Despite what you've heard Meghan Markle is not the first American in the British Royal Family
Okay, so the Internet and
everyone's all atwitter about Meghan Markle
getting engaged to Prince Harry
this morning and everybody's saying how
she's the first American and also the
first African American person to be in a
royal family and I'm here to tell you
that that is not the case in fact the
first American in the royal family was
actually Wallace Simpson a divorcee in
1936 King Edward gave up his throne to
marry Wallis Simpson she was from
Pennsylvania and so she was the first
American in the royal family
and he gave up a throne and King George
the sixth who is Queen Elizabeth's
father became the kings and they became
the duke and duchess of windsor
the first person of african heritage in
a european royal family is princess
Angela of Liechtenstein she was born
Angela Gisela Brown and she was born in
Panama and she is black for all intents
and purposes and she married Prince
Maximilian of Lichtenstein in 2000 and
they have a sudden and so she would be
the first person of African heritage in
a European royal family.
Side note, if Prince Harry had met Meghan Markle in 2012
he would not have been able to marry her
because she Roman Catholic but the rules
of royal succession changed in 2015 and
then a member of the royal family was
allowed to marry anybody of any faith so there you go.
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