Eventually, George and Charlotte's fourth son, Prince Edward, would have an heir: Princess Alexandrina Victoria-who would also later be known as Queen Victoria. In 1817, when Princess Charlotte of Wales died, she was the only legitimate granddaughter of King George and Queen Charlotte. While much of Queen Charlotte is fictional, including depicting Charlotte as a Black woman (though some historians do believe the real Charlotte had distant African ancestry, she was, by all accounts, a white German noble), this succession crisis was based in fact. Children, this is a crisis.' She commands, 'One of you had better produce the next ruler of the United Kingdom, or your father's line dies with him. We had one heir, one royal, and she is gone. 'I am stating facts: The princesses have had no babies, the princes have had a record number of babies. 'The only heir to the throne is dead,' she tells her children. She admonishes all of them for being 'virgins to the left of me, whores to the right,' and not giving her 'legitimate grandbabies.' In episode one, viewers see Queen Charlotte upset with her children for not having legitimate marriages, and thus not providing any legitimate heirs to the throne. After all, Her Majesty has 13 children, and now, not a royal heir from any of them. This author and all of England can only hope that Queen Charlotte finally turns her matchmaking energies onto her own family. A crisis one can only imagine that Queen Charlotte must find galling after ruling over the matchmaking efforts of the ton and the marriage mart with such an iron fist. For the Crown now has a crisis on its hands. In a separate timeline, Queen Charlotte also explores the crisis an older Queen Charlotte has following the death of her granddaughter, Princess Charlotte of Wales.Īs Lady Whistledown narrates, 'While our hearts grieve for the loss of the princess royal, our heads grieve more for the future of the monarchy itself. The brand-new Netflix show, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, chronicles the early years of Queen Charlotte and King George's marriage.

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