Bridgerton will intentionally leave out a major character’s death despite it being historically inaccurate.
After Bridgerton’s third season concluded on Thursday, June 13, showrunner Jess Brownell was asked about the show currently being set in 1815, since Queen Charlotte (Golda Rosheuvel) died in 1818 — months before the birth of her granddaughter a.k.a the future Queen Victoria.
“I worship Golda Rosheuvel and I think she’s so fantastic in her role.
Shonda [Rhimes] and I, internally, have just decided that we’re in an alternate dimension,” Brownell told TVLine about why viewers don’t have to worry about Charlotte being killed off.
Brownell specifically pointed to the moment when the queen and Lady Danbury (Adjoa Andoh) “worked together to make society more inclusive” as the point that created the alternate universe.
“That’s where we went into another timeline,” she explained. “There’s potential that in this timeline, Queen Charlotte could live forever.
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