- All-Star Cast: The Serial provides a cast of actors from stage and television: Annette Crosbie, Robert Hardy, Timothy West, Michael Hordern, John Gielgud, Jane Lapotaire, Francesca Annis, Christopher Neame, Peter Egan, Andre Morell, Harry Andrews, and Charles Dance.
- Dawson Casting:
- Annette Crosbie (40) begins playing Victoria at 21.
- Robert Hardy (49) plays Prince Albert from 22 to his death at 42.
- Felicity Kendal (28) begins playing Vicky at 14.
- Deborah Grant (28) portrays Alix from 16 to 20.
- Timothy West (40) begins playing Bertie at 22.
- Helen Ryan (37) begins playing Alix at 22.
- Real-Life Relative: Timothy West's son Samuel plays Prince Eddy as a child.
- Fake Nationality:
- Robert Hardy, Michael Byrne, and Christopher Neame as Germans.
- Deborah Grant, Helen Ryan, and Jane Lapotaire as Danish.
- Role Reprise:
- John Gielgud had played Disraeli in The Prime Minister (1941).
- Helen Ryan would reprise Alexandra in The Elephant Man and “The Mazarin Stone” episode from The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes.
- Francesca Annis would reprise Lillie Langtry in the TV Serial Lillie.
- As an adult, Samuel West would later play Prince Eddy in The Ripper (1997).
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