But the queen in question is Charlotte, who married King George III (yes, that King George) six hours after arriving in London and meeting him for the first time on Sept. 8, 1761. And some historians do believe she was Britain’s first Black queen, and that her descendants, including Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, have African ancestry. Charlotte passed on her mixed-race heritage to her granddaughter, Queen Victoria, and to Britain’s present-day monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. So who was Queen Charlotte? On Aug. 12, 1762, she gave birth to the couple’s first child, the future King George IV, according to Buckingham Palace.

Source: Washington Post December 27, 2020 15:11 UTC