Until “Bridgerton” honors us with seasons 3 and 4, Netflix will follow up with new news from the royal world. There will soon be a prequel to the hit series entitled “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”. Trailer and all current information can be found here!
What is the plot of the “Bridgerton” spin-off?
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Queen Charlotte from “Bridgerton”
Already in May 2021, six months after the initial broadcast of “Bridgerton”, the makers announced an offshoot of the series and now the time has finally come. In “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” should it be about how the young Queen Charlotte was before her life at the London court and like her King George met. Above all, you will Rise to respected monarch themed.
It all started with an interesting first encounter and a involuntary marriage. As the trailer above reveals, neither King George nor Charlotte know about each other when they first meet, so the two of them have a very honest and at times funny conversation. The reason they meet at all is that Charlotte, without her consent, married King George III. to be married. Although she resists her fate at first, with each passing day Charlotte becomes a better queen than ever.
In addition, we see next to the Love romance between King George and Charlottethe younger version of Lady Agatha Danburythe mentor of Simon Basset, and Lady Violet Bridgerton, Daphne’s mother and head of the noble family. So that’s it Trio of the most powerful ladies from the main series completely.
When does Queen Charlotte start?
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Lady Danbury from “Bridgerton” is also there
As recently announced at the virtual Netflix fan event “Tudum 2022”, the mini-series is still to be released 2023 on the streaming provider to appear. An exact date has not yet been given. The series is being treated as a mini-series by the streaming provider and, like the seasons of the main series, will have eight episodes.
Cast of “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”
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Now the exact crew list has finally been published. The main roles are already known to the “Bridgerton” fans from the main series. In the We see leading roles of the young Queen Charlotte and the King of England, George III India Ria Amerteifio (“Gangsta Granny”) and Corey Mylchreest (“Sandman”). Familiar faces were cast in other roles. Among other things, George’s mother is played by Michelle Fairley, known from films like “Ironclad 2 – Bis aufs Blut”, while the role of the younger Lady Danbury is taken on by Arsema Thomas (“Redeeming Love”). Also starring producer Shonda Rhimes and main series familiar faces such as Golda Rosheuvel (“Lady Macbeth”) as Queen Charlotte, Hugh Sachs (“Benidorm”) as the royal right hand Brimsley, Adjoa Andoh (“Invictus”) as Lady Danbury and Ruth Gemmel (“Lewis”) as Lady Bridgerton. We are excited!