Discontent is growing in the country, and upon hearing thepleas of a silk weaver of Spitalfields, Victoria decides shemust help. Against Peel and Albert's advice, she hatches aplan: a fantastic medieval ball at the Palace, where theattendees have to wear costumes made from Spitalfields silk.Meanwhile, having received no recent news from LordMelbourne, Victoria grows increasingly concerned. She sendsEmma to check up on her old friend to make sure all is well.Despite his initial protestations, and struggling to find hisplace as a Prince Consort and husband, Albert allows himselfto be seduced by the grandeur of the event, and theopportunity to finally wear a crown. When the ball arrives, itprovides the perfect backdrop for old friends to reunite andromances to ignite, but it doesn't receive the positiveresponse from the nation that Victoria had hoped.
