Queen Charlotte A Bridgerton Story Episode 1 recap: Queen Charlotte is a spin-off series of the popular 2020 series Bridgerton. All 6 episodes of this series are currently streaming on Netflix in Hindi and English, along with subtitles. Before starting the episode-wise recap, let’s have a quick introduction to the series’ story.
Following the Bridgerton verse, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a romantic historical drama series based on the life story of Queen Charlotte and how she became Queen and fell in love with her husband, King George. Now, let’s move on to the recap of Episode 1.
The story is about Queen Charlotte of Bridgerton, who lived in Mirow in North Germany in a royal residence. One day, she saw her brother signing a marriage contract with the British Empire, which made her angry, and she pushed a statue and ran away from there. Later, she was with her brother Adolphus in a carriage, where it seemed she was angry about her complicated fashion style. Adolphus thought young Charlotte was special, which is why the British Empire chose her.
But, it was Adolphus’s ego behind this decision, as he thought it was a great opportunity for him because the King of England chose a queen from a small place in Germany. It was a big opportunity for him, and he didn’t want any complications with England. Young Charlotte reached England, where Queen Augusta perfectly examined her for her son. The Queen of England forced her to wear a traditional wedding gown. Later, she met with Brimsley and asked him about the King. The Queen of England later discussed the dark skin color of young Charlotte. Later, we found out that there were only six hours left for the royal wedding.
In another scene, we saw young Agatha Danbury in intimacy with an old man who was actually her husband. She felt disgusted after that intimacy, so her assistant Coral helped her clean up with a hot bath. From Coral, she got to know about the invitation to the royal marriage, which made her interested. She reached there with her old husband.
Soon, all the guests arrived for the marriage ceremony. Queen Augusta referred to Danbury as a lord because she wanted no more racial division due to the skin color of young Charlotte. During the happy hour, Brimsley said that the bride was missing. But, surprisingly, young Agatha saw her. When young Charlotte was trying to leave by climbing the wall, she found a guy who asked her the reason for leaving. Charlotte mentioned that she was angry because nobody wanted to talk about the King, so he might be a beast, and everyone was hiding him. Later, she found out that he was the King of England, George.
Later they did chit-chat, and King George started telling her everything about himself, how he loves science, books, and arts. In that very moment, Young Charlotte started loving him and accepted the relationship. All lords and Queens became amazed by seeing the color of Young Charlotte. But she stood bravely and walked towards King George with her brother. They accepted each other, and George put the ring on her hand and kissed her in front of everyone. The night became more beautiful; they danced and enjoyed themselves. After the ceremony ended, Adolphus left that place and bid his sister goodbye. Later, Agatha Danbury met Charlotte and made her aware of something. When all the guests left the ceremony, King George gave her a surprise: a big palace named St James Palace. But soon Charlotte realized that she was going to live here alone because King George would live in his estate in Kew. It looked like George wanted to live alone, but the reason wasn’t revealed in the first episode. She spent the night all alone.
In the present day, on a snowy dark night, a doctor came to meet Queen Charlotte. He came with bad news: Charlotte was expecting her husband to be dead. But the doctor said it’s not a matter of the King; he is perfectly fine. Instead, he informed the death of the young princess, the granddaughter of King George the Third, and Queen Charlotte’s daughter, who died during childbirth along with her baby.
On the other side, Charlotte’s close friend (also the speaker of this series), Lady Whistledown, thinks about the perfect heir of Queen Charlotte. Queen Charlotte is famous for making perfect matchmaking, and she has made lots of perfect relationships. Lady Whistledown and the whole of England now expect that, instead of thinking about others, Charlotte should think about this matchmaking for her own family. The Queen has 13 children, but nobody has given her a perfect royal heir, not a legitimate heir, at least. People may think that the Queen’s matchmaking ability is just a joke.
At the end of the episode, we reached the present timeline where Queen Charlotte met with all her children and demanded a royal baby for heirs. That’s how episode 1 ended. Two storylines define how Charlotte struggled in her young days and how she is facing complexity for the heir of their kingdom. Let’s see what happened next in episode 2.