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Queen Charlotte had 15 kids over the process her life, yet no grandchildren. In 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story', she is on a mission for an heir — does she get one?

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story.

As Lady Whistledown narrates in the first actual episode of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the queen's granddaughter died in childbirth at the side of her baby, placing the monarchy in danger since it was once Queen Charlotte's best living (and legit) grandchild.

So, Queen Charlotte quickly turns her matchmaking efforts from the ton to her personal circle of relatives, in hopes of one of her 13 children marrying and generating an heir to the throne.

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"The only heir to the throne is dead," she tells her kids. "I am stating facts. The princesses have had no babies. The princes have had a record number of babies. Illegitimate whore babies. We had one heir, one royal, and she is gone. Children this is a crisis. It is time to find husbands. It is time to trade in the mistresses for legitimate wives."

So, does Queen Charlotte get her royal heir? Keep studying to find out.

Queen Charlotte's youngsters aren't enthusiastic about the idea of getting married.

Queen Charlotte herself was once forced into an arranged marriage via her brother to King George III, so it isn't surprising that the queen takes issues into her own hands when her kids do not take her marriage request severely.

In Episode Five she introduces her sons Prince William and Prince Edward to Princesses Adelaide and Victoria respectively, informing them that they are betrothed and to be married within a week.

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However, it is quickly printed that Queen Charlotte is partly to blame for her kids's worry of marriage.

Her daughter, Elizabeth, tells the queen her children have by no means felt "regard or compassion" from her and that she herself had miscarriages over time whilst looking to produce an heir.

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"You don't know us," her son Georgie tells her. "Any of us. You do not learn about us. You do not care for what we care for. Our happiness is not your goal. ... You have never been a mother. You have been our queen, but you have never really been our mother."

Her right-hand guy Brimsley also has the same opinion with the youngsters and tells Queen Charlotte that her focal point has all the time been on King George III because of his psychological sickness, and now not her children.

"You are the greatest of queens yet you share one trait in common with all the people here in the palace. You serve one person. The king," he explains. "That is not a flaw. It is a gift."

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Queen Charlotte's son Edward is the first to supply a authentic grandchild.

Following his arranged marriage to Princess Victoria, Prince Edward informs his mom that they're expecting a child in Episode 6 of the series.

As anticipated, Queen Charlotte is elated with the scoop that they are pregnant with (potentially) a child girl.

"A girl is wonderful and a strong queen is just what this country needs," Queen Charlotte tells the couple.

While the show itself makes it clear that it is not a historical past lesson, however moderately "fiction inspired by fact," Queen Charlotte was once inspired through Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who married King George III in 1761.

The royal couple had 15 kids with 13 surviving into maturity. If we were to practice historical past, then Prince Edward and his spouse are presumably expecting Queen Victoria, who went directly to reign over England for Sixty three years and feature 9 kids of her own.

Stream Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story on Netflix now.

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