Victoria Season 4: Is the Royal Drama Returning or Gone for Good?
Will ITV crown Victoria with a Season 4 or close the curtain on the young monarch’s saga? Here’s the latest on the fate of Daisy Goodwin’s royal drama about an 18-year-old queen balancing duty and desire.
If you have been waiting to hear whether Victoria is coming back, here is the quick version: ITV has not renewed the show for Season 4, there is nothing filming, and the cliffhanger from 2019 is still a cliffhanger. The door is not locked forever, but it is definitely shut right now.
Quick refresher
Created by Daisy Goodwin, Victoria follows Princess Alexandrina as she becomes Queen Victoria at 18 and tries to juggle the job of ruling an empire with, you know, having an actual life. It ran three seasons, with Season 3 wrapping up in 2019.
Where Season 3 left things
The show ended on a very deliberate tease. The Great Exhibition — the massive global showcase for industrial, technological, and artistic achievements — goes off without a hitch at London's Crystal Palace. Victoria and Albert share a quiet moment after the triumph, and then Albert collapses. Cut to black, and that is where the series stopped.
So, was it canceled or renewed?
ITV did not renew Victoria for Season 4. At the same time, they kept the option to revisit it later. More than two years after Season 3 first aired, the network made it clear there were no plans to go back in front of cameras anytime soon.
"There are no plans presently to film Victoria, but that's not to say we won't revisit the series with the production team at a later date."
What the cast and creator have said
Before that network update, Jenna Coleman (Victoria) said the series was taking a breather while they figured out what era to tackle next — whether to jump in around the Crimean War or skip ahead — and joked there is enough royal drama to keep her playing Victoria into her 60s.
Writer-creator Daisy Goodwin has also talked about having a roadmap for future seasons and thinking a fourth run would be strong, though she has been frank that a recast becomes inevitable as the characters age. That is the behind-the-scenes wrinkle here: the story timeline keeps marching on, even if production doesn't.
- 2019: Season 3 airs and ends on the Albert collapse cliffhanger.
- After that: No renewal; the show goes on pause.
- More than two years after Season 3 premiered: ITV says there are no current plans to film another season, but leaves the door open.
The bottom line
As of now, there is no Season 4 in development. The cliffhanger is unresolved, the network is noncommittal, and everyone involved seems to agree there is plenty of story left — just not enough momentum to make it right now. If anything changes, I will yell about it immediately. Until then, consider Victoria officially on ice, not buried.