Who Are Corey Mylchreest, India Amarteifio

Welcome to the Ton! Following Bridgerton’s preliminary success, Shonda Rhimes has invested in increasing the world of Julia Quinn’s novels past simply the Bridgerton household — beginning with Queen Charlotte.

In December 2020, the historic drama launched viewers to the glamorous lifetime of London’s (primarily fictional) elite. Set through the Regency period, the social season’s greatest occasions revolved round Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) herself.  The witty royal shortly turned a fan-favorite, taking up a a lot larger position within the second season.

The reimagined character, who didn’t seem in Quinn’s books, was impressed by the real-life sovereign who dominated the U.Ok. till her demise in 1818. Forward of the present’s season 2 launch, Rhimes revealed that the primary spinoff of the collection, titled Queen Charlotte, would heart on the matriarch’s rise to energy and prominence.

“Many viewers had by no means identified the story of Queen Charlotte earlier than Bridgerton introduced her to the world, and I’m thrilled this new collection will additional develop her story and the world of Bridgerton,” mentioned Netflix’s Head of World TV Bela Bajaria in a press release in Could 2021. “Shonda and her group are thoughtfully constructing out the Bridgerton universe to allow them to maintain delivering for the followers with the identical high quality and magnificence they love. And by planning and prepping all of the upcoming seasons now, we additionally hope to maintain up a tempo that may maintain even probably the most insatiable viewers completely fulfilled.”

Rosheuvel, who portrays the royal on the Netflix hit, later hinted at what followers can count on from the upcoming collection. “I can inform you that it’s an origin story,” she instructed E! Information in March 2022. “So you may be seeing a youthful Queen Charlotte, I can be in it. We’ve got no movie date or any form of scripts or something in the intervening time.”

Along with following the rise and love lifetime of Her Majesty, the spinoff can even inform the tales of younger Violet Bridgerton and Woman Danbury.

Whereas Rosheuvel and Adjoa Andoh will return because the queen and Woman Danbury, respectively, India Amarteifio and Arsema Thomas will painting the respective youthful variations of the characters. Ruth Gemmell, for her half, can even return as Violet Bridgerton with a youthful model performed by Connie Jenkins-Greig.

As for King George, Corey Mylchreest will play him as a younger grownup, whereas Recreation of Thrones actress Michelle Fairley will star as his mom, the Dowager Princess Augusta.

In June 2022, Deadline confirmed that British actors Katie Brayben and Keir Charles had been solid within the prequel as Vivian Ledger and Lord Ledger, respectively. Particulars in regards to the new characters haven’t but been launched, however it seems that they may each play a major position within the story of Queen Charlotte’s early days on the throne.

Netflix launched the primary sneak peek of the spinoff throughout its TUDUM presentation in September 2022. Within the clip, Charlotte unknowingly meets her future husband — the king — simply as she’s attempting to scale a backyard hedge to flee their organized nuptials. The lower than two-minute video was an immediate hit amongst viewers, with followers shortly taking to social media to share their enthusiasm and pleasure for the upcoming collection.

Scroll right down to learn extra in regards to the actors who will star as Queen Charlotte’s queen and king: