
When most people think of Queen Charlotte, chances are they’re not thinking of a young woman. Or even the actual Queen Charlotte, the German wife of the mad King George III, who loved gardening and was good friends with Marie Antoinette.
They’re probably imagining Golda Rosheuvel in Bridgerton: imperiously announcing the “diamond of the season” to a breathless crowd of ladies in gorgeous dresses, before furiously demanding why more of those ladies haven’t yet been married off.