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And why must she go to such strange lengths just for a swim in the sea?</p><p>For those not familiar with 19th century seaside habits, the drama introduces us to the \"bathing machine\" – a wooden hut that could be rolled directly into the sea to preserve the monarch's modesty.</p><h2 id=\"did-queen-victoria-really-use-a-bathing-machine-8070e5ff\"><strong>Did Queen Victoria really use a bathing machine?</strong></h2><p>Yes! In fact, you can still see the Queen's very own bathing machine at Osborne Beach on the Isle of Wight, where the family had their royal residence at Osborne House. 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She gave it a go, although judging by her diaries she didn't use it all that frequently.</p><p>Queen Victoria <a href=\"http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/search/displayItem.do?FormatType=fulltextimgsrc&QueryType=articles&ResultsID=3108398390954&filterSequence=0&PageNumber=1&ItemNumber=1&ItemID=qvj05380&volumeType=PSBEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in her journal on 30th July 1847</a>: \"A very fine morning, & the day became again very hot... drove down to the beach with my maids & went into the bathing machines, where I undressed & bathed in the sea, (for the 1st time in my life) a very nice bathing woman attending me.</p><p>\"I thought it delightful till I put my head under water, when I thought I should be stifled.\"</p><h2 id=\"what-was-the-point-of-a-bathing-machine-c5feae4a\"><strong>What was the point of a bathing machine?</strong></h2>"}},{"@id":"/v1/contents/64021083","@type":"Content","type":"image","data":{"url":"https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg","width":5760,"height":3840,"title":"Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria","alt":"Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria","crop":[20,29,5721,3811],"aspectRatio":0.6661290322580645,"caption":null,"contain":"all","sourceName":null}},{"@id":"/v1/contents/64021084","@type":"Content","type":"html","data":{"value":"<p>The bathing machine allowed its user (most likely a woman) to change out of her normal clothes and into swimwear, and then descend directly into the sea. The machine would block any view of the bather from the shore.</p><p>As for the point of this all, it was a question of etiquette and respectability; even though Victorian women's bathing suits displayed hardly any skin at all, they were not considered proper clothing to be seen in public. (Men, by contrast, could generally bathe naked or in drawers; but swimming was strictly segregated.)</p><p>Walley Chamberlain Oulton <a href=\"https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MnUCAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=%22The+bather+descending+from+the+machine+by+a+few+steps+is+concealed+from+the+public+view%22&source=bl&ots=Ja4qUjwzV2&sig=ACfU3U2vULMY8WpgGkJ8Qpn-a87a4R72pA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD6rT7lbHhAhXEURUIHZTAC4QQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22The%20bather%20descending%20from%20the%20machine%20by%20a%20few%20steps%20is%20concealed%20from%20the%20public%20view%22&f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in 1805</a>: \"The bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy.\"</p><p>A lady could enter on dry land, and then after she had changed in privacy, the machine would be wheeled into the water – either with the help of horses or human power. Some, like the Queen's, ran on stone rails directly into the sea.</p><p><strong>Victoria continues on Sundays at 9pm on ITV</strong></p>"}}]],"promo":null,"userRatings":{"total":0,"isHalfStar":true},"isSaveable":false,"sponsor":null,"relatedItems":[],"plantOverview":null,"openWebSettings":null,"breadcrumbs":[{"label":"Home","url":"https://www.radiotimes.com:443"},{"label":"TV","url":"https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/"},{"label":"Drama","url":"https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/"},{"label":"Why does the Queen use a \"bathing machine\" to go swimming in ITV's Victoria?"}],"seoMetadata":{"title":"Why does the Queen use a \"bathing machine\" to go swimming in ITV's Victoria?","description":"Bathing in the sea was a massive hassle for Victorian women – including Queen Victoria herself","metaTitle":"Victoria on ITV: What was a \"bathing machine\" for and did Queen Victoria really use one?","metaDescription":"","image":{"@id":"/v1/images/18127532","@type":"Image","alt":"Victoria - the bathing 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And why must she go to such strange lengths just for a swim in the sea?</p><div class="ad-slot hidden-print hidden-for-md hidden-for-lg"><div class="ad-slot__container"><div id="article--inline--1" class="ad-unit"><div class="ad-slot__text body-copy-small pt-xs pb-xs chromatic-ignore">Advertisement</div></div></div><div><script>(window.adq = window.adq || []).push((api) => api.addSlot({"key":"inline","index":"1","searchTerm":null,"fullSearchTerm":null}));</script></div></div><p>For those not familiar with 19th century seaside habits, the drama introduces us to the "bathing machine" – a wooden hut that could be rolled directly into the sea to preserve the monarch's modesty.</p></div></div><div class="piano-inline-template"></div><div class="editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-locked-content" data-placement="Body"><div><div class="ad-placement" data-count="198" data-paragraphs-left="8"></div><h2 id="did-queen-victoria-really-use-a-bathing-machine-8070e5ff"><strong>Did Queen Victoria really use a bathing machine?</strong></h2><p>Yes! In fact, you can still see the Queen's very own bathing machine at Osborne Beach on the Isle of Wight, where the family had their royal residence at Osborne House. Here it is:</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="378" data-paragraphs-left="7"></div><div class="image chromatic-ignore"><div class="image__container" style="max-width:620px"><picture class="image__picture" width="620" height="413"><source type="image/webp" sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px,(min-width: 768px) 728px,(min-width: 544px) 556px,calc(100vw - 20px)" srcSet="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&fit=325,216 325w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&fit=375,250 375w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&fit=620,413 620w"/><source sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px,(min-width: 768px) 728px,(min-width: 544px) 556px,calc(100vw - 20px)" srcSet="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&fit=325,216 325w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&fit=375,250 375w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&fit=620,413 620w"/><img class="image__img" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/Queen-Victorias-original-bathing-machine-70f796e.jpg?quality=90&fit=620,413" alt="Queen Victoria's original bathing machine.jpg" data-item-name="Queen Victoria's original bathing machine.jpg" title="Queen Victoria's original bathing machine" style="aspect-ratio:1 / 0.6661290322580645;object-fit:contain" loading="lazy" width="620" height="413"/></picture></div></div><p>Prince Albert was a firm believer in the benefits of "sea bathing" and a special bathing machine was made for the Queen. She gave it a go, although judging by her diaries she didn't use it all that frequently.</p><div class="ad-placement-inline--2"></div><p>Queen Victoria <a href="http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/search/displayItem.do?FormatType=fulltextimgsrc&QueryType=articles&ResultsID=3108398390954&filterSequence=0&PageNumber=1&ItemNumber=1&ItemID=qvj05380&volumeType=PSBEA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote in her journal on 30th July 1847</a>: "A very fine morning, & the day became again very hot... drove down to the beach with my maids & went into the bathing machines, where I undressed & bathed in the sea, (for the 1st time in my life) a very nice bathing woman attending me.</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="879" data-paragraphs-left="5"></div><p>"I thought it delightful till I put my head under water, when I thought I should be stifled."</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="972" data-paragraphs-left="4"></div><h2 id="what-was-the-point-of-a-bathing-machine-c5feae4a"><strong>What was the point of a bathing machine?</strong></h2><div class="image chromatic-ignore"><div class="image__container" style="max-width:700px"><picture class="image__picture" width="700" height="466.2903225806452"><source type="image/webp" sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px,(min-width: 768px) 728px,(min-width: 544px) 556px,calc(100vw - 20px)" srcSet="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=325,216 325w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=375,250 375w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=650,433 650w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=750,500 750w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=975,649 975w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=1100,733 1100w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=1300,866 1300w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=2200,1465 2200w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&webp=true&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=3300,2198 3300w"/><source sizes="(min-width: 992px) 940px,(min-width: 768px) 728px,(min-width: 544px) 556px,calc(100vw - 20px)" srcSet="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=325,216 325w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=375,250 375w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=650,433 650w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=750,500 750w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=975,649 975w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=1100,733 1100w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=1300,866 1300w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=2200,1465 2200w,https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=3300,2198 3300w"/><img class="image__img" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg?quality=90&crop=20px,29px,5721px,3811px&fit=700,466" alt="Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria" data-item-name="Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria" title="Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria" style="aspect-ratio:1 / 0.6661290322580645;object-fit:contain" loading="lazy" width="700" height="466.2903225806452"/></picture></div></div><p>The bathing machine allowed its user (most likely a woman) to change out of her normal clothes and into swimwear, and then descend directly into the sea. The machine would block any view of the bather from the shore.</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="1188" data-paragraphs-left="3"></div><p>As for the point of this all, it was a question of etiquette and respectability; even though Victorian women's bathing suits displayed hardly any skin at all, they were not considered proper clothing to be seen in public. (Men, by contrast, could generally bathe naked or in drawers; but swimming was strictly segregated.)</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="1510" data-paragraphs-left="2"></div><p>Walley Chamberlain Oulton <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MnUCAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA245&lpg=PA245&dq=%22The+bather+descending+from+the+machine+by+a+few+steps+is+concealed+from+the+public+view%22&source=bl&ots=Ja4qUjwzV2&sig=ACfU3U2vULMY8WpgGkJ8Qpn-a87a4R72pA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD6rT7lbHhAhXEURUIHZTAC4QQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22The%20bather%20descending%20from%20the%20machine%20by%20a%20few%20steps%20is%20concealed%20from%20the%20public%20view%22&f=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote in 1805</a>: "The bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy."</p><div class="ad-placement" data-count="1748" data-paragraphs-left="1"></div><p>A lady could enter on dry land, and then after she had changed in privacy, the machine would be wheeled into the water – either with the help of horses or human power. 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And why must she go to such strange lengths just for a swim in the sea?\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those not familiar with 19th century seaside habits, the drama introduces us to the \"bathing machine\" – a wooden hut that could be rolled directly into the sea to preserve the monarch's modesty.\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"did-queen-victoria-really-use-a-bathing-machine-8070e5ff\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid Queen Victoria really use a bathing machine?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eYes! In fact, you can still see the Queen's very own bathing machine at Osborne Beach on the Isle of Wight, where the family had their royal residence at Osborne House. 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She gave it a go, although judging by her diaries she didn't use it all that frequently.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueen Victoria \u003ca href=\"http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/search/displayItem.do?FormatType=fulltextimgsrc\u0026amp;QueryType=articles\u0026amp;ResultsID=3108398390954\u0026amp;filterSequence=0\u0026amp;PageNumber=1\u0026amp;ItemNumber=1\u0026amp;ItemID=qvj05380\u0026amp;volumeType=PSBEA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewrote in her journal on 30th July 1847\u003c/a\u003e: \"A very fine morning, \u0026amp; the day became again very hot... drove down to the beach with my maids \u0026amp; went into the bathing machines, where I undressed \u0026amp; bathed in the sea, (for the 1st time in my life) a very nice bathing woman attending me.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I thought it delightful till I put my head under water, when I thought I should be stifled.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"what-was-the-point-of-a-bathing-machine-c5feae4a\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat was the point of a bathing machine?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e"}},{"@id":"/v1/contents/64021083","@type":"Content","type":"image","data":{"url":"https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/3/2019/04/victoria_episode3_02-e4f9637.jpg","width":5760,"height":3840,"title":"Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria","alt":"Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria","crop":[20,29,5721,3811],"aspectRatio":0.6661290322580645,"caption":null,"contain":"all","sourceName":null}},{"@id":"/v1/contents/64021084","@type":"Content","type":"html","data":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe bathing machine allowed its user (most likely a woman) to change out of her normal clothes and into swimwear, and then descend directly into the sea. The machine would block any view of the bather from the shore.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for the point of this all, it was a question of etiquette and respectability; even though Victorian women's bathing suits displayed hardly any skin at all, they were not considered proper clothing to be seen in public. (Men, by contrast, could generally bathe naked or in drawers; but swimming was strictly segregated.)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalley Chamberlain Oulton \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MnUCAAAAMAAJ\u0026amp;pg=PA245\u0026amp;lpg=PA245\u0026amp;dq=%22The+bather+descending+from+the+machine+by+a+few+steps+is+concealed+from+the+public+view%22\u0026amp;source=bl\u0026amp;ots=Ja4qUjwzV2\u0026amp;sig=ACfU3U2vULMY8WpgGkJ8Qpn-a87a4R72pA\u0026amp;hl=en\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwjD6rT7lbHhAhXEURUIHZTAC4QQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage\u0026amp;q=%22The%20bather%20descending%20from%20the%20machine%20by%20a%20few%20steps%20is%20concealed%20from%20the%20public%20view%22\u0026amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ewrote in 1805\u003c/a\u003e: \"The bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lady could enter on dry land, and then after she had changed in privacy, the machine would be wheeled into the water – either with the help of horses or human power. 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