![]() ![]() Read more | Royal enlightenment: the intellectual life of Queen CharlotteĬharlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz strove to recreate her loving childhood and oversaw the creation of gardens, cottages and menageries.Queen Charlotte’s private circle was always one of domesticity, rather than politics. Entry to her inner circle (which included novelist Frances Burney and other intellectual women of the day) wasn’t won easily, but she treated her most trusted ladies-in-waiting as old friends, creating devoted bonds that lasted for decades. ![]() At home Charlotte strove to recreate her loving childhood and oversaw the creation of gardens, cottages and even exotic menageries, turning her palaces, including those at Windsor and Kew, into centres of family life as well as ceremony. But behind the scenes things couldn’t have been more different. ![]() Although the king and queen were young, they soon developed a reputation for stuffiness. ![]() She loved tradition and clung to it rigidly, insisting that her female courtiers wear increasingly outdated court dress, and that the rules of her Drawing Rooms be observed at all times. At Queen Charlotte’s court, protocol was everything. ![]()
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