Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-05-08 06:00:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8ACD6A09E872954E375FDEC1984DABC6B1EB7F287924F72D07029C1DC52532A0
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The are multiple academic conversations that Queen Charlotte may have had African ancestry through bloodlines of the Portuguese royal family. Some images painted at the time also show her with African features. To claim it to be 'woke' is misleading. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/jan/25/the-great-british-art-tour--st-johns-college-oxford-queen-charlotte-sophia- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/12/race-monarchy https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-real-history-behind-queen-charlotte-a-bridgerton-story-180982130/
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