{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/6ab4f7fcd1962586a01c5f75?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Victoria: The Girl Who Became Queen","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6846a16db5ac093b0ca993ec/1790245428917-9f78e89b-e84c-4975-8aae-bb1f79dd90ee.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Queen Victoria would give her name to an age, but she was never really supposed to be Queen at all.</p><p><br></p><p>Robert Hardman and Professor Kate Williams go back to the chaotic royal family of George III and the unexpected death that triggered a desperate race to produce an heir, a contest that eventually produced the baby Alexandrina Victoria.</p><p><br></p><p>Her childhood at Kensington Palace was anything but happy. Controlled by her mother and the domineering John Conroy, Victoria was rarely allowed to be alone, couldn&#39;t even walk downstairs without someone holding her hand and grew up knowing that others expected to rule through her.</p><p><br></p><p>Then, just weeks after her 18th birthday, two men arrived at Kensington Palace with the news that changed everything: William IV was dead, and Victoria was Queen. Her first requests? An hour completely alone – and to have her bed moved out of her mother&#39;s room.</p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}