Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”

Portrait by George Hayter

BY JAMES GREGORY A beautiful young queen is moved to commute the sentence on those condemned to be executed for high treason – with all the horrors of hanging, drawing and quartering – aided by the advice of her dashing prime minister. Viewers of the most recent, third, episode of ITV’s series, Victoria (which aired… Continue reading Feature: “Working upon the royal sympathy: researching the myth and reality of Victoria’s royal mercy”