#skerrettelli

₊˚ෆ Timeless and unconditional.⭑.ᐟ

Hello!

This is an appreciation blog for Nancy Francatelli (née Skerrett). Even though her time on Victoria has come to an end (welp), we continue to love Nancy!

contains huge spoilers…. Here are the things you would never know if you had only started watching Victoria in season 3

Prince Albert has a brother - yes i know right? Prince Ernest who spent so much time in series 1 and 2 at the English court he practically lived there is now barely mentioned even though one of the major story arcs for series 1 and 2 was his doomed love for Harriet Sutherland who was mistress of the robes in season 1 and one of Victoria’s inner circle. Harriet too has also fallen victim to the Bermuda Triangle lurking at the heart of Buckingham Palace as she too has disappeared completely never to be mentioned again. It has also swallowed up the Duchess of Bucchleuch, Victoria’s stereotypical vinegar tongued posh old lady with a secretly kind heart (oh spare me that trope forever please) who was Victoria’s mistress of the robes after Harriet. Alfred is gay - yep, series 1 (quietly gay in the background) series 2 (massively gay in the foreground with his beloved Drummond) is now well frankly just doing reaction faces in the background and the gay is clearly never to be mentioned again he’s also apparently married - again if you had just happened on season 3 you’d think he was a single guy about court 

but then that’s because Miss Coke has also fallen into the Bermuda Triangle at court aka is apparently in the country having had baby Paget which you’d only know if you’ d listened to the podcast as it wasnt mentioned in the show. Now while I am hugely glad to have been spared Alfred going full het, its pretty galling that after breaking our hearts with Drumfred and then the tone deaf proposal to Wils (who amongst us hasnt proposed whilst holding a locket containing our dead lovers hair we’d been given 30 seconds earlier amirite?) Daisy cared so little about the ship she had created she couldnt be bothered to see it through. I mean at least break my heart for something that lasted beyond the next 15 minutes Daisy! and talking of heartbreak, Mrs Skerrett is dead. Yes after again 2 series and 3 episodes of building the Skerrett Francatelli romance, Nancy is dead about 5 minutes after finally getting married and Mr Francatelli it seems will not feature much or at all in the show again. 

Instead we’re meant to emotionally invest in shipping the duchess and the footman, 2 characters we’ve known for about 30 seconds. Could be possible….maybe…..but you know why on earth would we? what we know is that Victoria is basically Game of Thrones aka everyone dies or disappears except Vicbert. So we might be tempted to care about Sophie and Joseph but why would we make the effort when we know full well given daisy’s track record that one or both of them will die or disappear never to be mentioned again. 

So sweet and loyal that everyone adores them...

Holding back on their happiness just so they won’t be hurtful...

And when they finally do get their “happy ending”,

everything their hearts desire...

The writers find the most horrible way to kill them...

R.I.P. Nancy Skerrett-Francatelli

😭😭😭 Skerrett 💔💔💔