In 1850, a 7-year-old African girl was presented to Queen Victoria as a ‘gift’; 176 years later, her great-great-grandson is revisiting her remarkable life through a newly published biography
Sarah Forbes Bonetta (L), Queen Victoria A seven-year-old African girl who was presented to Queen Victoria as a ‘gift’ in 1850 went on to become one of the best-known African women in Victorian Britain. But behind her royal connections was a childhood marked by violence, separation from her family, and decisions made largely by others….