Bridgerton And Black Queen

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Bridgerton and black queen. To translate bridgerton exists in a fictional 19th century london society where unlike today queen charlotte s race was never up for debate. A duke footman lady s maid or even a respected boxer. Leave it to shonda rhimes to give us a black queen.
According to pbs however queen charlotte directly descended from margarita de castro y sousa a black branch of the portuguese royal house while researching a racial classification and. She virtually actually wasn t thought of black or mixed race on the time. In bridgerton the new shonda rhimes period drama on netflix the lords and ladies of early 19th century britain are depicted as black as well as white.
Queen charlotte performed by g olda rosheuvel is. However it since has been recommended that queen charlotte did have black african ancestry in her household and the creators of bridgerton have constructed on this concept by making the king s spouse a self evidently black lady.