The much-anticipated third season of Victoria premieres later this month on Masterpiece PBS, and is set to fill the royal void left by The Crown. Read on to see how the show's cast matches up with their royal counterparts—and what they look like when they're not in character.
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Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria
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Coleman stars as the Queen herself in the popular period drama.
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Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria
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Before playing the leading lady, Coleman appeared in the films Me Before Youand Doctor Who and in television shows like Waterloo Road and Death Comes to Pemberley.
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Tom Hughes as Prince Albert
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Hughes serves as Coleman's partner on screen, depicting the young Prince Albert.
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Tom Hughes as Prince Albert
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Before his role on Victoria, Hughes starred in the film About Time.
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Ferdinand Kingsley as Charles Elmé Francatelli
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Here is Ferdinand Kingsley in his role as Charles Elmé Francatelli, the household chef and a culinary celebrity in his day.
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Ferdinand Kingsley as Charles Elmé Francatelli
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British actor Kingsley, whose father is Ben Kingsley, has appeared in The Hollow Crown, Ripper Street, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and Dracula Untold.
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Nell Hudson as Miss Skerrett
Miss Skerrett is loosely based on Marianne Skerrett, who served as Queen Victoria's head dresser and wardrobe-woman for 25 years.
Tommy Knight began his acting career early, playing Sarah Jane's son Luke Smith on the cult British show Doctor Who. He then went on to star in a spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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Lily Travers as Sophie, the Duchess of Monmouth
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While the Duchess of Monmouth is a fictional character, Travers has shared that she's "partly based on a historical person called Caroline Norton."
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Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne
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The young Queen and her Prime Minister were quite close, though the series posits that their connection might have been romantic. In reality, Lord Melbourne was more than 30 years Victoria's senior and she saw him as a father figure.
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Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne
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The busy English actor is perhaps best known for his role in A Knight's Tale with Heath Ledger.
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Alice Orr-Ewing as Lady Flora Hastings
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Alice Orr-Ewing appears in Victoria as Lady Flora Hastings, lady-in-waiting to Victoria's mother. A pregnancy scandal involving the young aristocrat was a low point early in the Queen's reign.
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Alice Orr-Ewing as Lady Flora Hastings
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Before her role as a lady-in-waiting, Orr-Ewing appeared in the movies The Theory of Everything and Atonement.
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Peter Firth Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland
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Peter Firth plays Victoria's Uncle Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland.
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Peter Firth Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland
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Firth is best known for his appearance in the hit BBC One show Spooks; he has also appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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Catherine Flemming as Victoria's mother, Duchess of Kent
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Catherine Flemming appears in the first season of Victoria as the young Queen's mother, a German-born princess who became the Duchess of Kent.
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Catherine Flemming as Victoria's mother, Duchess of Kent
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The German actress is also known for her work in Simone's Labyrinth, Hunger: Longing for Love, and No Place to Go.
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Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy
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Paul Rhys plays Sir John Conroy, comptroller to the household of Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. The young Queen detested him for trying to control her.
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Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy
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Rhys is no stranger to the royal scene; he appeared in the 2009 British miniseries The Queen in the role of Prince Charles.