circa 1770: Charlotte Sophia, (1744 - 1818), Queen of Great Britain through her marriage to King George III in 1761. They had 15 children. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...

In Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the young version of the eponymous Queen is played by mixed-race actor India Ria Amarteifio. While the Shonda Rhimes series is known for its ...

This led to a narrative from some that Charlotte was Britain’s first Black queen. Historian Mario de Valdes y Cocom said: “Artists of that period were expected to play down, soften or even ...