Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a drama limited series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. The series is a prequel spin-off of the Netflix series Bridgerton, and focuses on young Queen Charlotte's rise to prominence and power. The series premiered on May 4, 2023, and consists of six episodes.
The spinoff miniseries revolving Queen Charlotte consists of two plotlines: one in the present of Bridgerton, beginning 1817 with the death of the royal heir Princess Charlotte that causes the Queen to pressure her children to marry and produce another royal heir; the other begins 1761 with Charlotte meeting and marrying King George and explores their marriage and his mental illness.
Main
- India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte (1761)
- Adjoa Andoh as Lady Agatha Danbury, a sharp-tongued, insightful doyenne of London society (1817)
- Michelle Fairley as Princess Augusta, King George's mother (1761)
- Ruth Gemmell as Violet, Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton, mother of the Bridgerton children (1817)
- Corey Mylchreest as young King George III (1761)
- Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte (1817)
- Arsema Thomas as young Lady Agatha Danbury, Queen Charlotte's lady-in-waiting (1761)
- Sam Clemmett as young Brimsley, the Queen's secretary (1761)
- Freddie Dennis as Reynolds, the King's secretary (1761)
- Hugh Sachs as Brimsley, the Queen's secretary (1817)
- Julie Andrews as the voice of Lady Whistledown, an author of gossip columns (1817)
Recurring
- Tunji Kasim as Adolphus, Queen Charlotte's brother (1761)
- Cyril Nri as Lord Danbury, Lady Danbury's husband (1761)
- Peyvand Sadeghian as Coral, Lady Danbury's maid (1761)
- Ryan Gage as the Prince Regent, Queen Charlotte's eldest son (1817)
- Joshua Riley as Prince Adolphus, Queen Charlotte's seventh son (1817)
- Jack Michael Stacey as Prince Edward, Queen Charlotte's fourth son (1817)
- Seamus Dillane as Prince William, Queen Charlotte's third son (1817)
- Eliza Capel as Princess Sophia, Queen Charlotte's fifth daughter (1817)
- Neil Edmond as the Earl Harcourt (1761)
- Richard Cunningham as Lord Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1761)
- Connie Jenkins-Greig as young Violet Ledger (1761)
- Guy Henry as Doctor Munro, the King's physician (1761)
- Keir Charles as Lord Ledger, Violet's father (1761)
Guests
- Sabina Arthur as Princess Elizabeth, Queen Charlotte's third daughter (1817)
- Ben Cura as Prince Augustus, Queen Charlotte's sixth son (1817)
- Harvey Almond as Prince Ernest, Queen Charlotte's fifth son (1817)
- Felix Brunger as Prince Frederick, Queen Charlotte's second son (1817)
- Katie Brayben as Lady Vivian Ledger, Violet's mother (1761)
- Helen Coathup as Princess Augusta, Queen Charlotte's second daughter (1817)
- Sophie Harkness as Princess Adelaide, wife of Prince William (1817)
- Florence Dobson as Princess Victoria, wife of Prince Edward (1817)
- Isaiah Ajiboye as Dominic Danbury, Lady Danbury's son (1761)
- Lemar as Lord Smythe-Smith (1761)
- Nicola Alexis as Lady Smythe-Smith (1761)
- Harry Omosele as the Duke of Hastings (1761)
- James Fleet as King George (1817)
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