Moved by the plight of a silk weaver in Spitalfields, Victoria throws a lavish medieval ball at the palace with all attendees wearing outfits made in the impoverished area. Though a success the event outrages the public.
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- Lord Melbourne
- Victoria
- Albert
- Prince Ernest
- Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland
- Skerrett
- Lord Alfred Paget
- Drummond
- Lady Emma Portman
- Sir Robert Peel
- Penge
- George Combe
- Fashionable Doctor
- Baroness Lehzen
- Duchess of Buccleuch
- Wilhelmina Coke
- Duchess of Kent
- Brodie
- Bascombe
- James Planche
- Eliza
- John Bright MP
- Duke of Sutherland
- Hunter
- MP
- Palace Kitchen Porter
- Middle Class Gent
- Nathaniel
- Irish Peasant
- Dancer