QUEEN CHARLOTTE

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Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. MET. CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DOMAIN DEDICATION MET PROJECT.  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlotte_Sophia_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz,_Queen_of_George_III_MET_MM45330.jpg

Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Charles Louis of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, prince of Mirow  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Frederick, Prince of Wales Attributed to Highmore. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, princess of Wales. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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George. Prince of Wales, later George III, 1754 by Liotard. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte of Great Britain (CBL Wep 4178.23). PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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The Arrival of Princess Charlotte at Harwich, September 1761 PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Wedding of George III  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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George III and Charlotte Coronation Portraits 1762. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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George III, Queen Charlotte and their six Eldest Children  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Murphy - George III and Queen Charlotte with their thirteen children PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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P397 King George III. And Queen Charlotte at Cheltenham. IABI PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+70</PRE 1928

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Buckingham House 1819. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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The Farm Yard MET.  CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL PUBLIC DEDICATION MET PROJECT

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King George rewarding an industrious haymaker WELLCOME CCA BY 4.0 INTERNATIONAL

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Affability. Gillray  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Farmer G-e. Studying the Wind and Weather  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928 -OR- CC-NC-SA 4.0 BRITISH MUSEUM

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George III as Prince of Wales McArdell. PUBLIC DOMAIN PRE 1928/© EXPIRED/OTHER IABI

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Kew Palace, Asylum for King George III CC BY 2.0 GENERIC PETER BROSTER

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Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Gainsborough.  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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Prince of Wales, later George IV c. 1798. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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George Prince of Wales I. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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Bach – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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George III of the United Kingdom. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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George III from The Court and Private Life …  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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Stroehling – Queen Charlotte, 1807.   PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE-1928

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George III and Queen Charlotte Benjamin West  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Margarita de Castro e Souza genealogy and descent.  CCA SA 3.0 UNPORTED/GNU 1.2 OR LATER BY THE OGRE

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Queen Charlotte Ramsay  PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte Ozias Humphry. PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+70</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte Johann Heinrich von Hurter . PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+70</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte Allan Ramsay . PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte Benjamin West PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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Queen Charlotte Allan Ramsay . PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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King George III and Queen Charlotte PUBLIC DOMAIN AUTHOR+100</PRE 1928

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS:

Solly, Meilan. “The Real History Behind “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”. Smithsonian Magazine. 5 May 2023. Accessed 7 June 2023.  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-real-history-behind-queen-charlotte-a-bridgerton-story-180982130/

Lambe, Stacy “Why Queen Charlotte’s RealBiracial Backstory Is So Important to ‘Bridgerton’ (Exclusive)”. KTVB.com. 26 December 2020. Accessed 7 June 2023. https://www.ktvb.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/why-queen-charlottes-real-biracial-backstory-is-so-important-to-bridgerton-exclusive/603-67ff9196-b5b7-46c4-9d96-5bf445ac9913

Fisher, James. PhD Candidate, History Department, Kings College London. “’Farmer George’? Notes on Agriculture. GeorgianPapers.com. Accessed 7 June 2023.

https://georgianpapers.com/2017/01/19/farmer-georges-notes-agriculture/

Lang, Cady “The True Story Behind Netflix’s Queen Charlotte”. 5 May 2023. TIME. Accessed 7 June 2023. https://time.com/6277014/queen-charlotte-netflix-true-story-behind/

Burton, Alice  “The Fact and Fiction of Queen Charlotte’s Ryal Romance”.  Vulture.com   Accessed 7 June 2023.   https://www.vulture.com/article/queen-charlotte-real-history-king-george-madness-romance-children.html

Blakemore, Erin. “Britain’s first Black queen? The real story of Queen Charlotte”. National Geographic. 10 May 2023  Accessed 7 June 2023. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/queen-charlotte-british-royal-history

Jeffries, Stuart  “Was this Britain’s first black queen?”  The Guardian  11 March 2009. Accessed 5 June 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/12/race-monarchy

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Richardson, Kalia. “Here’s What to Know About ‘Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story’. The New York Times 11 May 2023. Accessed 7 June 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/arts/television/queen-charlotte-bridgerton-history-shonda-rhimes.html

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De Valdes y Cocom, Mario   “Queen Charlotte” The Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families.  Updated 11 March 2021. FRONTLINE. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html

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