Jenna Coleman as Victoria and Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne in the new BBC series, Victoria
Victoria, the ITV drama, makes its debut on Sunday. The series tells the story of the queen in the first five years of her reign, featuring such episodes as Victoria’s flirtation with Lord Melbourne, her prime minister, played by Rufus Sewell. The chiselled Tom Hughes plays Prince Albert, Victoria’s husband and the love of her life. So it is suitable that a flat that looks out on to the Royal Albert Hall, one of Prince Albert’s greatest cultural contributions, is on the market.
The apartment is on the third floor of Albert Court, a grade II listed mansion block on Prince Consort Road, built in 1890 when Victoria was in the 71st year of her reign. Five minutes’ walk away, in Kensington Gardens, stands