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Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte and its imitators have been praised for bringing diversity to the very white world of historical drama. But could these Black fantasies actually be dangerous?

Netflix’s drama-documentary made headlines last month when the Egyptian government denounced it as a “historical fallacy”, because the show insists that Cleopatra was black, said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph. No one knows what colour Cleopatra’s skin was, but she is widely believed to have been of Greek-Macedonian descent. 

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia O’Driscoll, Harriet Marsden and Jamie Timson.

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

‘I think it’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received,’ British actor said

Netflix's "Queen Cleopatra" has its moments but do we really need another take on this superstar of history?

Egypt’s Al Wathaeqya channel says their documentary will be based on the ‘utmost levels’ of research and accuracy