Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

So I think when he immigrated to Canada, he actually became a logger up in, well, it's now Haida Gwaii.

It was the Queen Charlotte's at the time.

And I remember once he, one summer, he's like, oh, there's a golden spruce up in the Queen Charlotte's that we need to go see.

So I remember One summer vacation, we drove all the way from Alberta to Prince Rupert, took the ferry across so he could show us where he was logging in this golden spruce.

I believe it's cut down now.

Charlotte has always been the city of newcomers.

They have come for many reasons and have helped this city to grow from an unassuming small town in the 1700s named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, to a banking capital and travel hub.

As any city does, Charlotte has changed over time, growing larger and spreading its tentacles ever outward.

all of which have played a role in the Charlotte we've become as much as the changing nature of the industries that attracted people here in the first place.

In the books, my top ships are Francesca and Michael, Gregory and Lucy, and Antony and Kate.

In the show, Antony and Kate, Francesca and Michaela, although we haven't seen them yet, And then Reynolds and Brimsley, my babies from Queen Charlotte.

And obviously like George and Charlotte are close up there too, because amazing.

But Reynolds and Brimsley give me life.

I love their dynamic.

Which then leads me into from Hello Kitty Cats asked, what are your hopes for Violet's spinoff? I have two big, big hopes.

The first one is that the cast is back.

So I really hope that we see our Queen Charlotte cast.

I've heard of that.

Well, Charlottes are actually quite a common dessert, I'd say from that era, because they were, I guess, invented in reference to Queen Charlotte in England.

Yeah.

And basically what this is, it's a layer of, an outer layer of a sponge.

King George III survives two assassination attempts in the year 1800, one in Hyde Park and the second in a theater he was shot at by a crazy man who hit the wood paneling instead of him.

And also that year, Queen Charlotte introduces the Christmas tree at a party for children at Windsor Castle.

And inflation reaches an all-time high of 36.5%, which is a big deal for this episode.

Amazing.

I feel that way, yeah.

I mean, she is very hyacinth if you remember how they portrayed her in Queen Charlotte.

She is very hyacinth.

But I think she's also very introverted and shy.

We saw him having to come in and save the family and take over and everything at a very young age and that deep responsibility he felt.

I swear to God, if

Queen Charlotte,

young Queen Charlotte comes up to Violet with the sorrows, sorrows, prayers, I'm going to punch the screen.

and

whether we are terrified for the idea of them trying to do a, like, undercover repressed bullshit period piece romance and all this stuff, right? And Kelsey came up with what I think is my favorite possibility, where she's like, what if Queen Charlotte also becomes a dyke? And then they're just like, well, it's a good thing the queen became a lesbian.

Yes.

Yes.

And truthfully, nothing would be more

delightful.

I mean, the subtext between Lady Danbury and Queen Charlotte is wild.

Oh, we're going to get into it.

That's the story.

yeah i don't know if you guys have any any concluding thoughts on on anthony and kate before we might briefly go over the queen charlotte spin-off

i don't um i think that like no i don't no i think that like I think out of all the characters, he's probably my least favorite though.

Like I get that he's everyone's favorite, but I like, I think that irritates me more that he's everyone's favorite.

It doesn't matter if they sell you something bad.

It's like, will you watch it or not? the money is more important so we don't care if we sell if we sell you they're not selling you romance by the way i should let everyone know they're selling you drama right they're selling you unhealed dynamics and like push and pull dynamics because it triggers you and it keeps you watching the same way that we watch reality tv

yes absolutely So I should say that this is like the only part where I'll say some positive things about Bridgerton, which is, in my opinion, have any of you seen the Queen Charlotte spinoff before I talk about it? There's a whole spinoff about it.

I