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Queen Charlotte and King George III's love story was depicted in Netflix's Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. And though the Netflix drama was fictional, the passion Charlotte and George had for each other was real.
Per Historic Royal Palaces, "In 1789, when the King became ill, his inappropriate, manic behaviours terrified and upset the Queen. Their relationship was never the same and they led increasingly separate lives." Charlotte's hair turns white from the stress of George's illness.
Their romance and the life of the young queen sets the premise for the tantalising Bridgerton prequel that is now one of Netflix's most popular series. While the series might not be an exact representation of true events, the protagonist of the show is based on a real-life figure, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
George III was devoted to his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. They had 15 children, 13 of whom reached adulthood. serving nanny Lady Charlotte Finch.
When King George III of Britain succeeded to the throne in 1760, he was 22 and unmarried and the 17 year old Princess Charlotte was an obvious choice for a wife.
As portrayed in the new Bridgerton series, the real King George III was known as the 'Mad King' due to his struggles with mental illness.
The main theory is that King George suffered with porphyria - a rare, hereditary liver disorder that can result in confusion, hallucinations and seizures. However, other theories as to his illness include bipolar disorder, chronic mania, and dementia.
Despite its Regency-era setting, "Bridgerton" is far from historically accurate. Although many period dramas have cultural experts on hand during production to ensure historical authenticity, "Bridgerton" took an entirely different approach, opting for a diverse reimagining of London's high society.
Part of why Queen Charlotte obsesses over his death is the desire for everyone's, especially George's, suffering to end. Another major reason Queen Charlotte obsesses over King George's death and the appearance of physicians is simply because she loves him so much.
Queen Charlotte had fifteen children with her husband King George, including the future George IV and Princess Amelia.
Queen Charlotte died in her bedroom in Kew Palace on 17 November 1818. She was 74 years old.
This means that after Prince George, Princess Charlotte will become queen before her younger brother, Prince Louis. However, if you're wondering if Camilla will ever be Queen and whether Kate will become Queen - the answer is no.
In reality, 13 of Queen Charlotte and King George III's 15 children lived to adulthood, including Amelia, who died at 27 from tuberculosis. Princes Octavius and Alfred died from smallpox at ages four and two, respectively.
Lady Danbury's Affair in 'Queen Charlotte'
The spinoff series shows a young Agatha Danbury trapped in a loveless marriage with a much older man. Throughout her appearances, it's clear that she and her husband have no connection, and Agatha has never experienced love.
Courses is an older, fancier way of saying “menses,” or a period. In the Bridgerton time period, the presence or absence of someone's period was essentially the only way of determining whether or not she could bear children or was pregnant, so much is made of courses by the women on the show.
At first glance, Netflix and Bridgerton's choice to cast Black actors as characters written as white people in its source material (Regé-Jean Page plays romantic lead Simon, Duke of Hastings, who is white in the Bridgeton book series by Julia Quinn) harkens back to 1997's Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, in which ...
The Bridgerton family are entirely fictional and were not - as far as we know - a real family in the Regency era. The series is based on a fictional set of novels written by Julia Quinn.
Queen Charlotte and King George III were truly in love.
When they were apart, she wrote him letters, even signing them, “Your very affectionate Friend and Wife Charlotte.” Although it's likely their relationship suffered when the king grew deeply mentally ill, she never turned her back on him.
Fans of the fictional romance series “Bridgerton” were in for a tragedy at the beginning of Season 2. (Warning: This post contains spoilers.) The Emmy-nominated Netflix series featured a flashback wherein Edmund Bridgerton, patriarch of the titular family, dies suddenly after getting stung by a bee.
The answer lies in a vow that Simon makes to his father to never sire an heir for the Hastings line. It turns out that Simon has a bit of a chip on his shoulder. In multiple flashbacks, we learn about his cold and cruel father. Simon's father merely wants an heir for the sake of continuing the family name.
Notably, three of the couple's 15 children died young. Two did not survive infancy, whilst their final child, Princess Amelia, succumbed to ill health aged 27. This is not touched upon in the show, where the focus is on the queen's eldest and better-known offspring.
Queen Charlotte is 17 years old when she meets and marries King George in 1761. There's even a scene in the series where Charlotte mentions her age. Since the present timeline takes place in 1815, Queen Charlotte would be 71 years old at that time.
As confirmed by Netflix Tudum, the Bridgerton Season 3 storyline is as follows: "Bridgerton is back for its third season and finds Penelope Featherington finally given up on her long-held crush on Colin Bridgerton after hearing his disparaging words about her last season.
Princess Charlotte
She would become Queen only if Prince George predeceased her without having any living children. Changes in the laws of succession in 2013 mean the sex of the baby will be irrelevant to his or her place in the succession.