Meghan Markle isn’t the first mixed race royal - a mum-of-15 got there first

Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle (left) and Queen Charlotte, pictured in 1781 (Courtesy)

Meghan Markle has been celebrated as the first mixed-race woman to marry into the British royal family.

But a queen in fact became the first British biracial royal lady in the 18th Century, it has now emerged.