“It is a beautiful thing when you see a young person of colour aged five or six dressing up as Queen Charlotte for Halloween or a birthday party,” says Golda Rosheuvel, who made her mainstream breakthrough in 2020 for her portrayal of Bridgerton’s swanky monarch.

Since its premiere, Netflix’s witty – and campy, we should add campy – period drama has been lauded for depicting a racially integrated regency-era London, with a plethora of central characters played by actors of colour. This classic “colour-blind” approach from Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rimes continues with the upcoming limited prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which sees rising star India Amarteifio take on the spunky and commanding qualities that made Rosheuvel’s title character such a fabulous force of nature.