In 1875 London, a young ragamuffin named Wheeler scavenges a cameo of Queen Victoria which he thinks so beautiful that he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, he slips past the Beefeaters and wanders about Windsor Castle, just when a state dinner is in preparation. Meanwhile, prime minister Disraeli is struggling hard to persuade the Queen to end her long seclusion.
"In 1875 London, a young ragamuffin named Wheeler scavenges a cameo of Queen Victoria which he thinks so beautiful that he risks his life to save it. Possessed of a desire to see the Queen, he slips past the Beefeaters and wanders about Windsor Castle, just when a state dinner is in preparation. Meanwhile, prime minister Disraeli is struggling hard to persuade the Queen to end her long seclusion."@en
"Story of slum urchin, fired with the ambition to see Queen Victoria."
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