Before his marriage to Victoria, she supported the Whigs; for example, early in her reign Victoria managed to thwart the formation of a Tory government by Sir Robert Peel by refusing to accept substitutions which Peel wanted to make among her ladies-in-waiting.
Vitoria apoiaba os whigs antes de se casar; por exemplo, no inicio de seu reinado conseguiu frustrar a formación dun goberno tory por sir Robert Peel ao se rexeitar a aceptar as substitucións que Peel quería facer nas súas damas de compañía.