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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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   Was Queen Charlotte the first black Royal?

   • However, many challenged any claim she was the first "Black royal," pointing to Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, as being the first mixed-race member of the British royal family with African ancestry. This theory was also fueled by the fictional Netflix show “Bridgerton,” which depicted a Black Queen Charlotte.

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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 · By Erin Blakemore. May 10, 2023. • 7 min read. 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...

3. 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.

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   Feb 15, 2023 · Updated: 1:50 PM EST February 15, 2023. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The hit Netflix series Bridgerton is bringing renewed attention to the mixed-race British queen our city is named after. Tom...

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   Mar 12, 2021 · We found that historians and researchers differ widely on whether Charlotte—who was born in what is now Germany in 1744 and died in 1818 —was mixed race, and so far have not reached a ...

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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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   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.

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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...