The Real Queen Charlotte

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Queen Charlotte is back in the spotlight, thanks to the new Bridgerton spin-off series looking into her life and marriage to King George III.

We know Bridgerton uses a lot of creative license when it comes to historical accuracy (just in case you didn't know, people in the Regency period did not dance to orchestral covers of Beyonce) so today Kate thought she'd get Betwixt the Sheets with historian, Catherine Curzon to find out who the real Queen Charlotte was.

What was her early life like? How was her relationship like with her husband before and after his mental health problems? How did other members of high society view her?

You can find out more about Catherine Curzon's work here.

WARNING: There is adult content and explicit words in this episode.

Senior producer: Charlotte Long. Producer: Stuart Beckwith. Mixed by Siobhan Dale

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0:00.0	Hello my lovely betricksters, it's me Kate Lister. I am here with your fair dues warning
0:06.5	to warn you about the notchiness that might be coming your way. Well, there's not very much
0:12.2	of a may about it. It's definitely coming your way because I'm talking to Catherine Curse
0:16.7	and again today and she just brings out the worst in me. So, this is an adult podcast spoken by
0:22.5	adults to other adults in an adulty way about adulty things and you should be an adult too.
0:27.7	We're definitely swearing. We're definitely veering into adult content. Actually, we do touch
0:32.6	on mental health issues. So, you might actually not want to listen to that one and this is your
0:37.3	chance to get out now while you still can because fair dues you have been warned.
0:44.0	I am here with a public service announcement for all Bridgerton fans. Bridgerton review is Bridgerton
0:49.6	fanatics. Bridgertonians, is that what we call you? I don't know. But Bridgerton stands.
0:56.7	People in the Regency era did not dance to orchestral covers of Beyoncé. But apart from that,
1:03.6	everything that you see on Bridgerton and the new spin-off series Queen Charlotte is absolutely
1:08.1	100% historically accurate. It is a watertight account of life in Regency Britain.
1:16.0	That is absolutely not true. That is one giant, giant fib. But the series is based on real people
1:24.5	who lived real lives in real palaces and definitely had a lot of real sex. That's true, definitely.
1:30.8	Today, we are getting betwicks the Georgian sheets to find out the true story behind Queen Charlotte.
1:54.9	Hello and welcome back to betwicks the sheets, the history of sex scandal in society with me,
2:20.4	Kate Lister. Imagine the scene betwixtures, it's dusk on a mild evening in 1761 and you're on
2:27.5	the grounds of St James's palace. And then pretty soon some posh people come along and move you
2:32.1	on because what on earth are you doing on the grounds of St James's palace, you complete pleb?
2:36.9	If you're not a pleb, if you're an aristocratically type of person, maybe you'd be attending a
2:41.6	wedding in the Chapel Royal with a small congregation of other very posh people. There would be an
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