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The series is set during the early 1800s in an alternative London Regency era, in which George III established racial equality and granted many people of African descent aristocratic titles due to the African heritage of his wife, Queen Charlotte.
- Accurate: There Were Black Nobility During the Regency Era. Rhimes’s vision for the show was to have the cast reflect the modern population by including actors from several different racial backgrounds.
- Inaccurate: The Bridgertons Weren’t a Real Family. Unfortunately, no matter how much we love the Bridgertons, they were created straight from the mind of Julia Quinn and weren’t a real family, at least as far as everyone knows.
- Accurate: Queen Charlotte Might've Been Biracial. Queen Charlotte wasn’t actually a character in the books, but she was a very welcomed addition to the show by audiences and Julia Quinn alike.
- Accurate: Prince Freidrich was Queen Charlotte’s (Distant) Nephew. In the show, Queen Charlotte tries to get Daphne, “the diamond of the season,” to marry her nephew Prince Freidrich of Prussia (Freddie Stroma).
Mar 15, 2023 · Set in 1813, Bridgerton takes place during England's Regency Era, and throughout, the series gets some aspects of the historical period right and others completely wrong. Bridgerton is based on a series of romance novels by Julia Quinn and follows the wealthy Bridgerton family as its eight siblings find love in Regency London.
- Senior Staff Writer
May 18, 2024 · As 18th and 19th-century historian Dr. Lizzie Rogers — who taught a regency course for BBC History in January 2024 — points out to PEOPLE, Bridgerton is a period drama, not a documentary. “Part...
- Nicole Briese
Jan 21, 2021 · Set in 1800s London but designed for today's millennial and Gen Z audiences, the period drama is on course to be seen by 63 million households in its first month.
Mar 24, 2022 · Here’s how it works. Bridgerton season 1 arrived on our screens in 2020, with 82 million households tuning in to watch the big-budget series that follows the fortunes of an aristocratic family living in London during the early 1800s.
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May 5, 2023 · In the series, which jumps between the early years of Charlotte and George’s marriage during the early Georgian period (around the 1760s) and the Regency era (the early 1800s) of Bridgerton,...
