The royal pair will visit France and Germany

Are you ready, royal subjects? Her Royal Majesty Queen VICTORIA returns to reign the small screens in United Kingdom on ITV this Sunday, August 27th, earlier than ever, with eight new episodes of the second season which will be topped later on in December with a two hour Christmas special for royal festive delights. Viewers in United States will start watching the second season later in January on Masterpiece PBS.

QUEEN'S POSTNATAL DEPRESSION
Resuming one month after the first series ended with the queen giving birth to her first child (she had more than a dozen of them which is strange given that history has marked her as a non motherly and even

Victoria won't find motherhood easy in the second season

cruel matriarch who never liked children nor babies), the new season establishes VICTORIA as a working mother, learning to balance her responsibilities as both parent and Queen. However, Prince Albert is

Victoria and Albert will discover a sanctuary in the Isle of Wight

still struggling to find a role for himself alongside his powerful wife as she returns to her duties, intent on proving that she can be both a mother and dutiful Queen.

The role of the impulsive and fitful monarch is again in the safe hands of lovely Jenna Coleman who, as you can see in the trailer below, will be sporting the latest glamorous outfits the 19th century could provide,

The queen will face troubles in Ireland and Afganistan

while Tom Hughes again plays her toyboy husband Prince Albert who feels robbed of his masculinity as the queen's consort. Among the known faces, we shall again watch marvellous David Oakes as Albert's brother Prince Ernest,  Nigel Lindsay as Sir Robert Peel, Alex Jennings as King Leopold, Peter Bowles as Duke of Wellington,

Mammoth Screen is again producing the popular series

Daniela Holtz as dear Baroness Lehzen and Catherine Flemming as the Duchess of Kent. Below stairs Nell Hudson returns as Nancy Skerrett, Ferdinand Kingsley as chef Francatelli!  The series will also see some new faces arrive at the palace, with Diana Rigg joining the regular cast as the Duchess of Buccleuch, the young Queen’s new and

Fitful queen will be throwing a hairbrush at poor Albert in one of the episodes

very outspoken Mistress of the Robes, and guest appearances will include Emerald Fennell, Martin Compston (who will fight for the poor that the queen has left to die of hunger in Ireland after potato famine), Leo Suter, Bruno Wolkowitch and Denis Lawson (as the Duke of Atholl, who welcomes Victoria and Albert to the Scottish Highlands).