 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1852, John Camden Neild, mupengo akasaririra, akasiya Victoria nhaka isingakarirwi, iyo Albert akashandisa kuwana kodzero yokuva muridzi weBalmoral. Senguva dzose, akatanga chirongwa chakakura chokuvandudza. Mugore rimwe chetero, akagadzwa kumahofisi akati wandei akasiiwa asina munhu nekufa kweDuke weWellington, kusanganisira hutungamiriri hweTrinity House uye colonel weGrenadier Guards. Nekufa kwaWellington, Albert akakwanisa kukurudzira uye kuita mushandirapamwe wekuvandudza mauto, izvo zvakanga zvava nenguva yakareba zvasvika. Achifunga kuti uto rakanga risina kugadzirira hondo, uye kuti kutonga kwechiKristu kwakanga kuri nani pane kutonga kwechiIslam, Albert akapa zano rokugadzirisa nehurumende kunetsana pakati peumambo hweRussia neOttoman. Palmerston akanga achida kurwa zvikuru, uye aifarira mutemo waizodzivisa kuwedzera kweRussia. Palmerston akabudiswa muhurumende muna December 1853, asi munenge panguva imwe cheteyo ngarava dzeRussia dzakarwisa ngarava dzeOttoman dzakanga dzakanamira paSinop. Vezvenhau veLondon vakaratidza kurwiswa kwacho sechiito choutsotsi, uye mukurumbira waPalmerston wakawedzera sezvo waAlbert wakawa. Mukati memavhiki maviri, Palmerston akagadzwazve somushumiri. Sezvo kutsamwiswa kwavanhu nechiito cheRussia kwakapfuurira, runyerekupe rwenhema rwakapararira rwokuti Albert akanga asungwa nokuda kwokunyengera uye akanga ari musungwa muTower yeLondon. 