- SPOILER: The scene in which Albert is shot while shielding Victoria from an assassination attempt is based on a real attempt that took place June 10, 1840. Edward Oxford, an unemployed barkeep, fired two pistols toward the Queen's carriage as she and Albert rode on Constitution Hill near Buckingham Palace. The movie, however, contains several significant departures from the facts. In real life, Albert was not injured. The court was never able to prove that Oxford had shot anything but gunpowder from his guns. Oxford was acquitted by reason of insanity, and committed to the Bethlem Royal Hospital's criminal lunatic ward.
- The floppy mesh bonnet Emily Blunt wears in the garden is the same one Rosamund Pike wears in Meryton when she learns Mr. Bingley has returned to Netherfield in Pride & Prejudice, Catherine Walker wears in the garden with Catherine in Northanger Abbey (2007) (TV), and an extra wears at church in Becoming Jane.
- Movie Goof (anachronisms): Throughout Albert and Victoria's courtship, many characters speak to Albert about Germany. The courtship began in 1836. Germany was not a unified country until 1871. Albert was considered a German who lived in Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which would have been called that, not Germany.
- Movie Goof (miscellaneous): In the closing credits, the word "principal" is misspelled as "principle."
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