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   Was Queen Charlotte a mixed-race Royal?

   • Charlotte’s ancestry became the subject of public fascination when Britain’s Prince Harry married American actress Meghan Markle, whose mother is Black and whose father is White. Some people hailed her as Britain’s first mixed-race royal, prompting a re-examination of Queen Charlotte’s heritage. Now “Bridgerton” and Rhimes are doing it again.

   Was Queen Charlotte Black? Here’s what we know

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   Did Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz have a happy marriage?

   • Just beneath this oval portrait of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, you'll see the initials of the royal couple: G for George III and C for Charlotte. Despite the queen's initial timidity, historians say that the monarch by all accounts had a happy marriage.

   Britain’s first Black queen? The real story of Queen Charlotte

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   Who was Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz?

   • When 17-year-old Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz caught her first glimpse of the London palace that was to be her home in 1761, she turned pale. She was set to become Queen of Great Britain and Ireland within hours, but she had never set foot in England or met her husband-to-be.

   Britain’s first Black queen? The real story of Queen Charlotte

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   Did Queen Charlotte have partial African ancestry?

   • Claims that Queen Charlotte may have had partial African ancestry first emerged in Racial Mixture as the Basic Principle of Life published in 1929 by German historian, Brunold Springer, who challenged her Thomas Gainsborough portrait as inaccurate.

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2. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleWho was Queen Charlotte—and was she really Britain’s first ...

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   May 10, 2023 · When 17-year-old Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz caught her first glimpse of the London palace that was to be her home in 1761, she turned pale. She was set to become Queen of Great...

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   In the 2023 Netflix series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story India Amarteifio was cast as a mixed-race Charlotte.

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5. www.wcnc.com › article › lifeThe history behind mixed-race British Queen Charlotte - wcnc.com

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   Feb 15, 2023 · Queen Charlotte, born Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, was born on May 19, 1744 in the small northern German territory ruled by her parents: Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg...

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6. www.seattletimes.com › nation-world › was-queenWas Queen Charlotte Black? Here’s what we know

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   Dec 27, 2020 · Charlotte passed on her mixed-race heritage to her granddaughter, Queen Victoria, and to Britain’s present-day monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

7. www.snopes.com › fact-check › queen-charlotteDid Queen Charlotte Have African Ancestry? | Snopes.com

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   Mar 12, 2021 · Fact Check. Did Queen Charlotte Have African Ancestry? The wife of Britain's King George III was rumored to be mixed race. Nur Ibrahim. Published March 12, 2021. Image courtesy of Print...

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9. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › 5-things-youFive Things to Know About Queen Charlotte | Smithsonian

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   Nov 30, 2017 · Before Meghan Markle, the late 18th-century Queen Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz may have been the country’s first biracial royal.

10. time.com › 6277014The True Story Behind Netflix’s Queen Charlotte - TIME

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    May 5, 2023 · Initial speculation about Charlotte being Black or of mixed-race descent began in the 1940s, after the Jamaican-American journalist and historian J.A. Rogers theorized in his book Sex and Race...