You might be surprised by the question, "How is Queen Elizabeth related to Queen Charlotte?" Because, yes, thought it may look like a gorgeous period-piece fantasy concocted solely for TV, the Bridgerton universe actually does have roots in reality.
Queen Charlotte—the snuff-sniffing monarch at the center of both the original Bridgerton series and the Bridgerton prequel, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which debuted on Netflix on Thursday, May 4—is a real-deal figure in British history. The royal, who is portrayed by India Amarteifio as a teen and Golda Rosheuvel as an adult in the Bridgerton spinoff, was Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland and the wife of King George III (played by Corey Mylchreest) from their marriage on September 8, 1761 until her death in 1818.
