Thomas's Reviews > The Life and Times of Prince Albert

This series of lectures does not just comprise a biography of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert, but they're also a neat summation of the times he lived in and his influence on them which was greater than most people know. Nicely done.

I have one small complaint though. When he lists the places and things named after Prince Albert, he even goes so far as to mention that the Canadian province of Alberta was named after Princess Louise Alberta who was named after her dad, thus pointing out that it was indirectly named after Albert. What he fails to mention is next door to Alberta is the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, where I live, and that contains the small city of Prince Albert, which is most certainly directly named after the subject of these lectures. He also fails to mention that Albert Street in our provincial capital of Regina (named for Albert’s wife, Victoria Regina) is also directly named after him. Living in Saskatchewan means that the rest of the world mostly ignores you. This is not something that particularly bothers me, but I couldn’t resist mentioning it. ;)

This was a worthwhile way to spend four hours of my time.