影片改編自維多利亞女王的青年時代，從1836年她登機前一年開始到1840年她和阿爾伯特親王結婚為止，影片著重描述的是她的愛情生活。
　　
維多利亞的童年生活其實并不幸福，宮廷生活讓她覺得厭煩和無趣。直到她的表哥——年輕而又充滿活力的阿爾伯特親王走進她的生活——一切就都改變了。從此維多利亞開始想象自己是一個普通的女孩開始追求自己的愛情和幸福。不過家庭和國家總是矛盾的，選擇了一方就意味著要放棄另一方，因為在維多利亞之前的英國，女王才擁有至高無上的權力。而阿爾伯特親王也陷入了選擇的痛苦中，選擇愛情，那就一定要接受一樁政治大于愛情的婚姻——因為做了國王，就意味著沒有自由、沒有辦法主宰自己的命運。如果選擇了政治，那么他并不是女王對合適的結婚對象。兩個年輕人就在這種痛苦中煎熬著。1837年，18歲的維多利亞被命運推上了王位，雖然她并不想這樣，但是她還是默默承擔起了一個國家領袖的重任。3年后，她和表哥阿爾伯特親王結婚，之后開創了一個強大的帝國。

Queen Victoria's image on big screen

Film "The Young Victoria", now in cinemas across North America, is a 2009 British Film based on the accession to the throne and early reign of Queen Victoria and her marriage to Prince Albert. Leading the cast are Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson and Jim Broadbent.

The film is a romantic dramatization of some of the events preceding and following the coronation of Queen Victoria. It focuses on her early reign and her legendary romance with Prince Albert.

Queen Victoria took the throne at 18, and married her first cousin Prince Albert in 1840.

The film is directed by Jean Marc Valle, who won several awards for his last film, Crazy. He says all the cast members made great efforts to learn about people back in Queen Victoria's era.

Emily Blunt earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing the young Queen Victoria, even though she admits there were times when she couldn't wait to escape the character.

Rupert Friend, who plays Prince Albert after roles in other period films - from Pride and Prejudice to The Libertine - said he was happy to delve into the past again.