As a young girl Charlotte loved the outdoors more than learning how to be a queen and attending balls. This German girl would faithfully decorate a yew branch with colored paper flowers, nuts, fruits, and candles each Christmas. At age seventeen she receives a proposal from King George III of England. She sets sail to live with a man she never met and to be a queen. Thankfully King George III loved the outdoors, not balls. Together they had fifteen children. Queen Charlotte impacted England by building and sponsoring orphanages and hospitals for expectant mothers. She also introduced the Christmas tree to England as she invited one hundred children to view it at Windsor Castle.
A delightful story about a delightful woman!
*Highly recommend.
Borrowed via Inter-Lib. Loan
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