Markle is the product of a white father and black mother—a social ... her class as a commoner and her ethnic background; but the head of the Habsburg royal family, Dr. Otto von Habsburg ...

But some experts believe that Markle — whose father, Thomas Markle, is white and whose mother, Doria Ragland, is African-American — wouldn’t be the first black royal in British history.

And was she really Black? For years ... divided about Queen Charlotte’s racial background. Some argue she had African ancestry, pointing to royal portraits and genealogical links to a 15th ...

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) A brief background history The origin of this regiment was the raising in 1725 of six independent companies of highlanders from clans which had remained ...