Posted on 03/09/2026 4:22:26 AM PDT by C19fan
A Bridgerton star has reignited the controversy over whether George III's wife Queen Charlotte, who is depicted in the Regency-era drama, was black in real life.
Adjoa Andoh said of the royal, played by fellow black actress Golda Rosheuvel: 'Queen Charlotte wasn't fictionalised as a woman of colour, she was a woman of colour. You just have to do your historical research.'
The actress – who in 2023 said the Buckingham Palace line-up after King Charles' coronation was 'terribly white' – said the Netflix series gave viewers 'a more realistic version of history'.
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My wife was watching some series that seemed to be early 19th century around when Dickens wrote all his stuff, and it seemed that half the upper class people being portrayed, men and women were...black.
There are people who totally suck this up. And if you have conversations with them, they will say “There were more blacks in upper English society in 1850 than you would think.”
With a straight face.
The BBC currently believes that British Society is at least half black.
They aired one series featuring an 18th century black earl
Brigerton is nonsensical Black propaganda.
do not watch Brigerton. It is a lie
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Good point for thoses who are clueless about history.
Conservative media has given a forum for many blacks who are at the top of their field, such as Horace Cooper, Bob Woodson, T.W. Shannon, David Harris, Jr., and Carol Swain. They can match nearly any white in excellence.
There are two portraits by Allan Ramsay, full face and profile, such that if you saw a young American woman today with those features, you would think her likely part black.
She was seventeen. Later painters were probably told, make her look English.
The British are giving black actors jobs. That doesn’t include the right to re-write history.
George Orwell pointed out that if you had the power, you could re-write history anyway you wanted.
Some dim-bulb actor, spouting “just do your research...” apparently has never heard of court wigs — made from wool. Powdered.
Hoss
This one is from 1761 when she was 17 years old and there is no suggestion of negroid ancestory.
And the contemporary leftish are making his vision come true. Push nack is essential.
When you look at the above Ramsey portrait what you notice first is how poorly Ramsey portrayed the human form. Look at her neck, her shoulders, if he painted her lips a little thick it's nothing compared to how he thickened her neck and distorted her shoulders. Using this artist as the "true" representation is a tenuous position.
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