Queen Charlotte: Meet the real-life English queen from Netflix’s Bridgerton spin-off
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Queen Charlotte, Netflix’s new series from the world of Bridgerton, has arrived to the delight of fans. Set before the main Bridgerton series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s series of romance novels, Queen Charlotte is a new story from Netflix and showrunner Shonda Rhimes. open image in gallery Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte This casting is a nod to debates by historians around Queen Charlotte’s race. “If we class Charlotte as Black, then ergo Queen Victoria and our entire royal family, to Prince Harry, are also Black.” open image in gallery Mylchreest and Amarteifio as the young Charlotte and George Netflix’s Queen Charlotte is not meant to be an accurate retelling of the royal’s life, as is explicitly laid out in the show’s opening disclaimer.