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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Toeing the Netflix line for a Netflix show, trying to bring in the propaganda that led to them losing a plan to take over a studio the way Amazon got a studio thanks to Biden.
Absolutely.
Her famous portrait may have embellished her looks somewhat, making her look lighter in complexion than she was (light skin being an ideal of beauty in her times).
Eyewitnesses maintain that she had „olive skin“, though that simply might have meant that her skin was indeed „light tan“ by nature.
Many Britons have, by nature, very light, clear complexions which do not tan easily, but Anne Boleyn’s skin tone possibly tanned more easily than most other Britons did.
Thus, her skin type might have been regarded as „olive skinned“ by the standards of her mostly milk-white complected countrymen, just because she was „half a shade“ darker than they were.
As they say, it’s all a matter of perspective 😊
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No, Queen Charlotte (Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744–1818), the wife of King George III, was not Black. She was a white woman of German descent, born in Mecklenburg-Strelitz (in modern-day Germany), and contemporary historical records, portraits, and eyewitness descriptions consistently depict her as having fair skin, light blue eyes, and auburn hair.
This is so stupid. Everyone knows Queen Charlotte was Chinese.
If Elizabeth Warren is partially Native American, it’s not preposterous to suggest that Queen Charlotte could have been black.
Why not say the she was a space alien? It is as truthful as that statement! 😀
Buddy there are people here parsing the absurdity
The Brits and rollover Christians entertainment endeavors are the worst offenders
No it’s a matter of deceitful propaganda
Good comment except you capitalized “black”. Twice.
There are Germans from the southern areas close to France that have a more olive skin color and dark eyes and hair. My mom’s mother’s family was from there. She and my sister both had/have dark brown hair and very dark eyes and tan easily. But no one would mistake for black even in mid-summer.
all of this can backfire. next time someone tells you blacks were mariginalized in british history, just say BS! Queen Charlotte was black!
That “expert’s” quote was one of the few times - possibly the only time - that I burst out laughing at a Netflix show.
As factual as saying that they were from Vulcan with an ancestor of Mr. Spock commanding them!
she was green.
once you put her in a blender.
Or maybe she was just ugly.
I want to remake “ROOTS” with the slaves being white and the southerner/owners being black. That would be fun.
Cleo self identified as black.
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