- Victoria: It is a mistake to make one's mind up about a thing before one's tried it. Don't you think? The world is on the move, Sir Piers. Keep up.
- [talking about Sir Robert Peel]
- Baroness Lehzen: Sir Robert reminds me of an exhibit I saw in Salzburg. It was a big frog... stuffed!
- Victoria: You accuse Sir Robert of looking like a stuffed frog?
- [they both laugh]
- Victoria: [asking where he stands on her selection of Albert as regent] Parliament is not hypothetical. It's members must condone or condemn my selection. Condone or condemn, what would you advise them to do?
- Sir Piers Gifford: What all men of honour must do... follow their consciences.
- Victoria: [mutters to herself while walking away] Weasel.
- Engineer: Now please, your worships, you can take a seat in the carriage.
- Prince Albert: Carriage be damned! We ride here!