A ‘Bridgerton’ limited series focused on Queen Charlotte’s origin story is coming to Netflix

• Netflix is releasing a new limited series focused on "Bridgerton" character Queen Charlotte.
• The show will cover her origin story, according to the streaming platform's announcement on Friday.
• The limited series will also feature a young Violet Bridgerton and Lady Danbury.
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"Bridgerton" character Queen Charlotte will be the focal point of a new limited series, Netflix announced on Friday.

"All Hail The Queen! Thrilled to announce we're expanding the Bridgerton universe with a limited series that will tell Queen Charlotte's origin story," the announcement reads.

It continues, "The series will also feature young Violet Bridgerton and young Lady Danbury."

-Netflix (@netflix) May 14, 2021

Golda Rosheuvel played Queen Charlotte in the first season of "Bridgerton," which premiered in December 2020 and became Netflix's biggest series debut of all time.

Rush Gemmell was cast as Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the posh family at the center of the show, and Adjoa Andoh appeared as Lady Danbury, Simon Basset's closest relative, on season one.

Netflix has not confirmed whether or not Rosheuvel, Gemmell, or Andoh will have roles in the spin-off.

Showrunner Chris Van Dusen's "Bridgerton" is based on Julia Quinn's bestselling romance novels.

While adapting the books for the small screen, he added in several new characters (Charlotte being one of them) and reimagined a more inclusive version of Regency London's high society - meaning people of color hold titles as dukes, duchesses, earls, lords, and ladies on the show.

"Bridgerton" doesn't quite feature traditional color-blind casting, as it's briefly mentioned that Rosheuvel's Charlotte, who is Black, is the crux of the change. Upon marrying King George III (played by James Fleet), who is white, she upended the existing racial hierarchy by demanding equality.

"It's so empowering for an actress," the British actress told Insider in December, "to have that background and that feeling that a person in the 1800s could have been fighting for her people and could have been fighting for representation."

Though Van Dusen's account of Charlotte is rooted in fiction, many historians have long regarded her as England's first mixed-race royal and reported that she descended from a Black branch of the Portuguese monarchy.