Chef Rosemary Shrager and antiques expert Tim Wonnacott visit the Royal Pavilion in Brighton to reveal the story behind 19yearold Queen Victoria's visit in 1838 the year she became queen.

Tim shows us the extraordinary Chinese style interior and reveals just how it was styled in this way thanks to one of Victoria's predecessors. He also discovers that when Victoria wasn't in the mood for these interiors, she would retire to her own private apartments where the decor is much plainer than the rest of the house.

From her diary entries we glimpse how reading Dickens helped shape her thoughts about her subjects and we have an insight into the seriousminded queen she was becoming.

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