An extraordinary life: descendant welcomes biography of woman ‘gifted’ to Queen Victoria
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A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle as a “diplomatic gift” from an African king. Victoria would go on to pay for Bonetta’s education, approve her marriage to one of west Africa’s wealthiest men, and become godmother to her eldest daughter. Continue reading...
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- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/sarah-forbes-bonetta-biography-queen-victoria
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- 18/10/2026 07:00 UTC
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