Bridgertonhas its new Queen Charlotte, and she (reluctantly) has a King-to-be.
Netflix released a sneak peek on Saturday forQueen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the forthcomingprequel spin-offto its hit Regency romance.
In the clip, Charlotte (India Amarteifio) unknowingly meets her future husband King George III (Corey Mylchreest) at the very moment she’s trying to escape their arranged marriage.
The young monarch stumbles upon Charlotte as she attempts to scale a wall. He asks why she’s fleeing, and she says “because I think he may be a beast — or a troll.”
George asks if looks are important to Charlotte, and she retorts, “I do not care what he looks like. What I do not like is not knowing.”
Eventually George tells her, “I have absolutely no intention of helping you.”
Charlotte protests, “I am a lady in distress. You refuse to help a lady in distress?”
He responds, “I refuse when that lady in distress is trying to go over a wall so that she does not have to marry me.”
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With its premiere at Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event, the new clip showed thatQueen Charlottewill specialize inBridgerton’s signature love at first fight chemistry that was on display in the season 1 relationship between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page), then in season 2’s central relationship between Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley).
Golda Rosheuvel as Queen Charlotte in Bridgerton.LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
The prequel also stars Michelle Fairley as Princess Augusta, Sam Clemmett as Young Brimsley (with Hugh Sachs as adult Brimsley), Richard Cunningham as Lord Bute, Tunji Kasim as Adolphus, Rob Maloney as the Royal Doctor and Cyril Nri as Lord Danbury.
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The first two seasons ofBridgertonare currently streaming on Netflix.
source: people.com
