Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Panguva yokugadzwa kwaVictoria pachigaro, hurumende yaitungamirirwa nomutungamiriri wehurumende weWhig Ishe Melbourne. Mutungamiriri wehurumende pakarepo akava pesvedzero ine simba paMambokadzi asina ruzivo mune zvematongerwe enyika, uyo aivimba naye nokuda kwezano. Charles Greville akafungidzira kuti Melbourne chirikadzi uye asina mwana akanga "achimuda nomwoyo wose sezvaaizoita mwanasikana wake kana aiva nomumwe", uye Victoria zvimwe akamuona sababa. Kutora kwake korona kwakaitika musi wa 28 Chikumi 1838 paWestminster Abbey. Vashanyi vanopfuura 400 000 vakauya kuLondon nokuda kwokupemberera. Akava mambo wokutanga kugara muBuckingham Palace uye akagara nhaka mari yeDuchy yeLancaster neCornwall pamwe nokuwana mari yehurumende ye £ 385,000 pagore. Paakatanga kutonga Victoria akanga achidiwa nevanhu, asi mukurumbira wake wakaparara muna 1839 apo mumwe wevakadzi vaamai vake, Lady Flora Hastings, akava nechirwere chepamuviri chakanga chichinyanya kutaurwa kuti chaiva pamuviri paSir John Conroy. Victoria akatenda makuhwa acho. Aivenga Conroy, uye aizvidza "mukadzi iyeye anotyisa Flora", nokuti akanga arangana naConroy naDuchess weKent muKensington System. Pakutanga, Mambokadzi Flora akaramba kuzviisa pasi pekuongororwa kwechiremba, kusvikira pakati paFebruary akazopedzisira abvuma, uye akawanikwa ari mhandara. Conroy, mhuri yaHastings, uye vaTories vairwisana vakaronga mushandirapamwe wenhau waibatanidza Mambokadzi mukuparadzira runyerekupe rwenhema pamusoro paLady Flora. Apo Mambokadzi Flora akafa muna July, kuongorora kwakaitwa pashure pokufa kwake kwakaratidza bundu guru riri muchiropa chake iro rakanga rapfumadza dumbu rake. Paaionekwa paruzhinji, Victoria aishevedzwa achinzi "Mrs. Melbourne". Muna 1839, Melbourne akasiya basa mushure mekunge maRadicals nemaTories (avo vose vaivengwa naVictoria) vavhota vachipikisa bhiri rekumisa bumbiro remutemo reJamaica. Bhiri racho rakabvisa simba rezvematongerwe enyika kuvaridzi veminda vakanga vachishora matanho aiva nechokuita nokubviswa kwouranda. Mambokadzi...  Mubvunzo: kugadzwa kwake pachigaro kwakaitika rini?
28 June 1838