Victoria: How dare you speak to me in that way before them? How dare you talk across me as if I were a child?

Albert: I , I did no such thing.

Victoria: Oh, no? well, you’ve sorted this, you’ve sorted that. You and sir Robert, you and the Duke, and all without reference to me.

Albert: Victoria, I thought you’d be pleased.

Victoria: I will tell you what you thought. You thought I was a woman to be petted and passed over and ignored.

Albert: would it were so simple, then we might avoid more scandals of your making.

Victoria: Have you lost your mind?

Albert: Do you wonder at it? Less than 3 years on the throne, and you and your precious Melbourne/ˈmelbən/ have pushed this monarchy/ˈmɔnəki/ to the brink/ briŋk / of an abyss[əˈbɪs].

Victoria: I’ve told you before, and I will tell you again. You are my husband here, and that’s all.

Albert: And that’s quite enough to me ,believe me.

Victoria: I will not have my role usurped/ju:ˈsɜ:p/. I wear the crown. And if there are mistakes, they will be my mistakes. And no one else will make them. No one, not even you.

Albert: I’m leaving before you excite yourself and harm the child.

Victoria: You will go when I dismiss you. I , I am your queen, and I telling you to stay.

Albert: Good night ,Victoria.

Victoria: You may not go. You may not go. I order you to stay here in this room, Albert .