In June 1837, Victoria climbed the throne and she was an 18 years old native not preparing for the realities of the throne. Lord Melbourne had a major role to play in the changeover of Victoria from a sheltered princess to a prejudiced sovereign. A central role was played by Melbourne to establish the context of independent Victoria instead of the women she used to be while living under the roof of her mother and her marriage. When Victoria was 15, Melbourne used to follow Earl Grey as Prime Minister in the year 1834. After two years, Victoria became the queen and Melbourne was her Prime Minister. On June 20 1837, the first meeting between these two tool place and Victoria expressed her opinion to retain him along with the rest of the ministry. Melbourne wrote the first speech of Victoria that she ever delivered. It was this association between these two that made Melbourne well positioned for serving as a counsellor as well as a close friend of Victoria.

Melbourne was a person with more professional as well as personal experience than Victoria could even measure at the age of 18. Thanks to the age and ability of Melbourne, he was able in solving the problems of Victoria that quickly made him a hero figure to her to worship. Victoria’s mother was her largest barrier as she wanted a household of Victoria with Sir John Conroy. Victoria disliked Sir John Conroy along with her mother and Melbourne did deal with Sir John Conroy’s mother. This act of Melbourne was enough to win the devotion of Victoria towards him. It needs to be mentioned that Victoria was fatherless and Melbourne was a mature man. Paternalism was not only thing Melbourne offered Victoria, he was a flatterer and he knew to say right thing in the right position. When Victoria was in difficult situations with the hope of the countrymen on her, Melbourne was able in filling confidence in her own opinion along with invaluable voice. It was not because of him, it was his advices that often fly to Victoria when she wanted them. At the same time, Melbourne had the ability to offer his advices to Victoria in the gentlest manner so that she could easily accept them.

Victoria was considered as a woman of extremes. When she loved someone, she used to love with passion; and when she hated someone, she used to do it in completely. Victoria loved Melbourne’s company and she used to rely on him largely. Due to this, she started to spend much time like three to four hours with Melbourne; and she used to write him letters when they were not together. It implies that Melbourne was largely essential to Victoria than anyone else. She used to talk to him continuously and he always used to sit next to her. Now, all of these aspects raise the question that whether the feeling grew romantic on either side. In the part of Melbourne, he had certain personal affection towards Victoria, but he also was in better situation to maintain a line between private and professional life. He also had more life experience than Victoria. Victoria did not have anything of that that is she neither had experience nor had wisdom, but she was intelligent and well-intentioned. Melbourne was not just the noticeable person in Victoria’s life, he was the only man involved in her day-to-day life. In this situation, it is not astonishing that Victoria linked male company with freedom where freedom was a desirable thing.

In the year of 1839, there was a decline in the popularity of Victoria and her loyalty towards Melbourne was considered as challenging. She was mocked as Mrs Melbourne. However, to Melbourne, considering Victoria as his wife indicated towards a perceived sexual relationship than a political preference on the basis of personal bias. So, does it mean Victoria was in love with Melbourne? It is safe to mention that Victoria loved Melbourne, but not in the romantic sense. Certainly, she did not have love for him the way she had for her husband, Albert. Victoria loved Melbourne as she had heavy reliance on him, he was caring towards her and she enjoyed the company of Melbourne. She had intense, original and unreasonable feelings towards him. In this situation, it is entirely possible for Victoria to fall in love with Melbourne. The root of the relationship of Victoria and Melbourne was something completely distinct from an external factor. In the end, it was not the loss of power of Melbourne that finished the relationship between them. The conversion in reliance from Melbourne to Albert did not take place overnight because it happened slowly as well as surely. In the same manner, Victoria realized that she could use Albert to reduce her workload.

Long before Victoria, Victoria noticed the writing on the wall, knowing the fact that the entire relationship between him and Victoria would be changed the moment she married. For the first year of her reigning, from occasion of crowing her, the matter was largely debatable because both Victoria and Melbourne were mostly anxious in the process to set up her household and to set the reality of her ruling. However, after the issue was raised in the year 1838, Melbourne noticed the lack of enthusiasm from Vitoria and he took the time to encourage her. Victoria’s uncle King Leopold desired her to marry Albert, but Melbourne noticed cousins seldom worked as wife. Moreover, he mentioned that the Englishmen would hate the foreigners. In this manner, Melbourne lost control of his greatest asset. Was Melbourne was acting like a politician in that time who was hoping to postpone the day he lost control over Victoria? Or he was a man who already knew that he would someday lose the complete attention and dedication of the woman who looked up to him? On the basis of the above whole discussion on their relationship, there is a wide scope for speculation