Charlotte and George are a magnetic pairing. Regardless of their legitimate frustration over being married off for the sake of obligation, they luck out within the love division: they click on instantly. George radiates allure, unexpectedly humble and all the way down to earth whereas Charltte’s no-nonsense, headstrong angle clashes in all the very best methods. They’re instantly enamored and married simply as quick, however that is the place the issues start. The meddling Princess Augusta (an underutilized Michelle Fairley) and the loneliness of palace life are fixed points, however the larger drawback is George himself, who spends a lot of the season withholding a vital secret about his well being. His distance places the most important pressure on their marriage.
This ought to be trigger for disaster — for a royal couple, a strained marriage has additional excessive stakes. They’ve the load of a complete nation on their shoulders.. or not less than, they need to. As a result of in fact, the variations between this and a standard “Bridgerton” season are only for present. For higher and worse, “Queen Charlotte” is extra of the identical.
Regardless of a Queen-centric story, the collection is not notably within the politics of the nation or the day by day grind of ruling a rustic. “Bridgerton” all the time benefitted from the truth that the royals have been saved at arm’s size as peripheral characters — it means we will shrug off the shortage of politics, and nil in on the frothy Regency-era confection. All romance on a regular basis! However to middle the love story of the royals creates an expectation for extra. But there’s subsequent to no palace intrigue right here nor any severe, weighty drama. There’s occasional point out of Parliament and the survival of a nation however so far as we all know, these royals by no means see their folks or attend to any duties.