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From African slave to royal princess: Writer unravels his astonishing link to the little girl Queen Victoria saved and adopted as her daughter
When Arnold Awoonor-Gordon first heard stories from his great-grandmother Emilie of how his great-great-grandmother had been the adopted daughter of Queen Victoria he 'thought they were the ramblings of an old lady'...
Princess Sarah was just five when she was captured by the merciless King of Dahomey in 1848.
Her family were killed in the war, as the daughter of an African chief Sarah was kept in captivity as a state prisoner, either to be presented to an important visitor, or to be sacrificed at the death of a minister or official to become his attendant in the next world.
But before she too could be killed, British naval officer Frederick Forbes rescued her...
Sarah Forbes Bonetta the tenth child of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg after she was saved from slavers in Africa in 1850
The Queen was so enamored with the child, that she adopted her as her daughter and also made her a goddaughter. She was now safe, and went on to become quite an intellect, with a particular aptitude for music.
Queen Victoria later went on to arrange a marriage for her to wealthy businessman Captain James Davies
Writer uncovers truth behind Queen Victoria's adopted daughter