The ship's officers claimed they ordered this action because they were out of potable water.
She is a strong-willed and well-educated young woman, born from Captain Sir John Lindsay's affair with an enslaved woman.
Her demeanor is firm but caring, and teaches Elizabeth and Dido the ways of etiquette, music and embroidery.
He is attracted to Dido's beauty and wealth, but he is not completely immune from his family's prejudices.
They were to have two sons and three daughters — and their elder son George would go on to inherit the earldoms of Winchilsea and Nottingham, before fighting a bloodless duel with the Duke of Wellington.
That said, Hosoda directs Belle with such confidence that it's a mesmerising watch at every moment, boosted further by a couple of spectacular and memorable songs that are both fun to listen to, and play nicely into the film's narrative arc.