Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
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Welcome to Coronation Day, where the palace is bustling, and the homosexuals are arguing!
Brimsley is on a mission to find George, but alas, the king is MIA.
And Reynolds is hanging below stairs simply because the scenery is fresh and new.
No other reason, nothing weird at all.
(That is exactly what Brimsley learns.)
We also meet young Violet Ledger, eventually Violet Bridgerton.
She is quirky and chatty and filled with questions.
Also important: Her mother is a racist and her father dotes on her.
Lady Danbury is doing her duty reporting the royal tea to the Dowager Princess.
Upon entering, their crowns are removed and they stride away from each other without even a second glance.
Plates are smashed, and staff are ushered out of the dining room with a quickness.
This man puts his hand around herneck!Call me toxic or whatever, but this is hot!
Less hot to Charlotte is the discovery that her new husband doesnt socialize.
He mutters some such about the king needing a checkup before the coronation, but Charlotte is no fool.
Why wouldnt the doctors be interested in her health?
Check and mate, my good king!
Princess Augusta tries to retain her smug veneer, then folds immediately.
A baby will seal the success of the Great Experiment, you see.
Lady Danbury sees an opening and gets right to it.
Perhaps she should host the first ball of the season?
In that case, she supposes there is no reason for these delightful little tete-a-tetes to continue.
Princess Augusta mutters that she will take up with Lord Bute, defeated but not.
He seems more gloomy than usual about their place in society and softens something in his wife.
Of course, this is much more easily said than done.
With his own hands!
Okay, speak on it!
She needs him to go to a ball.
Lady Danburys ball looks gorgeous, much like she does.
Lord Danbury is convinced no one will come, but what is that?
The doors are thrown open and in walk Lord and Lady Ledger!
They have left Violet at home, and Lord Ledger admits they got the kings note.
No one in their right mind would miss an event the king was attending.
Let us be friends, he says with something approaching a wink.
Well, isnt this an interesting little twist?
Ring the chemistry bell!
The party is in full, albeit segregated, swing when Charlotte and George arrive.
Yes, thats the chemistry bell again!
Alas, the good fortune cannot last.
For Lord Danbury, tragedy strikes while he is quite literally inside his wife.
As Charlotte watches, the final piece of her mysterious husband slots into place.
he asks, voice full of wonder.
Venus is indoors, she says softly, leading him back inside.
Venus is with you.
The present-day timeline is also heating up, though in a different direction than I expected.
Your wombs are likely dry and useless.
Your daughters could not leave you here, trapped in time.
Sorrows, Sorrows.
Lady Danbury and Dowager Viscountess Bridgerton are also indulging in a rare bit of truth-telling themselves.
Lady Danbury tells her that while she may not like today, Violet is most fortunate.
Your heart is full.
Queen Charlotte did, in fact,introduce the custom of displaying Christmas treesto Britain!
Look at me I am absolutely gorgeous.
A man might wander onto the grounds, a lost hunter or something.
