Top 10 Things Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Got Factually Right & Wrong

[@MsMojo]

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[@jcj268]

I like these factually right and wrong videos

[@liliesperance81]

Is not Chalotte is too white. Charlotte is black. I. Camera is not exist. The white Charlotte is painting white

[@liliesperance81]

The camera picture were invented in 1838 Kind of racist. Charlotte is black. Mother black et father Almand

[@liliesperance81]

Jalous. , racist , shabby. Go to dead. Go to die , Racist. Snow white

[@liliesperance81]

Yes , bleaching paint , falcification of the true story.

[@thenap_wellcenter]

As a person who suffered from neurological and psychological disorders i noticed that King George III looked like he suffered from Manic Bipolar Disorder and Seizures. I noticed some of the same things i went through over the last 7 years in his character. But we'll never know truly. I did love how in the show Charlotte asked if there were medicinal herbs being grown..that couldve helped The King with His nerves.

[@tywanasutton1640]

Yes ans in real life she studied botany and had a medicinal garden planted. Not necessarily for him but to treat other ailments within her family

[@tammywilliams8927]

I've been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder with episodes of mania. When I'm manic I'm aggressive and spend money recklessly. Unfortunately my son has also been diagnosed with the same but when he's manic he has a God complex. When I watched this show I almost immediately picked up this disorder in King George.

[@westzed23]

​@@tammywilliams8927 It seems that more historical diagnoses tend toward bipolar disorder but something else as well. Perhaps porphyria or kidney disease are suggested. With you seeing yourself in George gives me a more definitive case for George suffering from bipolar disorder.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

​@@westzed23 Please read ALL of the symptoms of Porphyria. Too many are placing too much emphasis on the mental symptoms which only manifested because he was not treated properly. Porphyria is in the Royal line from Guise to Windsor.

[@sweetpickle57]

There certainly was alot of focus on George's illness and the crazy, horrible and inhumane treatments he went through. It's amazing he survived. When he insisted on seeing Charlotte during her labor, as it was obvious things were not progressing and she was going to bleed to death. He took charge and saved his queen's life. Farmer George was there for her. Very typical Dr's of that time would just let a women die in childbirth. It struck me as an important scene due to her grand-daughter passing away in childbirth, along with her baby.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

Sheer fantasy.

[@cuteyhoney1994]

I love the fact that "Farmer George" was REAL! I always thought it was a sweet nickname that he called himself. To think people actually teased him about it. Honestly, I think I love it more. Goes to show that the series wasn't that far off.

[@lisaellis2593]

Agreed,nothing wrong with good steward of the land.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

No matter what this show gets right or wrong, it's still a very good, entertaining watch.

[@elisakatarina1435]

💯!

[@nicholeclarke8076]

And that's the point of it. The past wasn't pretty, it is a very entertaining point of view, fully agree💯

[@nebulous6660]

Mmm such tasty bullshit

[@Rose-gs4iy]

The thing with wrong and inaccurate historical series is that people tend to romanticize.

[@Multifandomfreak17]

Definitely and the relationship between George and Charlotte I loved watching it and crying over it

[@suzymleon29]

They got the strongest points of their story right and that made me so happy! Mentioning her birthplace in the very beginning was everything for me and I knew it was going to be good! We went there last year. It is called Mirow and used to belong to the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Germany. Charlotte, NC is named after her as is our county, Mecklenburg County.

[@Gancanna]

There's also a Mecklenburg County in Virginia.

[@titisarah09]

I personally liked the changes they made like even when he is old he still has moments of somewhat clarity. N how she is always waiting n hoping for those moments. N how happy she is when they happen. And the part where he prob saved her life and their baby's life .everyone on the show feels bad for the queen and notices her unhappiness .But she had something that not everyone back then had she loves and was loved .

[@SofiaBerruxSubs]

Props to George for being relatable and understanding of his people

[@jessrosefawkes2721]

That’s what I admire about George the 3rd, he wasn’t a stuck up snob lol x

[@0912sooli]

Riight....

[@catnior]

Not only that he accurately mapped the movement of Venus for 1984 and 2004 I believe. A lot of people labeled “mad” in the past were acutely intelligent

[@lifewithntokozo]

“Dearest Gentle Reader. It is not a history lesson. It is fiction inspired by fact” ❤.

[@盧璘壽로인수]

Enjoy

[@monkeydavefraud]

Aka history

[@vladmatei1958]

I find it offensive that Mozart is depicted as a white straight privileged adolescent. Not enough fictional diversity. So I guess no point in watching the show.

[@dombam8490]

@@vladmatei1958 exactly it needs more disable bald tans characters.

[@NostalgiaEdits111]

@@vladmatei1958 😂

[@WBCRO]

George III’s madness wasn’t an issue when they first married. I think it first surfaced about five years later but that was only a brief glimpse of what was to come.

[@historyboss5857]

It surfaced decades later.

[@TayTubian]

I believe it was the second option, that Reynolds was relieved of his duty. When the king was with Charlotte for that time before he had to give that speech to parliament he was on a run of wellness. There is a brief conversation between Reynolds and Brimsley where Brimsley has hope, while Reynolds also had hope he is doubtful, they insinuate the meaning of what it would mean for them as a couple if the king starts to have down moments. This scene to me was to lead up to the kings decline at parliament and the look on Reynolds face wasnt just pain for the king, but the realization of short days being a kingsman

[@acheron66]

“I remember my grandmother saying to me, I don’t care what they tell you in school, Charlotte was Chinese. My Grandmother told me also that ''Paris was inside London.”

[@BeamCargo7]

🤣

[@jenylogan1]

I think she was Japanese, and Paris was in Aberdeen !

[@irideaunicorn1620]

I'm black and from San Antonio, and I even know Charlotte was of black descent

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Paris is only an hour drive from London if you're Canadian.

[@盧璘壽로인수]

the part where George says "This is your house" is actually correct: Buckingham House was called at one point *"The Queen's House"* maybe the script actually intended to say "princess royal" in small letters as a sort of adjective, not the title with big letters

[@kerry-ann3688]

Loved queen charlotte show. They did place a disclaimer in the beginning of the show that the events were fictional.

[@theladiesman.8537]

You loved it. But if it was the other way around you could call it white washing and tell us how horrible and racist white people are. But yet you loved this?

[@mrx-od3ji]

she needs to be white its embarrassing that they casted the wrong person.

[@MC_TravelAdventures]

The Queen was Black

[@journiaz2897]

@@theladiesman.8537 bro y’all already did that FOR YEARS!!!! Let pocs have recognition and shut up racist Ass up❤

[@journiaz2897]

@@mrx-od3ji she doesn’t NEED to be anything

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

I did know about the succession crisis. The fact that Queen Victoria was the only legitimate surviving grandchild of George III, who had over a dozen children, is the best argument for the Divine Right of Kings I've ever heard. The 3 longest reigning English monarchs were women who were extremely unlikely to inherit. (Elizabeth II was the daughter of a 2nd son, Victoria the daughter of a 5th son, and Elizabeth I was below 2 siblings.) And I knew that the daughter of the Prince Regent was not the Princess Royal because I remember reading somewhere that despite the fact that Victoria was the highest ranking princess and ultimately inherited the throne, she never actually held the title Princess Royal because it was held by her aunt. That same aunt would have to be the one holding the title at the time of this show. The rules for that title are weird. The title is given to the highest ranking princess, but it remains with that specific princess until her death, even after other princesses are born that supersede her in rank. That's why the current Princess Royal is Anne, King Charles III's sister, despite the fact that she has several nieces that now outrank her. Historically, the Princess Royal doesn't inherit the throne. The title is most often held by a sister or aunt of the current monarch, so it's really a rather useless ceremonial title. I was curious about timing, though, and I looked it up. Queen Victoria was born 7 months after Queen Charlotte died, so I'm pretty sure that scene where they excitedly told Queen Charlotte that a legitimate grandchild was forthcoming (and a girl, for that matter) didn't happen. Not unless Queen Charlotte dies in the next season. I enjoyed this season, or limited series, whatever you want to call it, but I can't help but feel like Queen Charlotte is an idiot. She's the most powerful woman in the world, but instead of worrying about her subjects or her children, she's more concerned about a gossip rag written by a teenage girl. I mean, she wasn't even concerned about the succession problem until Lady Whistledown wrote about it, by which time her daughters were too old to bear children. And even if she was able to pop out 15 babies no problem, I don't see how she could be so incredibly insensitive to her children that were obviously having fertility issues. It's true what Brimsley pointed out. It really isn't possible to be a good monarch AND a good parent, but I don't think she was either. She was just a good wife, which is I guess what was expected of her.

[@mrscashmorrisey1702]

Slight correction. The title of Princess Royal is given (not automatically), to the eldest female of the monarch. Although there are other female royals who supersede Princess Anne in the line of succession, none of them are children of the monarch. Once Princess Anne dies, the title may be given to William's daughter, Charlotte, who will be the daughter of the monarch when William becomes king. It would not go to another female like Beatrice or Eugenie since their father is not nor will be the monarch. Also, you mention that Charlotte was not a good monarch and that may be true because she was NOT the monarch. She was simply the wife OF the monarch. She did have power at that time yes, but not as much as her husband and eventually her son who became Prince Regent when George became too ill to reign. One other error they made in the series was to refer to George's wife (the heir to King George) as Princess Royal. Again, she would not have been Princess Royal as the wife of the prince. The eldest sister would have had that title, if at all. She was the daughter-in-law of the King and Queen.

[@WBCRO]

I wouldn’t say that her children had fertility issues. Several of her sons had multiple illegitimate children, just none with their wives. Many accounts say that QCharlotte kept her daughters from marrying until they were past the best years of conception.

[@MeyaRoseGirl]

@@WBCRO That's still fertility issues, whether it was a matter of problems conceiving within their marriages or waiting too long to try.

[@jomc7425]

While it's true that most of George III's children didn't have legitimate children, it isn't true that Victoria was the only surviving legitimate grandchild. Two of her uncles, the Duke of Cumberland (later King of Hanover) and the Duke of Cambridge had legitimate children. Victoria, as the child of the oldest of the 3 brothers, became Queen.

[@melissamcfarlin6840]

The title of Princess Royal is given to the eldest daughter of the king (or queen). Not the highest ranking princess. And it for her lifetime. Victoria could never have been Princess Royal because her father was never king (and even if he had survived to become king as long as his sister lived the title was hers.) Anne is the current Princess Royal but her niece Charlotte as the daughter of the heir is the higher ranking princess.

[@Laramaria2]

The weirdest thing to me is Charlotte pressuring her daughters to marry and have kids when she was the one keeping them away from that until they were in their late 30's to their 40's...

[@盧璘壽로인수]

tbf that was George's father's fault: her daughters ended up in abusive marriages hence George was fearful his own daughters would end up the same way as their aunts

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Exactly this! The girls were brought up to expect to be wives and mothers some day and they were kept from doing that. I can imagine they felt very resentful once princess Charlotte died.

[@盧璘壽로인수]

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 at least George had reason, unlike Alexandra of Denmark, who made her daughters glorified ladies-in-waiting (only one died an old virgin)

[@Originella]

I had to tell my mother that, haha. I know quite a bit about the English monarchy and she was just sitting there, wondering what was going on. I love that I can teach her a thing or two...

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

@@盧璘壽로인수 actually 2 out of 3 married.

[@mylastbraincell690]

All the children have been aged down in the show. The prince regent/future George IV was obese and in his 50's at that point in time compared to his on screen portrayal.

[@jomc7425]

Most of these historical shows aren't all that interested in historical accuracy. They have to cast attractive people.

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

Honorary mentions the ages of Charlotte's 15 children who were in their 40s and 50s when Princess Charlotte died.

[@patdatamom]

My understanding is that the claim that Queen Charlotte was black stems from the allegation that she was descdended from the illegitimate son of King Alfonso I of Portugal and his Moorish mistress [Madragana]. However, King Alphonso I was born in 1109 or 1111, and Queen Charlotte was born in 1744. That’s more than 600 years of distance between Queen Charlotte and her alleged moorish ancestor. Also, the Moors were Arabs or Berbers. I think the odds are that Charlotte did not have black ancestry.

[@towel1031]

Charlotte was mixed, and her contemporary portraits portray that fact. You're thinking of the images of modern Arabs and Berbers, but Moors were black. Shakespeare's Othello, art by Gerome and Josep Tapiro i Baro and many other Orientalist artist depicted the Blackamoors accurately. Hollywood casting choices have been all over the place, but they got this one right.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

@@gilly5094 The real Queen Charlotte had distant black ancestry and it showed up in her looks.

[@towel1031]

@@AddBowIfGirl You are absolutely correct!

[@JoJo-mj8wr]

@Tea Howell The moors were never Black.I f you want to know how they looked you can find it the the representations from the time they were in Europe like in the cantiga de Santa Maria, the portraits that you are talking about are made by orientalists centuries after they left.

[@towel1031]

@@JoJo-mj8wr I'm aware that the Orientalist portraits were centuries later, but they are accurate. Look up Oxford Encyclopedia's definition of the Moors. Look up Shakespeare's (a contemporary author during the time of the Moors) description of Othello.

[@julianaylor4351]

There is a huge tribute on the tomb of George 4 daughter, with angels raising her to heaven. Her death lead to the accessions of William 4 who had no legitimate heirs and Queen Victoria, whose children's marriages lead to a genetic link between European royalty, such as the late Queen Elizabeth 2 and her husband Prince Phillip.

[@kelseylynn4028]

The end made me tear up 😢

[@roslyngreene5969]

I know one thing, whoever picked this young lady to be Queen Charlotte was genius! These two characters were spectacular together. I hope they are friends forever!❤❤❤

[@johnwalters978]

there is one painting of Charlotte where the artist choose to use a darker tone to paint her face, and they took off and ran with that.

[@venus_envy]

Not even, I know the painting, it's really just that she's not powdered (yes, they powdered skin as well as hair then). What people are running away with is her lips and nose. Apparently white Europeans can't have naturally full lips or a slightly wider nose bridge, despite there being millions of white people who look like that naturally. They are delusional.

[@OracleOfDarkness1666]

It even tells you it’s a fiction inspired by history it’s not meant to be factual

[@Godis4me1978]

I don't care what was accurate....there is a disclaimer....we loved every second of it and i bought the Bridgerton books and shows couldn't stay interested in either.....this got me...love Charlotte...maybe cause she reminds me of myself....ijs

[@AlbertoGarcia-yb4ih]

You would care if they replaced black ppl with white ppl though, that is the hypocrisy of ppl like you. You stand for nothing.

[@journiaz2897]

@@AlbertoGarcia-yb4ih yes bc white people already colonized everything. and POCS deserve the recognition

[@tiffanyb.7596]

Thank you, I always enjoy these shows. And love that your videos have information on them!! 🥰

[@aksheee]

Most of it was historically accurate- even young Queen Charlotte asking for her face to be painted accurately. It would make sense would it not/ Her wanting an heir was to secure ''our line'' She was a strong character, not a corrupt monarch either and her constant struggle to have her husband to cohabit with her was only her main intention. She did not ask to marry into royalty, she wanted to make the most of it (as anyone would do).

[@wolverineeagle]

She was already royalty.

[@aksheee]

@@wolverineeagle *British royalty

[@murmursmeglos]

All these messy comments about race. But one of the biggest missteps is George III not being in a wig 90% of the time as this was a time when they were extremely common, the original Bridgerton was when they had began going out of fashion for the upper class gentleman. They obviously thought that their target audience wouldn't be swooning over George if he was constantly in a white wig rather than looking like the captain of the high school football team. He does look terribly out of place.

[@cl5470]

It was an artistic choice meant to symbolically set him apart from the superficiality and grasping common at court. George is there, but he's not really THERE socially. It is shorthand to show that he does not fit in with his society or his station in life. He is largely incapable of the pomp, grandure, and pageantry that being king requires. They make it as easy as possible for lay people to ubderstand and yet 12 people liked this and prove it didn't work. It's sad how dead media literacy is now. People really can't read between the lines and understand literary symbolism anymore. Our education system is failing us.

[@kevinawarner1005]

I want to know if they really had people in the bedroom 🤔 to witness the marital act to see if the royals did the deed 😂? I find that appalling

[@rebeccaalexander7088]

Yes they did watch the Tudors and also The Borgais. They tend to have a screen and they will have witnesses to the act

[@hannahhester8376]

Not in Charlotte's time, but yep! Go back 40 years, remember Marie Antoinette? Had people watching them. Although, I wouldn't do anything and I'm a grown adult, she was 15 Louis was 19, both had zero clue what was actually even supposed to happen

[@kevinawarner1005]

@@rebeccaalexander7088 a screen ? Wow that's shocking

[@kevinawarner1005]

@@rebeccaalexander7088 .oh that sounds soo weird I wonder who came up with a idea like that soo wait .... that mean king Henry the fat one and all his wives did experience that faith? My gosh those poor watchers eyes to witness such an act.

[@jeanallan8106]

They also used to have someone from government there to witness births. I believe both customs had to do with ensuring legitimate babies.

[@cheryllbalding6433]

Like the intri stated - fiction inspired by fact. Also, it stated it is Bridgerton story - so no need to scrutinise it. It is beautifully written and is the best series

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Mozart's father went deeply into debt to outfit his family for their trip to England. The clothing worn in the French court was not considered acceptable in England. Unfortunately, they didn't stay in England long enough to wear their new clothes very long before they went back to the Continent.

[@נעםמרקוביץ]

You forgot to mention George ii, in the series the princess claim that king George ii was a cruel man. But in fact her husband was a selfish person. One time the king got stuck in a storm while sailing back to England. And when he thought his father died. he organised a party to celebrate until the news came that the king was fine. So ya George ii was a good person unlike his son or father who buth were harsh man

[@Nemshee]

All the Goerges sucked as parents.

[@נעםמרקוביץ]

@@Nemshee i would think George vi was actually a great father, but he isn't a Hanover he's Windsor so...

[@נעםמרקוביץ]

@@Nemshee besides George ii was no perfect man, but he is not the monster that princess Augusta claim he was

[@nata3467]

Onset of the disease was in around 50 years old...I get they wanted this to be dramatic tension but really hate that they did this. I think the fact they were in love and so close for so long makes it more heartbreaking .

[@rafaelyaguaro2842]

The first full episode George had was early in the marriage with Charlotte, the Second was the biggest to that point in his life, and that happened when George IV was almost of age and it became such a problema than he and Charlotte came to a stand still of who would be George III regent but before the Parliament decided fully and legally, almost six months later, George recovered. And the final and last full episode was 10 years before his death and 8 before Charlotte's. So the show gets it kind of right but because the timeline at times its murky, it feels exaggerated. If they get a second season, I hope they don't use George illness again or as big as they did this season because I didn't like how exaggerated they made it to be, specially the torture (which I know is how most doctors did things back then but it felt to much for me)

[@livingincaptivityIII]

​@@rafaelyaguaro2842 Too much for you? Imagine how he felt.

[@nishia_brownie988]

Sorrows prayers

[@truly_I_say]

There's one pretty important fact that they got horribly wrong...

[@venus_envy]

Lol, of course the video didn't go there.

[@ashakur75]

What?

[@truly_I_say]

@@ashakur75 hmm.. probably the glaring fact that she was white lol

[@sandravaldez6278]

Oh my God, the woman was German and Spanish and that’s why she has a tan and it wasn’t acceptable either back then. she was not African-American ever. The show is for fun. That’s all it’s a fun show, but I can see why they should put real history! people start getting Ideas and thinking that’s the reality.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

Madragana Bat Aloandro, her supposed "black" ancestor, 15 times removed, was a Sephardic Jewess of NORTH African ancestry. As the illegitimate issue of mistresses are not in the line of succession, it is of no real importance.

[@NamineNasha]

Yeah the succession crises was only pushed onto the sons, both George and Charlotte thwarted their daughters attempts at marriage at every turn. They more or less locked them up against their will and denied them marriage opportunities, so much so that the girls knew the only way they be free was when their brother took the throne. One sister made a promise with said brother to find her a husband as soon as he was named King which he promised to do. They all feared they die old maids in the castle. They were also used by Charlotte, she would force them to sleep in her room to keep George away when he started going mad. One of her daughters called her cruel for such a thing. The entire reason for this all was because George watched so many of his sisters get married off into horrible marriages and didn't want that for his daughters and Charlotte, who spent a majority of her marriage pregnant, didn't wish that fate on her daughters. So they had good reasons, but it was still a screwed up situation.

[@jillgilson3900]

The King had an illness that turned his urine purple but I can't remember what it's called but many royals have the same illness but I think it can be treated now.

[@kevinawarner1005]

Purple urine ?? That's a real thing I thought he has bipolar disorder

[@chrisgeenadriver1631]

The common theory was porphyria

[@JohnBoyJoy]

but but but

[@nickelmouse451]

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 I thought the modern literature was more set on bipolar

[@kayrobinett4570]

@@chrisgeenadriver1631 porphyria used the be what historians thought he had, but now most think he was bipolar. There is a good show on PBS (might be on demand) on historical mysteries where they discuss his problems for the entire hour long episode.

[@Ymills_21193]

People complaining about the race swapping. It’s a fictional not a documentary. Yall must’ve never heard of creative liberty. This is entertainment not educational history

[@livingincaptivityIII]

Creative license. If they were creative, they would have given them fictional names and set it in a fictional kingdom. Even George R.R. Martin did that.

[@fifia.1809]

Just knew that George and Charlotte in real life did speak german with each other🥹

[@PatriciaGarridoGarcia]

He was in fact the first Hanoverian King who spoke English. His great grandfather George I and his grandfather George II only spoke German

[@AliSakurai]

You never brought up the elephant in the room. Was Queen Charlotte really biracial? Its still heavily debated because of her portraits.

[@venus_envy]

She was not. The claim that she was, was based on someone at the time trying to slander her name by saying she was descended from a King who had an Arab (not black) mistress 600 years before she was born, which is not even confirmed to actually be one of her ancestors. Her appearance was not so atypical for a white German woman in reality. Some people do believe that because her main portraitist was an anti-slavery activist (Britain abolishing slavery was right around the corner in this time period), he had a tendency to try to paint his subjects (not just Queen Charlotte) with slightly Africanized features, as a way, perhaps, to help humanize Africans. I haven't seen enough of his work to decide if I believe this is even likely, but I have seen enough white people with full lips to know it's silly to think that makes them a whole different phenotype. Her nose, as well, doesn't look African (if anything, the case could be made that it looks more Semitic, or Arab, but even still, plenty of white people with no Arabs ancestry can have that exact nose, so who can say?). In any case, I think the "Queen Charlotte was black" thing is just wishful thinking. There was a black lady brought into English nobility around this time, Dido, and she was very much the talk of, well, much of polite society at that time. The portrait of her makes it VERY clear she is black. And she's not the only black woman to appear in European portraiture, wearing European dress, in the 18th century. This somewhat dispels the idea that some people put forth that she was black but the portrait painter was trying to hide the fact. Seems very unlikely, especially since she had a "warts and all" attitude towards her portraits. Anyway, I'm not surprised the video didn't touch on that even though it's somewhat of an elephant in the room. I suspect there is a subset of people who would be really upset to have their fantasy shattered.

[@NessaBear90]

Who was the man crying over over Princess Charlotte's body in her coffin? Was it her dad? He was calling Queen Charlotte mother so I'm assuming it wasn't Princess Charlotte's husband Prince Leopold (he was the brother of the future Queen Victoria's mom who we saw marry Prince Edward in this show and then announce that she was pregnant)

[@CaitlinWatchMojo]

it was George, Prince of Wales and future King George IV, her father

[@noheliag2769]

It was her son, George VI. He was King regent during King George III "indisposed time". He was the only child with heirs, which was right. Actually that's the reason Queen Victoria ended up Queen, because no other male heir had surviving child. He was her Father, she was married to King Leopold from somewhere else, but they confuse the title

[@NessaBear90]

@Nohelia G I know my Queen V history 🥰. I'm a Tudor historian and Victorian Era lover lol. It was actually George and Charlotte who were remodeling Hampton Court. They only remodeled the back half of it lol. When I went there you could totally see the Tudor Era vs the Georgian Era of Hampton Court. Sorry I went on a bit of a deeper explanation than I wanted 😅. I was just not sure if it was George IV who was crying about his daughter or if they let Prince Leopold up in there because he was actually really sad Princess Charlotte died. If she didn't though we wouldn't have had the Grandmother of Europe reigning England as the now second longest reigning British Monarch. I'm just a boring American who loves history lol.

[@noheliag2769]

@@NessaBear90 i'm literally a 17 year old who knows the order of succession of Britain crown since 1700 cause I read it for fun... I understand you, and am also a Queen V admirer too. And yes, it seemed a little too much for a father at that mommy and most probably would pass more as husband, but it was George cause 1. Charlotte was "comforting him" and 2. He is who later appears as her son. Curious that they showed Victoria as Edward's wife but never talk about the fact that she was sister with Leopold, who was Charlotte husband

[@noheliag2769]

@@NessaBear90 and yes, Charlotte's dead was one of the deciding moments that put Victoria were she belonged... And not even have to be Charlotte who survived, if her baby would have survived, boy or girl, would be direct descendant of George, making it heir to the throne above Victoria.

[@kil0chrl7e]

Favorite couple in this series was Reynolds and Brimsley! They had excellent chemistry! Charlotte and George were amazing too but Reynolds and Brimsley were the cutest in the series ✨

[@MeOhMyOh2324]

Fact: Names of king, queen, and other leaders and family. Fiction: everything else. Lol. Still enjoyed it.

[@elizabethhennessey6437]

Loved the ending.

[@eikosato5297]

I enjoy watching this show but no, I disagree with your picks. 😕 My #1 pick would be: “the great experiment.” Wrong. Racism does not disappear just because a King marries a black woman. That’s not how anything works. And the real King George III and Queen Charlotte were proponents of the transatlantic slave trade.

[@venus_envy]

And Queen Charlotte was white, so there's that.

[@CiceroSapiens]

The show is like Gladiator: it's a what if - at a point in history, leaders seized a very real opportunity they had to bring more democracy into government. Marcus Aurelius had 5 generals that would have made better leaders than his son, who actually killed his sister and the senators. King George and Queen Charlotte did have this opportunity, because of Charles' various beliefs and Charlotte's blood, and laws preventing slavery in England, to end slavery in the isles and change the composition of the ruling class, which was filled with real legendary characters like The Chevalier, Alexandre Dumas and more.

[@chocochef3092]

Wait! George III’s condition still unknown today? I assumed Porphyria was the likely culprit.

[@NessaBear90]

They also said it could be bipolar disorder since he did have manic episodes. I can see how they would think it is more so bipolar disorder but I think maybe he could've also been schizophrenic.

[@Laramaria2]

It has been called into question the validity of this. The real cause of his condition is, in fact, still debated.

[@kayrobinett4570]

many/most historians now believe that he was bipolar based upon his symptoms

[@livingincaptivityIII]

​@kayrobinett4570 Then they have disregarded ALL of his physical symptoms.

[@charlottevershiyi3620]

Please what is the title of this movie

[@roodbennett]

Despite his mental illness, George III was a good man and a GREAT modern king for Great Britain.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

Yes. Porphyria is not a "mental illness". Porphyria is a defect in the metabolism of red blood cell molecules, responsible for transporting oxygen. One of its symptoms is suffering from hallucinations and mental confusion, among many other ailments, hence the belief, at the time, that the king was mad. The untreated physical symptoms cause the mental manifestations. The modern diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder or Schizophrenia dismisses all of the physical suffering of George III.

[@Cocomel444]

Anybody who has watched the show sees there’s a disclaimer at the start of the show that says it’s fictional and characters and events were purposely done as such. This video is purely to give people a history lesson; not to knock the show.

[@rolandpelss]

its cant be history lesson, portreying queen of england black. it is misleading for people who doeasnt know the history. they really believe that queen was black, just like anne boleyn and 10th century norvegian viking king appeared to be black women. zulu king was never played by white man. sort of compensation for taking part of slave trade to usa

[@georgeprchal3924]

Prince George: The minute he dies... I'm putting you in the fucking Tower.

[@laurainesacosta4631]

The only accuracy is George illness and the love between him and Charlotte.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

Are you certain?

[@impb6606]

Did they make all those mistakes in the movie on purpose or they're legitly lack of history knowledge?

[@VidWatcher01]

It's "Gorlette" for the win!!

[@irideaunicorn1620]

Love this way better than bridgerton...

[@Canecorsomomma]

Queen Charlotte was white. The rumors about the Moorish ancestry are about 600 years removed from her birth. So it’s a good thing they introduce it as fiction.

[@missqt48]

I’m guessing King James the German (of Moorish heritage) INVITED to rule Britannia, was white too… Ohh dear the University of Oxford need to take down that portrait of the dark melanated King James in their institution. The same King James who corrected the error in the Bible, hence King James Version Bible. Written by a 🖤 King himself. Your feelings do not dictate history, it all comes down to proof. Concrete proof!

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

​@@missqt48we get it, yanka of a certain persuasion have no history of their own so they must invent it to feel like they've made any impact on the world. Congratulations

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

"Moor" doesn't mean black nor bantu. ​Americans have lost the plot.

[@margheritatimeus3400]

I think that fiction inspired by history is more enjoyable if people was able to appreciate what is fantasy and what instead sourced-based historical facts. Unfortunately, nowadays people knows very little of history, so often they believe the most incredible things as true... 😫

[@gougou3991]

I just wanna know tho, if the movie queen Charlotte is black why aren’t her children mixed they all look white except for the one that said she’s trying to get babies

[@mrscashmorrisey1702]

Because she is not full black. She mixed and her husband was white. They is no guarantee how babies will look of mixed parentage. Look at the current Prince Harry and his wife who is half black. Both their children look white.

[@towel1031]

Her children skin tones (in the show) were diverse. The real Charlotte was mixed, and her contemporary portraits portray that fact. She had Moorish ancestry, and Blackamoors were black. Shakespeare's Othello, art by Gerome and Josep Tapiro i Baro and many other Orientalist artists depicted the Blackamoors accurately. Hollywood casting choices have been all over the place, but they actually got this one right.

[@towel1031]

@@gilly5094 Madragana was a Moor; a black woman. Where are your references showing she was Spanish, or are you also making this up? Not once has it been said that Charlotte was of Spanish decent. Portuguese history tells of the black Moorish people that were in Portugal, and Charlotte is one of their descendants.

[@JoJo-mj8wr]

@@towel1031 There was no such thing as blackmoors. the moors were Arabs and berbers.

[@Kirasfox]

Well, if a mixed black/white woman has a baby with a white man, then her black side will probably not show in any of her babies.

[@danielbenisrael3852]

Don't take me wrong I'm not against black beside my mother adopted a child who black American. , I see there few black people in this movie making a history story but there is a big problem I don't believe the queen was black For big reason why that time the slave of black Africa was not free yet

[@evelyntorres8647]

For a comedy they came very close to getting most of the story right. Like it says in the beginning of the show, it's fiction inspired by fact.

[@paulasmith6169]

I love ❤ this series it was a great story. 😊😊

[@nancyaguirre2307]

They say she “may” have had African ancestry because of her complexion but no one in history ever claimed she was black. That would be another attempt to change history. Like saying cleopatra was black.

[@AnaAcuraErica]

History has been whitewashed. And that is a fact.

[@pettybettyjay]

Cleopatra was not white tho

[@boring.101]

​@@AnaAcuraEricaCharlotte existed at the time when racial purity and supremacy was a thing.

[@AnaAcuraErica]

@@boring.101 also when many artists would depicts things as white which is called white washing- look this up! It happened with a cent Egyptian findings and they would do this anywhere. Erase important black people from existence, it’s quite sad!

[@venus_envy]

@@pettybettyjay Cleopatra was Greek. Very, very inbred Greek. She is Cleopatra the seventh, of the Ptolemys, those descended from the General that Alexander the Great gifted rule over Egypt to. Are Greeks, Italians, Albanians, Macedonians, etc., not white? They are certainly European ethnically, and usually these days anyone ethnically European is considered white. In Cleopatra's time, it wouldn't have been a case of "white vs non-white", it would have been a case of being from civilizations that commanded respect from the Greeks and Romans vs those that did not. One thing is for sure, she was not black like the actress they chose to play her. Clock Egypt's response to that Netflix series, they were NOT happy about her being portrayed by someone who looked nothing like her just for the sake of domestic American racial politics. They felt that their culture and history was being disrespected.

[@dombam8490]

They got her race wrong too.

[@towel1031]

Charlotte was mixed, and her contemporary portraits portray that fact. She had Moorish ancestry, and Blackamoors were black. Shakespeare's Othello, art by Gerome and Josep Tapiro i Baro and many other Orientalist artists depicted the Blackamoors accurately. Hollywood casting choices have been all over the place, but they actually got this one right.

[@callmethecommentcountess9329]

My favorite Bridgerton couple would be Benedict and Cinderella

[@misstweed1915]

There wouldn’t be any evidence of them staying in separate homes because it was supposed to be in secret wasn’t it? By the time the “honeymoon” was over she found out about him and moved him in. That’s not necessarily false.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

It is false. They did not live apart until 6 years before Charlotte died. He was at Windsor, she was at Kew.

[@robinkessinger7235]

I love this show. I'm watching it constantly. Thank you 👍😊

[@nebulous6660]

I guess to Netflix real black history just isn’t that interesting

[@CharleyGurl]

Why are y'all looking for history lessons in a soap opera? How dumb are you?

[@venus_envy]

Sadly, not. Imagine a series about the Kingdom of Timbuktu, that would be so based (if it wasn't written to stroke egos, but instead to just be awesome and accurate). That meme about Netflix making a documentary about Polar Bears but it shows black bears is about to come true, I swear, lol!

[@freshtendrills5969]

There's only one fact about this show that matters, and they failed on that front spectacularly. I think we can begin and end with the race of the actress playing the character. It's an absolute embarrassment. How can you not cringe as a black person? They're telling you your history is too "tribal and ethnic" to show on TV, so they shoe horn you in to someone else's. Same with Cleopatra. How freaking cringe is it to hear someone in a documentary say " My grandmother told me Cleopatra was black, and don't ever let anyone tell you different"? That was in a documentary. The entire world is laughing at you.

[@charlievalentino1484]

The only reason they did this is because queen Charlotte is often referred to as "mixed" despite having 500 years of separation from her black ancestor

[@lynlyn2099]

Not me just knowing that these characters were actually real 🤡🤡🤡 I’m shocked

[@deborahwhaley6395]

A complete waste of time researching what had already been declared fiction.

[@alyzu4755]

My main question is: How many headaches has Golda Rosheuvel had from the headpieces and wigs she has to don to play the queen? ☺️

[@brianfinnegan3465]

she was white, not black obviously

[@onallyrose1996]

It was so good 😭😭 hope it doesn't get canceled

[@kordei-7839]

It’s a limited series

[@lekenaackerman9367]

The baby was buried at Princess Charlotte's feet.

[@sophiaisabelle01]

we appreciate you effort and hard work goe blew yoy

[@cush6827]

This is a theatrical play, not a history lesson. It does not have to be historically accurate, it has to be poetically accurate. None of Shakespeare's plays on historical figures are accurate either .

[@eddiebrune8209]

And she wasn't black

[@towel1031]

Charlotte was mixed, and her contemporary portraits portray that fact. She had Moorish ancestry, and Blackamoors were black. Shakespeare's Othello, art by Gerome and Josep Tapiro i Baro and many other Orientalist artists depicted the Blackamoors accurately. Hollywood casting choices have been all over the place, but they actually got this one right.

[@codey7701]

So

[@VidWatcher01]

It seemed like George suffered from psychosis.

[@kayrobinett4570]

most historians now think he was bipolar based upon his symptoms.

[@tammywilliams8927]

As a person who is bipolar and manic and also with a son diagnosed with the same, I believe that is what he suffered from. He always had these episodes in stressful situations. Also his obsession with the planets and isolating himself is very typical. We tend to strongly focus on one thing and tend to isolate ourselves.

[@vminhope3040]

@@tammywilliams8927I thought he had schizophrenia. But I’m not sure if getting naked is part of it… is that seen often with Bipolar ?

[@livingincaptivityIII]

​@vminhope30 40 Too many are focusing on the mental manifestations of Porphyria and not on the physical ones, which cause the mental ones when the physical go untreated or are not treated properly. His doctors caused him to get worse.

[@chiamakaezeobi7565]

Watching this makes me think of how in about 300 years from now, people would be watching a fact vs. fiction video about a presidential debate movie and think to themselves, "Wow! So Biden really called Trump a loser and a sucker."

[@lisamoul263]

Most historical dramas stray pretty far from reality. If you want accuracy, watch a documentary.

[@SJAF0908]

Honorable mention, her race

[@randomgeekcrap]

Do u know what show this is ? Also she wasn't white

[@SJAF0908]

@random geek crap Yeah she was 👍

[@Ulovinit]

But there was a disclaimer at first.

[@NostalgiaEdits111]

​@@randomgeekcrap she was white

[@kevinfromsales9445]

They'll get canceled if they mention that so just act that you're color blind.

[@QueenLucifer777]

Fiction looks more like fact😂

[@alisonklein105]

I feel bad for Mozart and Beethoven was also paraded around the royal houses to essentially be a human trained monkey. Sorry. But true.

[@outstretchedwings]

Whatever he had, the treatment he got for it made things worse.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

His diet alone. His doctors were sadists.

[@outstretchedwings]

@@livingincaptivityIII Scholars now believe it's highly likely he had some kind of mental illness, possibly bipolar disorder, made worse by his medical treatment, but it might have been dementia in his final years that did him in.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

@@outstretchedwings He had Porphyria. Bipolar Disorder does not explain the physical manifestations of his illness. "Scholars" who like most doctors, dismiss Porphyria due to their own ignorance of rare diseases. There was Porphyria in the houses of Lorraine, Hanover, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Windsor and mine. I have done my own extensive research because it was medically, personally necessary. All of the pointless torture George III endured, when a change of diet, a reduction of stress, and holistic remedies could have made his life at least easier. There are of course treatments now.

[@SweetnessSeventyfive]

I wondered if he may have had Syphilis, as a lot of male royals were known to be promiscuous.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

How dare you! Anyone who knows their Royal history knows that he was always faithful to Queen Charlotte and never had a mistress. George III suffered from Porphyria.

[@albertaowusu3536]

How did they manage to have 15 children with so much time apart.

[@livingincaptivityIII]

All of the children were born prior to the Porphyria, rearing its ugly head, when he was 50.

[@shawnsmileywright6201]

I loved the show whether there were right or wrong facts in the show!! Very good show!!

[@francescaderimini2931]

What a horrible Queen to hate a small dog!

[@livingincaptivityIII]

The real Charlotte arrived from Germany with two cream and white Pomeranians named Mercury and Phoebe. She had many more over the years, gifting the puppies to her favorite courtiers.

[@debbiethompson14]

Bass and didn't have t v or internet back then. Thanks for sparring us the coordination for god's sake🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@TSXDHLledaArtifacts]

The actress looks like the painting

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks👍🏼

[@beepbopboop7727]

Its historical fiction. Its not meant to be factually correct.

[@Aces77777]

Wonder what the queen thought about this

[@matheusbr7340]

Algum brasileiro aqui ???

[@liliesperance81]

The camera picture Were invented in 1838.

[@MsRoshniAli]

Such a beautiful and entertaining show❤

[@ceciliasmith2047]

It is an enjoyable fiction they got nothing right and the main thing wrong….

[@vickyboujee7622]

Quand ils vont savoir que c’est la même personne

[@dlross173]

What is the point? Hasn't the team of this show stated over and over and over and over and over (probably to infinity) that this is FICTION? Lol.... and then people continue to try and tie it in to facts. Why not enjoy the show for what it is? Entertainment. 🤣🤣🤣