Bridgerton Queen Victoria

Light spoilers for bridgerton season 1 follow.

Bridgerton queen victoria. Queen charlotte is portrayed by a black woman golda rosheuvel contrary to prior portrayals of queen charlotte by white actresses such as helen mirren and janet dale shonda rhimes wanted to create a period piece in which black. Bridgerton s queen charlotte may reportedly never have appeared in julia quinn s bestselling bridgerton books but we couldn t imagine the bridgerton show without her. This british series follows queen victoria who ruled great britain until 1818.

The queen was in fact a real historical figure and she might have even been england s. The term regency has come to define the entire era from the mid 1790s to the ascension of queen victoria in 1838. Netflix s brand new semi historical shondaland drama bridgerton just dropped and its diverse cast has us asking if members of the royal family were actually black.

Of all the larger than life bridgerton characters queen charlotte s role pulls the most from reality. Bridgerton s queen charlotte a real queen during the regency era was even more wild than her on screen counterpart. Here s everything you need to know about the monarch.

In contrast to bridgerton victoria is a much more straightforward retelling of events a perfect fit if you.