Queen Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz—a small northern German duchy—was born to a duke and a princess in 1744. She went on to marry England’s King George III in 1761 and served as ...

This is particularly interesting because historians continue to debate whether Charlotte was actually Britain’s first Black queen. According to historian Mario de Valdes y Cocom for PBS ...

TV shows like "Bridgerton" and its upcoming Netflix spinoff portray a Black Queen Charlotte. They lean into a theory popularized by one historian who asserts that she was biracial.

Queen Charlotte was born Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz to a German duke and princess in 1744. She became queen consort of Britain upon her marriage to King George III in 1761 at the age ...

The Black characters in Netflix’s Bridgerton have reignited questions in Charlotte about Queen Charlotte’s potential African ancestry.

And then, even if Queen Charlotte did have one Black ancestor five centuries (15 generations) ago, some have questioned whether she would accurately be described as mixed-race.

Was Queen Charlotte Black? Historians remain divided about Queen Charlotte’s racial background. Some argue she had African ancestry, pointing to royal portraits and genealogical links to a 15th ...

Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” includes Black women in a fantasy that has historically overlooked them, but also portrays a troubling display of colorism.

The premiere of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, a Shondaland production based on the romance novels by Julia Quinn, tries to cement the public image of the monarch as an undeniably Black ...

On a more serious note, the "Queen Charlotte" star continued, “This job is so much bigger than us and myself and it just means so much to have this representation, for especially young Black ...

'Bridgerton' prequel 'Queen Charlotte,' which premiered in L.A. on Wednesday, follows the 17-year-old version of Golda Rosheuvel's character from the original series.