Charlotte (India Amarteifio) is the 17-year-old heiress of a minor German kingdom. The bulk of the action takes place decades before Bridgerton. It is so over the top it makes Sofia Coppola’s punk-rock Marie Antoinette look like a parish-hall production of Richard III. There is little danger of that with Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. This is astonishing, as it suggests that somewhere in the universe are people who mistook Bridgerton for serious history in the first place. All liberties taken by the author are quite intentional.” She says, a mite snarkily, that the tale we are about to enjoy is “not a history lesson”. The six-part mini-series (Netflix, from today) opens with a caveat voiced by the Bridgerton narrator Lady Whistledown (Julie Andrews). This is a reference not to the bizarre Twitter conflagration over RTÉ daring to carry a live feed of King Charles’ coronation at the weekend – weird how the same people never object to RTÉ clogging our arteries with English soccer or soaps – but to the arrival of Queen Charlotte, a prequel to Netflix’s romping hit Bridgerton. There’s a new royal in town, and everyone is talking about them.
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