• Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” premiered on Thursday. 
• The “Bridgerton” spinoff is centered on the connection between Queen Charlotte and King George III.
• Here is what the present acquired proper and flawed about Charlotte and George’s rocky romance. 

“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” premiered on Netflix on Might 4, attractive viewers into the glittery, romanticized reimagining of Regency-era England.

Centered primarily on the connection between Queen Charlotte and King George III,  the six-episode “Bridgerton” spinoff depicts their origin story and the way they got here collectively to reign within the UK for practically sixty years. Given the present flashes back and forth in time, the forged is comprised of youthful and older variations of the identical characters.

India Ria Amarteifio performs teenage Charlotte, whereas in later scenes, Golda Rosheuvel reprises her character from the principle sequence. In the meantime, youthful George is performed by Corey Mylchreest – his older counterpart is James Fleet, who has a minimal function within the “Bridgerton” spinoff.

As viewers will know, episode one of many present kicks off with a disclaimer learn by narrator Girl Whistledown, voiced by Julie Andrews. She says that the story instructed onscreen is just not a “historical past lesson,” however merely “fiction impressed by reality.” However how a lot of the present reality, and the way a lot was fiction?

Have a look.