I watched this the other day and couldn't figure out who Princess Charlotte is. At first I thought she was the King's ex-wife, but I was wrong. Does anybody know who she is and what is her relationship to the King? Thanks for the info.
shareDon't take my word for it, but wouldn't she be the King's sister?
The actress playing her (Bernice Stegers) is married with director Mike Newell.
RIP Ian....
I thought she was the King's ex-wife at first too. But now I think she might have been married to another member of the royal family. Kind of like a Fergie character, but older.
sharethat is what she was hence 'house of wounded feeling' description by fu.
sharePrincess Charlotte didn't live in the "House of Wounded Feelings." As with the King, the Princess who lived there was never referred to by name, but was described as the king's ex-wife. I had the impression that Princess Charlotte was supposed to have been a conflation of Princess Anne and Fergie. Her having been given a name implies that she wasn't supposed to have been directly based on any specific living member of the royal family.
shareIf you consider that all the characters are oblique caricatures of the real-life royal family, then Princess Charlotte was the equivalent of the late Princess Margaret, the current Queen's younger sister.
Margaret also struggled with alcoholism and inveterate flirtation, and was generally seen as a bit of an embarrassment.
So she would have been the King's aunt.
The King's ex-wife was the blond woman only ever referred to as "The Lady", who lived in "The House of Wounded Feelings". She's obviously meant to be Princess Diana, and her son was William.
You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.
I always assumed that she was a cross between Fergie and Princess Margaret, since they were both somewhate 'ravers'...!
I understand some posters here being a little confused since, the other Royals portayed are much more recognisable - even the 'King' has all the mannerisms of Prince Charles.
Very attractive though.
I'd scrub her back
I think you're on the right track with the Margaret/Fergie combination -- an ageing beauty who was once more central to the royal family, but who is now a bit of an embarrassment.
I did think she was a princess by marriage rather than by birth. Her accent wasn't particularly upper-class, and her mannerisms rather vulgar for one raised in a palace. So more Fergie (pre-disgrace) than Margaret.
Although the Margaret connection was made pretty evident by selecting an actress who bore her coloring, and had a passing physical resemblance to her.
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