A sex button in the bedroom, risqué portraits for her lover, and a codename for making love: Queen Victoria's VERY raunchy side revealed in ITV's new bonkbuster

  • Creator Daisy Goodwin hinted ITV drama could feature steamy scenes 
  • Albert installed 'special bolt' in bedroom to stop them being interrupted 
  • The first episode of Victoria is set to air on Sunday August 28

By Emily Chan For Mailonline

Published: 11:43 EST, 13 August 2016 | Updated: 11:49 EST, 13 August 2016

Eyebrows were raised when stunning actress Jenna Coleman was cast in the role of the 'stern' Queen Victoria.

But ITV's new drama Victoria is set to show the royal as never seen before - with raunchy bedroom scenes seemingly on the cards.

The show's creator Daisy Goodwin hinted that there could be sex scenes featuring Jenna Coleman, 30, and her co-star Tom Hughes, who plays Prince Albert in the drama. 

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ITV's new drama Victoria, featuring actress Jenna Coleman,  is set to show the royal as never seen before - with raunchy bedroom scenes seemingly on the cards 

ITV's new drama Victoria, featuring actress Jenna Coleman,  is set to show the royal as never seen before - with raunchy bedroom scenes seemingly on the cards 

Show creator Daisy Goodwin pointed out the couple had nine children in 17 years. Coleman is pictured with Rufus Sewell, who plays Lord Melbourne, Victoria's first prime minister

Show creator Daisy Goodwin pointed out the couple had nine children in 17 years. Coleman is pictured with Rufus Sewell, who plays Lord Melbourne, Victoria's first prime minister

When questioned about the possibility of there being steamy action on screen, the author said: 'All I will say is Victoria and Albert had nine children in 17 years.

According to The Telegraph, she added: 'One of the things that Albert did when he built Osborne House was to install a special bolt in their bedroom so that if they wanted to get it on, all they’d have to do is push a button by the bed and the door would be locked so no servants or children would interrupt them. I say no more.' 

A preview shot from the series shows Coleman and Hughes sharing a passionate moment, with the actress pressing her hands on his chest as she gazes into his eyes.

With her bare shoulders on show, the beautiful actress cuts a very different figure to the traditional image of Victoria as being prudish and rather frumpy. 

Former Doctor Who actress Coleman said she thought a lot about the difference between the royal's public and private roles

Former Doctor Who actress Coleman said she thought a lot about the difference between the royal's public and private roles

 The new ITV drama charts the early life of the queen from her accession to the throne at 18 through to her marriage to Prince Albert 

 The new ITV drama charts the early life of the queen from her accession to the throne at 18 through to her marriage to Prince Albert 

Coleman cuts a very different figure to the traditional image of Victoria as prudish and rather frumpy. But the show may actually be more true to life than you might imagine 

Coleman cuts a very different figure to the traditional image of Victoria as prudish and rather frumpy. But the show may actually be more true to life than you might imagine 

But the show may actually be more true to life, with Victoria describing sex as 'heavenly love-making'.

After the birth of their youngest child, Princess Beatrice, in 1857, Victoria’s doctor, Sir James Reid, gave her a stern warning against attempting any further pregnancies. 

The Queen, then 38, was apparently devastated and was said to have responded: ‘Oh Sir James! Am I not to have any more fun in bed?’

Albert had a risque portrait commissioned of Victoria, which was not considered appropriate to show to the public. 

 The series, written by author Daisy Goodwin, is tipped to be as popular as Downton Abbey 

 The series, written by author Daisy Goodwin, is tipped to be as popular as Downton Abbey 

Speaking about Victoria, the actress said: 'When she is in her quarters she is undone and private'

Speaking about Victoria, the actress said: 'When she is in her quarters she is undone and private'

Speaking about the role, former Doctor Who actress Coleman said: 'Something we spoke about a lot was this idea of playing between state and private, between Victoria’s public face, her private face and going between those two worlds. 

'When she is in her quarters she is undone and private. It’s about finding the human within the role of Queen and discovering the girl taking on this incredible responsibility.'

The new ITV drama, which is tipped to be as popular as Downton Abbey, charts the early life of the queen from her accession to the throne at 18 through to her marriage to Prince Albert. 

Running across eight episodes, the series has been created and written by Daisy Goodwin, in her screenwriting debut. 

The first episode of Victoria is set to air on Sunday August 28 at 9pm.   

 Running across eight episodes, the series is Goodwin's screenwriting debut

 Running across eight episodes, the series is Goodwin's screenwriting debut

 The first episode of Victoria is set to air on Sunday August 28 at 9pm

 The first episode of Victoria is set to air on Sunday August 28 at 9pm

Politics, gossip and marriage: Queen Victoria's early reign  

Victoria turned 18 on 24 May 1837. Less than a month later on 20 June 1837, her uncle William IV died at the age of 71, and she became Queen of the United Kingdom.

The British Empire was at the height of its power in Victoria's early reign, and she ruled over 450 million people, one quarter of the world’s population.

The United Kingdom though was already an established constitutional monarchy, with the sovereign holding little political power and Victoria's early years on the throne were spent developing her understanding of British politics. In the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men.

At the time of her accession, the government was led by the Whig prime minister Lord Melbourne (played by Rufus Sewell in the series), who at once became a powerful influence on the politically inexperienced Queen.

Victoria's reliance upon Lord Melbourne increased her support of the Whig party, and Melbourne ensured that the Queen was surrounded by ladies-in-waiting from notable Whig families, a situation that would lead to the so-called 'bedchamber crisis' after Melbourne, briefly, resigned in 1839.

While the Queen's intimate friendship with Melbourne was the subject of much gossip, her reputation also suffered in 1839 when one of the court's ladies in waiting, Lady Flora Hastings was falsely accused of becoming pregnant by Sir John Conroy, a man the Queen openly despised. When the matter became a public scandal, the Queen was accused of spreading the false rumours and her early popularity with the public was severely dented.

Victoria had met her future husband Albert at the age of 17 before ascending to the throne, when her uncle played matchmaker between the two cousins. According to Victoria's diary, she enjoyed Albert's company from the moment they met, but the future Queen decided that she was too young to marry.

In October 1839 Albert paid another visit, and just five days after he had arrived at Windsor, the Queen proposed. 

They were married on 10 February 1840, in the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace, London, with the besotted Queen writing in her diary of their wedding: 'I NEVER, NEVER spent such an evening!!! MY DEAREST DEAREST DEAR Albert ... his excessive love & affection gave me feelings of heavenly love & happiness I never could have hoped to have felt before!'

Victoria desired that Albert receive the title King Consort, but was met by opposition from British officials who refused to see a German prince assume any part of the sovereign power.

Prince Albert though was to become a hugely influential adviser to the Queen, with his interests lying in the arts, science, trade and industry. He established the Great Exhibition of 1851, the profits from which helped to establish the famed South Kensington museums in London. 

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