‘Queen Charlotte’ will air on May 4, but don’t expect the characters fans know from ‘Bridgerton’ to be the same.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the prequel to the Bridgerton series, is set to debut this spring. The series will focus on a young Queen Charlotte (India Amarteifio), who arrives in England without power. Throughout the limited series, fans will watch her become the commanding queen they know and love.
In addition to the queen, some other familiar characters will be very different than their Bridgerton counterparts.
The ‘Queen Charlotte’ trailer reveals what’s to come
Netflix recently dropped the teaser trailer for Queen Charlotte. The series will debut on May 4, but the new visuals give some insight into what’s coming. Fans can see a reluctant young Queen Charlotte arriving in England for her marriage to King George (Corey Mylchrees).
Although naysayers surround her, she does find some people, including Lady Danbury (Arsema Thomas), in her corner. The official logline reads,
Centered on Queen Charlotte’s rise to prominence and power, this Bridgerton-verse prequel tells the story of how the young Queen’s marriage to King George sparked both a great love story and a societal shift, creating the world of the Religion inherited by the characters in Bridgerton .
The characters in ‘Queen Charlotte’ are different from their ‘Bridgerton’ counterparts
Fans already know the adult versions of Lady Danbury, Lady Violet Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte. However, the younger versions of these characters will be very different from the wiser women seen in Bridgerton.
Amarteifo told RadioTimes.com, “I think what’s really nice about Queen Charlotte is that there’s so much time for our show…as actors, it’s great because it gives us the liberty of creating our own characters.” She added,
You guys obviously know Queen Charlotte, King George and we know Lady Danbury, but you don’t know their origin story. There’s enough time for them to be completely different people and for us to create completely unique characters, and then, in time, as is natural in real life, you change; we adapt as we get older. Just to understand how she becomes so brazen, so strong and such a force. I’m super excited for everyone to see it.
‘Queen Charlotte’ isn’t all about romance
While Queen Charlotte’s marriage arranged to King George is a major plot in the upcoming prequel series, it’s not the center of the series; coming to England from elsewhere, it is about what it means to claim power for yourself.
More than that, Charlotte will arrive in a very different England than the one seen in Bridgerton. Although there were hints about the lack of integration and diversity before her time, viewers will finally see the division in society by race.
During the Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story zoom event Shonda Rhimes spoke about the main themes of the limited series. She explained that her main goal was to share the struggles of young women and the romantic stories within the universe.
