The first queen consort of England to bear the name of Caroline was the wife of George II. Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline of Ansbach was always known by her last name and was queen consort from 1727 to 1737.
The women who have worn the crown: their lives, their loves, their stories. England and elsewhere, princesses sometimes too with dashes of all kinds of royal.
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Thursday, 25 February 2021
Thursday, 18 February 2021
The (second most) famous royal Charlotte
Queen Charlotte with two of her fifteen children
To be fair to her, she managed to be the most famous royal with the name for over 250 years but Queen Charlotte has now had to take a back seat on the global celebrity front as her seven times great granddaughter made the name her very own. Until May 2nd 2015, this German princess turned Queen of England was perhaps the most famous royal Charlotte of all.
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