‘Queen Charlotte’: this is the true story of the wedding compared to that of ‘The Bridgertons’

‘Queen Charlotte’ opens her speech (with the charming voice of Julie Andrews) saying: “this is the story of Queen Charlotte from ‘The Brigertons'”. He talks about it not being the queen’s real story; it is a fictional story based on her and “the liberties taken by the author are intentional”. And although that is the most correct thing to say, no one can say that it tastes like 100% everything that happened in the relationship in real life between Queen Charlotte and King Carlos III. Therefore, we are going to compile everything that is known about their royal wedding and the comparison with what we see in the new Netflix series.

‘Queen Charlotte’ shows a 17-year-old princess marrying a 22-year-old named George who is to inherit the British throne. Thus, he has to leave Germany and get married the same day he arrives. All that did happen in real life, but you have to see everything else. Did you climb the wall?

Queen Charlotte’s journey to England was identical

In the series, the royal representatives arrive in Mirow, in northern Germany where Carlota lived as Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her brother, Adolfo, signed the contract for her to marry the king, Jorge III. And then they both go to England. So far, all correct.

However, there are some details that are missing. According to the website of the british royal family, who accompanied Queen Charlotte, were led by the Earl of Harcourt. And following what the website itself has, they did not leave on the same day. Nevertheless, All those who went to pick up Princess Charlotte stayed for a few days enjoying a few days of celebration.

While ‘Queen Charlotte’ teaches the future queen complaining about her royal costumes made from whale bones; the journey was very hard for other reasons. The website talks about the voyage had to brave three different storms to cross the North Sea. And besides, it was a very long journey: they left Germany on August 17 and they did not reach London until 8 September.

And while Carlota and Adolfo are traveling, they talk about the death of their mother. In real life, Only three months had passed since her death.

Carlota got married the same day she arrived

‘Queen Charlotte’ shows how Charlotte and George III they got married the same day they met And, as crazy as it sounds, it was. “At 9:00 p.m. of the same day, no more than 6 hours after their arrival, the wedding between Princess Charlotte and King George III took place in the Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace,” the royal website says.

The series also shows the discussion between Princess Charlotte and the mother of George III, Princess Augusta, in which the wedding dress is discussed. While Carlota wants to wear one that she made herself in Paris, Augusta wants her to wear an English design. The truth of all this is that King George III himself asked that the dress be made so that when Charlotte arrived, she would find it ready.

According to Percy Fitzgerald’s book, ‘The Good Queen Charlotte’, for her wedding she wore “a mantilla of purple velvet and rich violets, combined with ermine over a silver satin gown”. This is how he also wears it in the series, without the small detail of purple velvet.

And everything that is not based on true history…

One of the main pieces of the series is that Queen Charlotte has black skin and with this, she has to suffer the looks of the court, who does not fully accept her at first. Thus, in real life, despite the speculation about their African ancestors, most historians have the idea that it was false. Therefore, the conclusion is that in real life there was not so much influx of non-white people to the wedding that united Charlotte and George III.

And speaking of exaggerated parts in fiction, this one might not surprise you. Did Queen Charlotte want to escape by climbing a wall? Probably not, but in the series it’s perfect for her encounter with the cute, ‘Farmer George’.

We leave you the true story of the love of Queen Charlotte and King George III in case you want to go deeper.