Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Review

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a fantastic offshoot of Bridgerton the series.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a 2023 Netflix series that is an offshoot of the hit series Bridgerton. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story delves into the life of Queen Charlotte and her journey to becoming the bourgeois all-powerful queen she is in Bridgerton.

💡 This post is both a summary and a movie review of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. That is to say, it may contain spoilers.

Betrothal Contract

A young Queen Charlotte, played by India Amarteifio, realizes that she is being sold off to marry a young King George III, played by Corey Mylchreest. She is to embark on a journey to England where she will become the new Queen.

In the carriage, her brother decries her silence only for Charlotte to complain about how her dress is made of whalebone and that she may as well revolt and have the whale bones pierce her to her death. Her brother, Adolphus IV Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, will have none of it and tells her sternly that her betrothal contract has been signed and it is her duty to take on her new role in England.

Adolphus IV walks his sister down the aisle where she marries George and becomes queen of England. Source: Netflix.

Climbing Over the Walls of the Palace

The wedding ceremony of Charlotte and young King George is about to take place and Charlotte is uncertain and wants to escape. She tries to climb over the walls of the palace when a young handsome gentleman finds her. Turns out that the gentleman is King George himself and the two get acquainted for the first time. George tells Charlotte that he hopes to see her at the altar and that he is not a troll or beast as she had thought, since she'd never met him before.