1842. George told Caroline about the accident too late – by the time she arrived after being informed he was ill he had died. Caroline protested vehemently at her lack of rights and her subsequent campaigns led to the passing of the Infant Custody Bill in 1839. But Caroline...
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Mother. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. Duchess Sophie Charlotte Augustine in Bavaria (23 February 1847 – 4 May 1897) was a granddaughter-in-law of King Louis Philippe of France, the favourite sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and fiancée of King Ludwig II of Bavaria .
Feb 17, 2019 · Justin Slee. If you haven't watched the sixth episode of Victoria 's third season, proceed with caution. Major spoilers ahead! Several new faces joined the cast of Victoria in season three, but one...
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Victoria suffers another assassination attempt during a carriage ride with her two eldest children and Sophie, the Duchess of Monmouth. She learns from Abigail that although the Great Famine in Ireland is drawing to a close, there is a strong movement for Irish independence. Victoria decides to visit after she realises that no monarch of the ...
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Fiction: While the story of the Duke of Monmouth is fictional, it’s inspired by the scandal of real-life Victorian social reformer and writer Caroline Norton, according to Lily Travers, the...
Duchess Sophie of Monmouth (Lily Travers) Victoria’s new Mistress of the Robes, Sophie, is happy to spend time at the palace…and away from her cruel, arrogant husband. Bereft of her young...
