{"id":1587,"date":"2026-03-09T01:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1587"},"modified":"2026-03-09T01:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T01:24:49","slug":"queen-charlotte-really-was-black-bridgerton-star-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/?p=1587","title":{"rendered":"Queen Charlotte really was black, Bridgerton star insists"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bridgerton star has reignited the controversy over whether George III’s wife Queen Charlotte, who is depicted in the Regency-era drama, was black in real life.<\/p>\n

Adjoa Andoh said of the royal, played by fellow black actress Golda Rosheuvel: ‘Queen Charlotte wasn’t fictionalised as a woman of colour, she was a woman of colour. You just have to do your historical research.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actress \u2013 who in 2023 said the Buckingham Palace line-up after King Charles’ coronation was ‘terribly white’ \u2013 said the Netflix series gave viewers ‘a more realistic version of history’.<\/p>\n

The lineage of the German-born Charlotte can be traced and there is one relative of Moorish ancestry, 500 years before she lived.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One fan said: ‘The chances of me having black ancestry are way bigger than that and I’m not a woman of colour.<\/p>\n

‘History is full of really interesting actual women of colour, so it’s time we start making TV shows about them and stop giving credit where there’s no credit due.<\/p>\n

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‘If it were a realistic depiction of history, it would include the transatlantic slave trade, and Queen Charlotte was no abolitionist.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Andoh, who appeared as a guest during ITV’s coverage of the Coronation, commented on the Coronation being ‘terribly white’ when the royals were\u00a0standing on the balcony to watch the traditional Red Arrows flypast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her comments prompted 4,165 complaints immediately after the ceremony on May 6 followed by a further 4,087 between May 9 and 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Andoh said: ‘Looking at all those young people, there is a bit of me that has gone from the rich diversity of the Abbey to the terribly white balcony. I’m very struck by that.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

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