Bridgerton Duke Black

Queen charlotte may have actually been black.

Bridgerton duke black. Bridgerton the new netflix series from shonda rhimes has renewed interest in the possible african ancestry of the british royal family. Scandal romance bougie balls and of course a jaw dropping male lead. Our duke of hastings came to be.

Netflix s bridgerton is a fictional take on 1800s england but its portrayal of queen charlotte is spot on. Netflix s bridgerton has got it all. The author behind the books that inspired netflix s upcoming drama bridgerton is defending the network s decision to cast queen charlotte of mecklenburg strelitz as black.

The first season of show centers around the relationship between a white future duchess daphne bridgerton phoebe dynevor and a black inheritor of dukedom simon basset regé jean page. In a new interview with. The duke of hastings played by regé jean page a british zimbabwean actor is just one of the prominent biracial characters in netflix s bridgerton pictured with lady danbury played by.

Was the youngest daughter of duke carl ludwig. Bridgerton is an american streaming television period drama series created by chris van dusen and produced by shonda rhimes it is based on julia quinn s novels set in the competitive world of regency london during the season when debutantes are presented at court it premiered on netflix on december 25 2020. What shocked me was the decision to cast a black actor as a british duke during the regency period.

Queen charlotte is played by british actress golda rosheuvel. Violet dowager lady bridgerton. Regé jean page plays simon basset the duke of hastings and i m not saying you ll.

I have searched and searched and found no evidence of black duke during this period. Black people lived in england during this period so that was no biggie.