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Who Was Queen Charlotte, and Was She Britain’s First Black Royal?

With its inclusive casting, sharp take on Regency-era social norms and addictive storylines, Shondaland’s Netflix show Bridgerton quickly amassed a strong global fan following. The series features an ...
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How conspiracy theories around George III’s madness and Queen Charlotte’s scheming took hold of the 18th‑century British press

George III, Queen Charlotte and their Six Eldest Children by Johan Zoffany (1770). Wikimedia During the Georgian period, the British royal family had a strange habit of concealing illness, even from ...