Was the "Great Experiment" Actually a Thing in England or Just 'Bridgerton' Fiction?

Publish date: 2024-05-23

In 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' the younger queen is assigned as the face of the "great experiment." Was that actually a thing in England?

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Young Queen Charlotte (India Ria Amarteifio) didn't signal up to be the symbol of the "great experiment" when she was betrothed to young King George III (Corey Mylchreest) in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

However, she finally ends up fully embracing her role in order to make her new nation's upper elegance way more diverse than it were in the previous.

So, what's the "great experiment" anyway? Was it something that actually came about in England all the way through the reign of the actual King George III and Queen Charlotte?

Here's the entirety we know.

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What is the "great experiment"? Did it actually occur in England?

Unfortunately, there was no real existence historical precedent for the "great experiment" that happens in Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

While there was no such thing as the great experiment in England all through the reign of the actual King George III and Queen Charlotte, there has been some ongoing ancient debate over whether or no longer the real Charlotte has Black ancestry.

However, historically speaking, slavery was still unfortunately very a lot a thing in England when the real King George III ascended the throne in 1760.

England would not officially abolish slavery until 1807, when parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.

What happens with the "great experiment" in 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'?

Warning: The following section incorporates spoilers for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story on Netflix.

Let's just say we like the version of history that Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story went with a lot better than the actual thing (thanks Shonda Rhimes)!

In the show, younger Agatha Danbury (Arsema Thomas) quickly realizes that the successful integration of titled Black nobility into the English ton rests totally on Charlotte's shoulders.

At one point, Agatha even calls out Charlotte for being so obsessed with George that she can't see the larger image — the great experiment was doomed to fail if Charlotte didn't pull it together and embrace her function as queen of all of her folks, not just rich white nobles.

Of direction Agatha had a huge stake in the "great experiment" too — even if she's technically far more royal than a lot of the ton (being descended from the royal bloodline of the Kpa-Mende Bo Tribe in Sierra Leone).

However, in England, Agatha nonetheless has to battle enamel and nail for her title, especially after her husband dies. So whilst Agatha desires to great experiment to work for the sake of others, she also does have a large private reason she gets so pissed off with Charlotte for failing to look that her walls were too high.

In the end, the "great experiment" is a good fortune when Charlotte after all realizes that she has the maximum powerful platform in the nation to unite her folks — so she after all makes a decision to do something positive about it.

The results of Charlotte's movements are still seen during each and every season of Bridgerton.

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