Celebrities such as Sir Lenny Henry and Dame Kelly Holmes are there, but so also are a Tudor trumpeter, a 19th century taxider- mist and many other fascinating figures. He played black and white roles to international acclaim. John Blanke(Image: Alamy Stock Photo)(16th century) TrumpeterArchival records have made him Tudor england’s most widely recognised African. I’d never experienced anything like it.”In the 1950s and 1960s, Atwell was known as the Queen of the Ivories with her boogie-woogie and ragtime hits. Queen Charlotte(1744–1818) Wife and consort of George IIIOver the years, the subject of Queen Charlotte’s ancestry has been debated.

Source: Daily Mirror September 11, 2020 21:23 UTC