Drama

Know Your 'Victoria' History: "Comfort and Joy"

Ani Bundel

27 Feb 2018 — 4 min read

Our new series runs down the truth behind the popular period drama Victoria and asks how accurate each week's episode is. This week, the show's first Christmas Special - and Season 2 finale - "Comfort and Joy."

Was Victoria Gifted An African Child?

The main plot of "Comfort and Joy" is one that's based in history. However, as this season has been wont to do, it's once again shuffled in out of order, timeline-wise. Princess Aina was the daughter of the ruling family of the Egbado clan of Yoruba descent in West Africa. In 1849, her family was slaughtered and her people conquered by the army of Dahomey. The only survivor, she was taken by King Ghezo, who kept her as a slave, with the clear intentions of selling her to the highest bidder once she was of breeding age. She was rescued from this fate by Frederick Forbes of the Royal Navy. Forbes convinced Ghezo to turn the child over to him and he would present her as a gift to Victoria on Ghezo's behalf.

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