After the success of 'The Brigertons, Netflix released its prequel 'Queen Charlotte', where its protagonist King George has inexplicable behavior and a secret that results in a discussion of various diseases, according to the story.
'Queen Charlotte', or 'Queen Charlotte', is the new series by Shonda Rhimes based on the universe of 'The Bridgertons', which has worked so well as a series on Netflix.
This spin-off focused on the characters of Queen Charlotte and King George of England has surprisingly distanced itself from the love stories of the original series since Charlotte's relationship with George has nothing to do with the lovebirds of 'The Bridgerton'.
The character of King George is played, in the young version of him, by Corey Mylchreest, an actor who already points ways with his complicated interpretation. The king behaves erratically, has mood swings, and constantly confuses his new wife, the queen played by India Amarteifio.
'Queen Charlotte' plays between the timeline of the origins of the marriage of the kings, and the 'present' that we know as 'The Brigertons' where Charlotte is the Queen Regent and continues to maintain a relationship with her court maidens, Lady Danbury and Violet Bridgerton.
The series focuses a lot on the illness of King George, who was often referred to in history as 'The Mad King', the 'Mad King' (yes, like in 'Game of Thrones'). But what is behind the king's disorder?
For many years historians held the theory that the monarch suffered from porphyria, a group of metabolic disorders caused by a lack of the enzymes that synthesize heme, a substance in the body. Something that was also aggravated by the arsenic found in his blood and that was probably part of the "treatment" of the doctors of the time, who tried all kinds of cruel procedures on the young king.
From ice baths in which he almost drowned, to chairs with leeches or straitjackets, are some of the experiments with which they tried to improve the "condition" of the King of England.
However, in recent years - and with the proliferation of mental health information - what affected the king's "madness" so much was a combination of bipolar disorder, chronic mania, dementia, and possible schizophrenia. As portrayed in the series, it seems that this is the route they have decided to follow, and King George's deterioration would continue to the point where we have seen him appear in 'The Bridgertons', unable to rule and hidden from the public eye. in his own castle.
It seems that the series will continue to explore this topic more deeply after revealing the "secret" of the king, so we will have to stay tuned for the new installments of this Shonda-Bridgerton universe.
