🍼 they DID have 15 children and surprisingly 13 of them made it to adulthood... In a time when 50% of the babies died. However George's favorite daughter did die as a young adult and the thought of her death often caused him to go into a manic attack
@@erikperhs_ no. Even though it would make quarantine better for viruses a lot of medical treatments we know today weren't known then. And surgeries were impossible since there was no penicillin or anesthesia. Also rich people sat inside with smog and smoke all day. They weren't outside in the fresh air like poor people
No, the guy crying is the queen and king’s son. The person who died was his wife and she died in childbirth. The baby that died was the Queen’s granddaughter.
That guy was Prince Regent George, Charlotte and George III’s firstborn son, and Princess Charlotte’s father. Prince George is still married at the time of his daughter's death to Caroline of Brunswick. Considering the two of them hated each other at first sight and were separated, its no surprise she wasn't mentioned by the Royal family.
lol The Queen didn't look disappointed when she found out the King was still alive, she looked relieved. She always made sure to ask that question first whenever the doctor came to bother her because that would be the worst news she'd receive.
@3:35 Charlotte's Brother: "There are worse fates than marrying the king of England." Lady Mikel: "Are theerrrre?" Fast Forward to Lady Danbury @9:35 😂😂🤣🤣
I’m so happy y’all are watching this! I binged the whole season in one day. For centuries there’s been countless debates on whether Queen Charlotte was a WOC or not. There’s so many books and papers and studies to suggest that it’s true. From the portraits I’ve seen of her I have no doubt that Charlotte was really a WOC. That’s huge. I love Charlotte and Lady Danbury. They make this entire universe! Loved your commentary about this episode. Y’all are going to love it!
The purpose of Netflix introducing black people in this series is basically "what if Queen Charlotte was really black?". They started there and that's how they got to the Bridgerton universe where there's basically no racism.
I binged it bc I just couldn’t stop watching and I BALLED MY EYES OUT at the end. Such great story telling! Enjoyed it more than the original show honestly!
This is so random and I’m sorry if it seems out of nowhere, but I’ve seen several people spell that word like that and I just want to say it’s spelled bawled.
Great reaction video! In total, Charlotte had 15 children, but 2 died (Amelia, mentioned in S1, and a child who died quite young). By the time her son married and produced the ONLY legitimate heir, he was 50 years old. And ... his daughter was Queen Victoria. So, Charlotte's awesome comment was a great foreshadowing moment there. Love that line "Virgins to the Left of me, whores to the right." Kept thinking of that song, "Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right." LMAO
And I learned in a biography of Victoria her uncle the King managed to stay alive (even though he was sick) just until she turned 18 so her mother would be regent 😂 I also believe KGIII ended up having more legitimate grandchildren, but Victoria became the heir because her cousins were from younger siblings.
@@jeanallan8106 there were no, absolutely no legitimate grandchildren of George III except Victoria. All the other were born out of wedlock. Except, one of the sons married a Catholic and so not out of wedlock concerning the Catholic Church but definitely concerning the crown because their father didn't have permission from the king to marry. So their marriage was annulled. And the children wouldn't be able to ascend to the throne anyway because their mother was Catholic.
@@Nemshee You’re right. I watched a clip about Victoria’s upbringing that mentioned her lack of playmates and how she was kept away from her paternal cousins that were around her age because of family tensions. I didn’t realize they weren’t in the line of succession.
5:02 The man whose crying is Charlotte and George's eldest son, George the Prince Regent (since his father is considered mentally unable to rule) and future George the Fourth (considered to be something of a joke). The woman who just died is his only daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. George the Fourth and his wife Caroline famously disliked each other before they even met each other and disliked each other even more after they were married - to the degree when he didn't even invite her to his coronation.
I binged the whole thing yesterday. Of course I LOVED it. These stories are so well written and the performances are perfect. It was a happy day for me. 😁
Just piggy backing on your King George comment, i will say that if you watch season two of Bridgerton you'll soon realize that his and Charlotte's relationship is not what we thought at all. Very heartbreaking.. And that why we were so excited for this series, to delve into that. Can't wait to see y'alls reaction for real.
I cannot wait for you to see the rest of this season. I thought it would be at least as good as the second season, but this story has BLOWN me away. The diamond of the series, as far as I’m concerned.
You see, King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children overall, but only 13 survived to adulthood, as two of their sons died at a young age. The granddaughter of the King and Queen was Princess Charlotte, the only daughter of Prince George(King George III and Queen Charlotte’s eldest son and heir)and Princess Caroline, his wife. By the way, King George’s mother is named Dowager Princess Augusta. She’s played by Michelle Fairley, the same actress who played Catelyn Stark like you said earlier. Nice reaction you two. I am so glad you enjoyed the first episode. Keep up the good work and have a good day.
Fun fact: the example of faithful friendship and love exhibited by Queen Charlotte and King George in real life directly influenced the matchmaking culture in Georgian and Regency era England. The norm went from arranged marriages to encouraging love matches between partners (as long as they were of the same class and the father approved). Their relationship made a permanent positive change in society and continued on within their own family. Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth the II also were famously in love with their husbands.
Oh, I marathon watched this show. And cried. I can't wait for you guys to get even more into the background between all of our favorite adult ladies and mothers of the ton from the OG series. Danbury and Charlotte are MAJOR standouts, of course, and they certainly take us on a ride.
I have really enjoyed your reaction! After finishing the series I must say that I LOVED all the episodes and this is by far my favourite Bridgerton related story. I wished they were thinking on doing a 2nd season but apparently because it is a limited series we will have to be content only with this 1st season. 😢 Can’t wait for your next reactions.
2:28 Queen Charlotte’s full name is Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from Mirow in what is now part of northern Germany. King George is (obviously) from England. So they were (by train as I couldn’t find by boat) over 1,134.2 km or over 704.759 miles away
6:04 she was 17 when she was married to George who was like 22 ish. She also got pregnant when she was 17. Women tend to stop being able to have kids by their late 30s, especially at that time. She has 15 children in a 21 year period (she was 37/38) George, The Prince of Wales (later King George IV) Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Prince William (later King William IV) Charlotte, Princess Royal Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn Princess Augusta Sophia Princess Elizabeth Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (named after her brother) Princess Mary Princess Sophia Prince Octavius -February 23, 1779 to may 3 1883 (age of death: 4 y/o) Prince Alfred- born September 22, 1780 to august 20 1782. (age of death: 2 y/o) Princess Amelia- born august 7 1783 Prince Octavian and Prince Alfred both died from small pox. Octavian died only 6 months after Alfred died. So they barley had time to process Alfred’s death when Octavian died.
I just finished watching the entire season. It's so GOOD and takes you on an emotional journey. Getting the backstories of these strong women explains a lot. Can't wait to watch your reactions to the remaining episodes.
It’s my understanding that charlotte was considered an excellent match because she had never voiced any political ambitions, her small state/country would never be a threat to Great Britain, and she spent most of her life isolated on their grounds, meeting the purity standard. A perfect wife for a king in the 1700s
The man crying ( his name is Georgie, he’s a mommas boy ) is the princess’ father. So ultimately, that makes Charlotte the grandmother of the princess who died with her baby.
I’ve been watching interviews, but hadn’t seen a reaction video until this popped up on my feed. Loved your insights and humor. The Boondocks reference had me 💀. This series was beautiful, steamy, and heartbreaking. I would have finished it in one day, but I had a script due the day after I saw it on Netflix.
I'm so glad you guys reviewed Queen Charlotte. It was absolutely fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't wait to see your thoughts on it. I've been sitting one day I may go back and watch it again.
I’ve said this on another channel as well but it’s so interesting seeing this from an American perspective/ someone who doesn’t know British history and the real story of these real people. It adds extra intrigue and confusion for you guys I feel haha
7:29 she’s not actually the queen nor was she ever. She was the dowager princess. That’s why Charlotte was a bit of a pushover at first bc she didn’t want to upset her mil. Charlotte than realized that she’s the Queen while Augusta was just a dowager princess. Making Charlotte more powerful/important than her.
I weirdly loved the scene where the dowager princess was telling Charlotte that she needed to wear the plain simple gown - because it connected to how fabulously extra all of her wardrobe is now that she is queen. She took that comment and was like “oh no, WE are going to be absolutely fantastic”
Great review y'all! I always love that you take time at the end to give your opinions and quick theories. I loved this series, just finished watching it all yesterday and I think you both are going to love it too.
I love the questions that y'all are asking, very valid. Shows that y'all are really interested and interested like the"ton" of us, lol. Can't wait to see y'alls reaction to the rest of the season, y'all are in for a treat🥰
Fun to see someone reacting to this! It’s interesting to contrast this depiction of George III with the version we’ve gotten to know from Hamilton. Fwiw George’s father died before his grandfather so his mother was a princess, she was never queen.
26:32 13 surviving children, 2 of the original 15 died. Re season 1 episode 5 with the Emily/Amelia part of the conversation between Charlotte and George (Amelia was the youngest of the 15).
Oh and for those wondering. Back in those times Royal weddings where Intimate and extermly exclusive. Historically speaking it wasnt till Queen Victoria the first of England did larger weddings that also incuded the general public or lesser nobles became more custom. So needless to say my history nerd self was extermly happy with the Accuracy.
Stumbled across your channel and subscribed immediately. Love your commentary and just got great vibes straight away. Then find one of you is a fellow vegan! Will follow all your socials too xx
Based on your ep1 review sounds like you both didn’t watch 2nd season where the Queen and King love was briefly shown. This was the best Bridgerton series, darker than the 2 novel to tv stories yet so rich, interesting, the love between Charlotte/Just George, Brimsley/Reynold or Lady Danbury/herself exude depth and layers in the name of love. The young cast talents certainly owned their characters. This series is all about realness of love, it’s not always rosy and grand love needs understanding and patience to last. Look forward to next review
That's not true. The already said they wrote the script before the Harry and Meg thing went down. There is absolutely no comparisons between them and Queen Charlotte and George other than they are a mixed race couple. Frankly, if meghan was half as strong as Queen Charlotte in this show and made an effort to do some work, she would have been better received.
It was written before that, but there WERE talks about the real Charlotte being darker than expected. It has been argued that Charlotte was directly descended from a black branch of Portuguese royal family (Alfonso III and his concubine Ouruana who was a black Moor, hence them saying she has moor blood).
@@rachell7744 if Meghan did what work? Work to make sure she was accepted in a family that wasn’t interested in accepting her? Or to be accepted by a highly racist media system that called her “Straight Outta Compton”? Even her husband had been at odds with his family and the media many times before that. How was she to make a big impact. The biggest impact they ever made was by leaving, tbh
I started watching your Ted Lasso reactions a few weeks ago and now I am so excited to see your reactions to this! Binged this all in a day! It's so good!
You can tell they did a horrible job at even pretending to make them German when every reaction I've seen so far is SO confused at the brothers "Ja"😂 (but otherwise this was such a fun video to watch the show again with you, definitely earned a new subscriber here❤)
Which is surprising because it says on. the. screen. Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany. Personally (as a German) I'm just happy they didn't feel the need to give either of them bad German accents.
@@Nemshee yeah I know (Mecklenburg gave it away for me as well, a German here hi) but I just want them to commit to one or the other and just leave out the German altogether if it becomes unimportant anyway :D (another horrendous example to make your blood crawl is the itv Victoria show because that's a thing where you know they spend like 3min with their dialect coach and then yolo'd their German lines and those are the ones where I need the subtitles for my native tongue😭 I love that show but they also messed that up so Charlotte was a step up from that)
@@lisa_vxng Nah, I like that they stayed as close to the truth as was possible within their alternate universe. Oh my, you needed subtitles for the German in Victoria? Oh gosh. I haven't watch that one yet. But a lot of other examples for badly, badly butchered German when they could have just skipped it come to mind. Most recently Wednesday, where the first two sentences were really good and then it just deteriorated.
@@Nemshee i mean,, it's not too many lines but since half her family (and all of Albert's) is from there it's certainly Something😂 I havent seen Wednsday yet (i know i know where have i been) but now i wanna see that :D
Yes, you could watch this first and then go on to Bridgerton. It works as a good introduction as well as standing on its own. I think some people might find Bridgerton a bit of a letdown as many feel this was the best story of the three.
35:32 I mostly remember Brimsley in the first season as the one Queen Charlotte sends to get fresh tobacco when QC is having tea with Lady Bridgerton. QC says something about the "walls have ears" or whatnot. She knows Brimsley will gossip.
Loved the reaction, and without spoiling too much. You get to see a take on George's actual illness. I don't know how much, and apologies if you already know this, but it is widely speculated by Historians here in the UK that George could have suffered from Bipolar, schizophrenia or porphyria, and as a result when it comes to the time period the original series is set in George is so unwell, he cannot rule, and it known as the Regency and George and Charlotte's oldest son ruled in place of his father.
This is a spinoff which I admittedly wasn't too happy with because I was looking forward to season 3 but this surprised me in a good way. made me cry too
Tried to check out your patreon and it didn't seem to work. Would of loved to watch this series uncut. Great reaction though, looking forward to the rest of the series!
I don't think the series comes back to her skin colour, other than calling her browner than expected and stating that she has "Moor blood", which is North African (interesting people btw). Historians do discuss whether the real Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was actually dark of skin with african features, but her Moor ancestry would be several generations away and most likely not be showing in her skin. Netflix does have a tendency to stir up the historical pot, both with fiction and documentaries. Also the reason why Whistledown starts this season with the "historical fiction" disclaimer, because Bridgerton is getting backlash for colourwashing and inaccurate portrail of absolute racism in the era. Same with the Austen film last year. Diversity among talent is important, but so is the truth. This series handles it very well.
It seems like y'all don't know a lot about the Charlotte/King George backstory (the real-life story that this series pulls from a lot) and I hate that so many ppl spoiled some of it in the comments (you'll get a lot more in this season AND in Season 2 of Bridgerton). I would just say to remember that it *is* a love story/romance series. :)
Looking at 🥰 paintings of younger Queen Charlotte she looks like what the old folks call RED BONE. Not passing at all but light skinned. A version of the rapper Ice Spice but with fuller cheeks
Queen charlotte died 6 months before her granddaughter princess victoria of kent was born. At 18 she became Queen Victoria and was England's longest reigning monarch until Queen Elizabeth ii surpassed her.
wow in the comments I see a lot of information regarding the series. I'm not interested in the other seasons, only this story seems so real and beautiful to me... thanks for the interesting information people
🍼 they DID have 15 children and surprisingly 13 of them made it to adulthood... In a time when 50% of the babies died. However George's favorite daughter did die as a young adult and the thought of her death often caused him to go into a manic attack
That's insane. She spent damn near half of her life pregnant.
And these damn kids have the audacity to not have "legitimate" children 😂
Is this surprising tho? The royals had a way better life than normal people. It's expected that they'd be healthier.
@@erikperhs_ no. Even though it would make quarantine better for viruses a lot of medical treatments we know today weren't known then. And surgeries were impossible since there was no penicillin or anesthesia. Also rich people sat inside with smog and smoke all day. They weren't outside in the fresh air like poor people
@@Syntell right?!? 50 Maury DNA babies!
@@erikperhs_ not really. queen anne, the one that gave the throne to his family, had 17 children and only one made it to the age of 8.
she spent half her life pregnant and they have 50+ illegitimate babies can make even 1? i would be mad and concerned too
Well, the guy who was crying (who will be George IV but is now prince regent) made one--that's who just died.
@@HuntingViolets yeah i know that, at the end of the day the baby did not survive so there still wasn't an heir
Lol. U r right. The queen has a right to be mad.
That fact always surprised me considering most royal children were betrothed in their childhood or teen years. These guys are all adults!
I find it so funny how Adolphus is so shocked by meeting George that he temporarily reverts back to German
The guy crying is the dead princesses father not her husband, since she was the Queen’s Granddaughter who died giving birth to her great grandchild.
No, the guy crying is the queen and king’s son. The person who died was his wife and she died in childbirth. The baby that died was the Queen’s granddaughter.
@@kittykay1 They said “the King and Queen’s granddaughter died in childbirth along with her baby”. That means she was his daughter not wife
@@kittykay1 the baby that died was the Queen's great-granddaughter. The mother was her granddaughter, her first son (the man crying) only child
@@kittykay1 nop queen's son's granddaughter
That guy was Prince Regent George, Charlotte and George III’s firstborn son, and Princess Charlotte’s father. Prince George is still married at the time of his daughter's death to Caroline of Brunswick. Considering the two of them hated each other at first sight and were separated, its no surprise she wasn't mentioned by the Royal family.
lol The Queen didn't look disappointed when she found out the King was still alive, she looked relieved. She always made sure to ask that question first whenever the doctor came to bother her because that would be the worst news she'd receive.
@3:35
Charlotte's Brother: "There are worse fates than marrying the king of England."
Lady Mikel: "Are theerrrre?"
Fast Forward to Lady Danbury @9:35 😂😂🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
I’m so happy y’all are watching this! I binged the whole season in one day. For centuries there’s been countless debates on whether Queen Charlotte was a WOC or not. There’s so many books and papers and studies to suggest that it’s true. From the portraits I’ve seen of her I have no doubt that Charlotte was really a WOC. That’s huge. I love Charlotte and Lady Danbury. They make this entire universe! Loved your commentary about this episode. Y’all are going to love it!
Super excited!!
And just like that. . . Off to Wikipedia I go
The purpose of Netflix introducing black people in this series is basically "what if Queen Charlotte was really black?". They started there and that's how they got to the Bridgerton universe where there's basically no racism.
Really loved this series and I’m watching it again!
I have just watched the whole season. It’s beautiful heartbreaking funny, and I’m not ashamed to say I cried at the end .
Turned Netflix on and their was Queen Charlotte. 6 hrs later I was so happy with my day. Loved this show.
By far my favorite season of Bridgerton. Queen Charlotte and King George are unexpectedly my favorite couple in the whole series now 🥰
STILL my fav… the best season so far 🤎
"Virgins to the left of me, Whores to the right"
I got my gay life in that line 🙌🙌🙌🙌
😂😂😂😂😂
I binged it bc I just couldn’t stop watching and I BALLED MY EYES OUT at the end. Such great story telling! Enjoyed it more than the original show honestly!
This is so random and I’m sorry if it seems out of nowhere, but I’ve seen several people spell that word like that and I just want to say it’s spelled bawled.
Great reaction video! In total, Charlotte had 15 children, but 2 died (Amelia, mentioned in S1, and a child who died quite young). By the time her son married and produced the ONLY legitimate heir, he was 50 years old. And ... his daughter was Queen Victoria. So, Charlotte's awesome comment was a great foreshadowing moment there. Love that line "Virgins to the Left of me, whores to the right." Kept thinking of that song, "Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right." LMAO
And I learned in a biography of Victoria her uncle the King managed to stay alive (even though he was sick) just until she turned 18 so her mother would be regent 😂
I also believe KGIII ended up having more legitimate grandchildren, but Victoria became the heir because her cousins were from younger siblings.
@jeanallan8106 you mean so her mother would NOT be Regent Queen Victoria ruled in her own right
@@jeanallan8106 there were no, absolutely no legitimate grandchildren of George III except Victoria. All the other were born out of wedlock. Except, one of the sons married a Catholic and so not out of wedlock concerning the Catholic Church but definitely concerning the crown because their father didn't have permission from the king to marry. So their marriage was annulled. And the children wouldn't be able to ascend to the throne anyway because their mother was Catholic.
@@Nemshee You’re right. I watched a clip about Victoria’s upbringing that mentioned her lack of playmates and how she was kept away from her paternal cousins that were around her age because of family tensions. I didn’t realize they weren’t in the line of succession.
Two died in childhood (Octavius at four and Alfred at not quite two) and Amelia died of tuberculosis at 27.
5:02 The man whose crying is Charlotte and George's eldest son, George the Prince Regent (since his father is considered mentally unable to rule) and future George the Fourth (considered to be something of a joke). The woman who just died is his only daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. George the Fourth and his wife Caroline famously disliked each other before they even met each other and disliked each other even more after they were married - to the degree when he didn't even invite her to his coronation.
I binged the whole thing yesterday. Of course I LOVED it. These stories are so well written and the performances are perfect. It was a happy day for me. 😁
Just piggy backing on your King George comment, i will say that if you watch season two of Bridgerton you'll soon realize that his and Charlotte's relationship is not what we thought at all. Very heartbreaking.. And that why we were so excited for this series, to delve into that. Can't wait to see y'alls reaction for real.
I cannot wait for you to see the rest of this season. I thought it would be at least as good as the second season, but this story has BLOWN me away. The diamond of the series, as far as I’m concerned.
I wholeheartedly agree. I think that this series was the best out of all of the Bridgertons so far.
You see, King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children overall, but only 13 survived to adulthood, as two of their sons died at a young age.
The granddaughter of the King and Queen was Princess Charlotte, the only daughter of Prince George(King George III and Queen Charlotte’s eldest son and heir)and Princess Caroline, his wife.
By the way, King George’s mother is named Dowager Princess Augusta. She’s played by Michelle Fairley, the same actress who played Catelyn Stark like you said earlier.
Nice reaction you two. I am so glad you enjoyed the first episode. Keep up the good work and have a good day.
Fun fact: the example of faithful friendship and love exhibited by Queen Charlotte and King George in real life directly influenced the matchmaking culture in Georgian and Regency era England. The norm went from arranged marriages to encouraging love matches between partners (as long as they were of the same class and the father approved). Their relationship made a permanent positive change in society and continued on within their own family. Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth the II also were famously in love with their husbands.
😊 I love that he recognizes voices and hints and Mikel sitting there confused like.... WHO DAT?
😂 That's only temporary. Mikel-Claire pays waaaay more attention to the details than me.
Oh, I marathon watched this show. And cried. I can't wait for you guys to get even more into the background between all of our favorite adult ladies and mothers of the ton from the OG series. Danbury and Charlotte are MAJOR standouts, of course, and they certainly take us on a ride.
I binged the entire season at work ... 😄...n Yes I am still employed.
Yessss😂we can't wait to get home, like c'mon!
14:14 They have the best meet-cute! Their chemistry is off the charts!
I love hearing all of the older characters we love: Lady Danbury, the Queen, and Lady Bridgerton.
It's a really good show. I love yall reactions.
We hope to see you next episode. Thank for hanging out with us.
I finished the whole series... Its a beautiful love story. I am not a crier .. but i cried in this one. Its beautiful.
You're going to love this series, it's my favorite and I hear many people saying the same of all 3 Bridgerton Series!
I watched all 6 episodes yesterday and it was awesome! Loved it 💙👍🏽
I have really enjoyed your reaction! After finishing the series I must say that I LOVED all the episodes and this is by far my favourite Bridgerton related story. I wished they were thinking on doing a 2nd season but apparently because it is a limited series we will have to be content only with this 1st season. 😢
Can’t wait for your next reactions.
Hopefully they add these characters in the main story through flashbacks.
To clarify, King George III and Queen Charlotte had 15 children. 13 of them survived to adulthood.
2:28 Queen Charlotte’s full name is Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from Mirow in what is now part of northern Germany.
King George is (obviously) from England.
So they were (by train as I couldn’t find by boat) over 1,134.2 km or over 704.759 miles away
I've started watching it yesterday. Didn't finish it yet but it's my favorite out of all "Bridgerton universe" so far.
6:04 she was 17 when she was married to George who was like 22 ish. She also got pregnant when she was 17. Women tend to stop being able to have kids by their late 30s, especially at that time.
She has 15 children in a 21 year period (she was 37/38)
George, The Prince of Wales (later King George IV)
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
Prince William (later King William IV)
Charlotte, Princess Royal
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
Princess Augusta Sophia
Princess Elizabeth
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover
Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (named after her brother)
Princess Mary
Princess Sophia
Prince Octavius -February 23, 1779 to may 3 1883 (age of death: 4 y/o)
Prince Alfred- born September 22, 1780 to august 20 1782. (age of death: 2 y/o)
Princess Amelia- born august 7 1783
Prince Octavian and Prince Alfred both died from small pox. Octavian died only 6 months after Alfred died. So they barley had time to process Alfred’s death when Octavian died.
4:18 don’t worry I thought they were talking about the brother too 😂
Good morning I’m so happy you’re reviewing this. I love the hair and costumage. (I know that’s not a word)
It's a word now 🤣🤣💕
I co-sign this. It's officially a word now.
Absolutely loved you guys reactions❤😊Looking forward to the next
I just finished watching the entire season. It's so GOOD and takes you on an emotional journey. Getting the backstories of these strong women explains a lot. Can't wait to watch your reactions to the remaining episodes.
I really! Really! Enjoyed watching this with you guys, look forward to following more reactions
dam homie you are THE BEASTT!!! i lost itt!!!!
I enjoyed your reaction a lot, I have finished the show and loved their story it is the best story for me in Bridgerton series ❤ ❤.
It’s my understanding that charlotte was considered an excellent match because she had never voiced any political ambitions, her small state/country would never be a threat to Great Britain, and she spent most of her life isolated on their grounds, meeting the purity standard. A perfect wife for a king in the 1700s
She was also Protestant, which was a requirement and not common of foreign nobles at the time.
And they didn’t know she was black
@@sharmainejohnson565 She wasn't.
The man crying ( his name is Georgie, he’s a mommas boy ) is the princess’ father. So ultimately, that makes Charlotte the grandmother of the princess who died with her baby.
Yes
I’ve been watching interviews, but hadn’t seen a reaction video until this popped up on my feed. Loved your insights and humor. The Boondocks reference had me 💀.
This series was beautiful, steamy, and heartbreaking. I would have finished it in one day, but I had a script due the day after I saw it on Netflix.
I binge watched this series and enjoyed it. All the costumes were beautiful. The ending was touching. Thanks for sharing review.
I'm so glad you guys reviewed Queen Charlotte. It was absolutely fantastic and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Can't wait to see your thoughts on it. I've been sitting one day I may go back and watch it again.
Binged it loved it & will be watching your reviews
We've been looking forward to this one. So far it's not disappointing.
I’ve said this on another channel as well but it’s so interesting seeing this from an American perspective/ someone who doesn’t know British history and the real story of these real people. It adds extra intrigue and confusion for you guys I feel haha
I was looking forward to watching this show so I can watch your reactions. Love you guys.
I will rewatch again together with you. I love charlotte and george’s story! My fave lovestory in the bridgerton series.
7:29 she’s not actually the queen nor was she ever. She was the dowager princess.
That’s why Charlotte was a bit of a pushover at first bc she didn’t want to upset her mil.
Charlotte than realized that she’s the Queen while Augusta was just a dowager princess. Making Charlotte more powerful/important than her.
I weirdly loved the scene where the dowager princess was telling Charlotte that she needed to wear the plain simple gown - because it connected to how fabulously extra all of her wardrobe is now that she is queen. She took that comment and was like “oh no, WE are going to be absolutely fantastic”
@4:31 She did not look disappointed she literally had a little smile lol
You popped up in my recommended list, and I frickin' love this channel! Subscribing now 🥰
Love this reaction more than all the others I've seen. Y'all didn't cut the episode too much. Let me go to the next ❤️
can't wait to binge the rest of ur reactions😍
Loved y'alls reaction
Great review y'all! I always love that you take time at the end to give your opinions and quick theories. I loved this series, just finished watching it all yesterday and I think you both are going to love it too.
So happy you're reviewing this! Yay!
Thanks for joining the journey 😊
Thank you for spending your time with us. So much more to come..
I love the questions that y'all are asking, very valid. Shows that y'all are really interested and interested like the"ton" of us, lol. Can't wait to see y'alls reaction to the rest of the season, y'all are in for a treat🥰
Fun to see someone reacting to this! It’s interesting to contrast this depiction of George III with the version we’ve gotten to know from Hamilton. Fwiw George’s father died before his grandfather so his mother was a princess, she was never queen.
Immediate subscribe! I love you both and your reactions remind me of myself and my husband watching lol
20:06 cause we gone come thru for US! When we need support! 🗣️🗣️
26:32 13 surviving children, 2 of the original 15 died. Re season 1 episode 5 with the Emily/Amelia part of the conversation between Charlotte and George (Amelia was the youngest of the 15).
Its such a good show I cant wait for u to see it all unravel
I haven't watched any other these shows. I just found this. and I love it. I need to get netflick
Oh and for those wondering. Back in those times Royal weddings where Intimate and extermly exclusive. Historically speaking it wasnt till Queen Victoria the first of England did larger weddings that also incuded the general public or lesser nobles became more custom. So needless to say my history nerd self was extermly happy with the Accuracy.
She had 15 kids 2 died...
That is her son's daughter that passed not his wife. She is absolutely amazing... both ladies old and young.
Oh yall reviewing my series Queen Charlotte yasssss!
I love u guysss thanks for the reaction 🎉
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3:35 Ask Anne Boleyn about marrying English Kings 😂
😂😂😂😂damn
Stumbled across your channel and subscribed immediately. Love your commentary and just got great vibes straight away. Then find one of you is a fellow vegan! Will follow all your socials too xx
Awesomeee reaction!! 🎉🎉
Based on your ep1 review sounds like you both didn’t watch 2nd season where the Queen and King love was briefly shown. This was the best Bridgerton series, darker than the 2 novel to tv stories yet so rich, interesting, the love between Charlotte/Just George, Brimsley/Reynold or Lady Danbury/herself exude depth and layers in the name of love. The young cast talents certainly owned their characters. This series is all about realness of love, it’s not always rosy and grand love needs understanding and patience to last. Look forward to next review
Very beautifully said.
That conversation about Charlotte being brown was HEAVILY inspired by the conversation surrounding Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and her children.
That's not true. The already said they wrote the script before the Harry and Meg thing went down. There is absolutely no comparisons between them and Queen Charlotte and George other than they are a mixed race couple.
Frankly, if meghan was half as strong as Queen Charlotte in this show and made an effort to do some work, she would have been better received.
It was written before that, but there WERE talks about the real Charlotte being darker than expected. It has been argued that Charlotte was directly descended from a black branch of Portuguese royal family (Alfonso III and his concubine Ouruana who was a black Moor, hence them saying she has moor blood).
@@rachell7744 if Meghan did what work? Work to make sure she was accepted in a family that wasn’t interested in accepting her? Or to be accepted by a highly racist media system that called her “Straight Outta Compton”?
Even her husband had been at odds with his family and the media many times before that. How was she to make a big impact. The biggest impact they ever made was by leaving, tbh
@@ambriaashley3383 very weird when people blame meghan for how she was treated and say she should’ve “tried harder” to please them.
It was a good watch!
I started watching your Ted Lasso reactions a few weeks ago and now I am so excited to see your reactions to this! Binged this all in a day! It's so good!
Really thank you guys for doing this!!!!
Yes that’s Lady Catlyn Stark! 😍
You can tell they did a horrible job at even pretending to make them German when every reaction I've seen so far is SO confused at the brothers "Ja"😂 (but otherwise this was such a fun video to watch the show again with you, definitely earned a new subscriber here❤)
Which is surprising because it says on. the. screen. Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany. Personally (as a German) I'm just happy they didn't feel the need to give either of them bad German accents.
@@Nemshee yeah I know (Mecklenburg gave it away for me as well, a German here hi) but I just want them to commit to one or the other and just leave out the German altogether if it becomes unimportant anyway :D (another horrendous example to make your blood crawl is the itv Victoria show because that's a thing where you know they spend like 3min with their dialect coach and then yolo'd their German lines and those are the ones where I need the subtitles for my native tongue😭 I love that show but they also messed that up so Charlotte was a step up from that)
@@lisa_vxng Nah, I like that they stayed as close to the truth as was possible within their alternate universe. Oh my, you needed subtitles for the German in Victoria? Oh gosh. I haven't watch that one yet. But a lot of other examples for badly, badly butchered German when they could have just skipped it come to mind. Most recently Wednesday, where the first two sentences were really good and then it just deteriorated.
@@Nemshee i mean,, it's not too many lines but since half her family (and all of Albert's) is from there it's certainly Something😂 I havent seen Wednsday yet (i know i know where have i been) but now i wanna see that :D
He said "Jah" cause he's supposed to be German XD
I cannot wait till you get all the answers to your questions, it's such a good series.
Great First Episode!
Oh wow, I want to see more of this!
Yes, you could watch this first and then go on to Bridgerton. It works as a good introduction as well as standing on its own. I think some people might find Bridgerton a bit of a letdown as many feel this was the best story of the three.
35:32 I mostly remember Brimsley in the first season as the one Queen Charlotte sends to get fresh tobacco when QC is having tea with Lady Bridgerton. QC says something about the "walls have ears" or whatnot. She knows Brimsley will gossip.
Waiting for the next episode reaction
Loved the reaction, and without spoiling too much. You get to see a take on George's actual illness. I don't know how much, and apologies if you already know this, but it is widely speculated by Historians here in the UK that George could have suffered from Bipolar, schizophrenia or porphyria, and as a result when it comes to the time period the original series is set in George is so unwell, he cannot rule, and it known as the Regency and George and Charlotte's oldest son ruled in place of his father.
And probably some anxiety or ptsd that only became worse with the increased levels of torture
I actually like the dress she has on in the garden scene. It's nice she decides to wear her own dress, though, to have some power.
This is a spinoff which I admittedly wasn't too happy with because I was looking forward to season 3 but this surprised me in a good way. made me cry too
Tried to check out your patreon and it didn't seem to work. Would of loved to watch this series uncut. Great reaction though, looking forward to the rest of the series!
I don't think the series comes back to her skin colour, other than calling her browner than expected and stating that she has "Moor blood", which is North African (interesting people btw). Historians do discuss whether the real Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was actually dark of skin with african features, but her Moor ancestry would be several generations away and most likely not be showing in her skin. Netflix does have a tendency to stir up the historical pot, both with fiction and documentaries. Also the reason why Whistledown starts this season with the "historical fiction" disclaimer, because Bridgerton is getting backlash for colourwashing and inaccurate portrail of absolute racism in the era. Same with the Austen film last year. Diversity among talent is important, but so is the truth. This series handles it very well.
You haven't seen season 2??? *I just fainted*
It seems like y'all don't know a lot about the Charlotte/King George backstory (the real-life story that this series pulls from a lot) and I hate that so many ppl spoiled some of it in the comments (you'll get a lot more in this season AND in Season 2 of Bridgerton). I would just say to remember that it *is* a love story/romance series. :)
Looking at 🥰 paintings of younger Queen Charlotte she looks like what the old folks call RED BONE. Not passing at all but light skinned. A version of the rapper Ice Spice but with fuller cheeks
In the south we called it the bright side of the paper sack brown club 😂
Queen charlotte died 6 months before her granddaughter princess victoria of kent was born. At 18 she became Queen Victoria and was England's longest reigning monarch until Queen Elizabeth ii surpassed her.
The brother said Ja which is German for yes but it sounded like an informal: yah
wow in the comments I see a lot of information regarding the series. I'm not interested in the other seasons, only this story seems so real and beautiful to me... thanks for the interesting information people
Queen Charlotte had 15 children but 2 of them died very young.
I've just learned that the young actor of Brimsley is Harry Potter's son in the stage play of Harry Potter the Cursed child
Cool & interesting tid bit of information here. I will go look this up since I am curious about the actor & his acting background.
The Queen Mother ( George's Mama) Also Plays Catelyn Stark GOT.
Guys I wanna see season 2 bridgerton reactions as well!!!!