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In the late 1780s, rumours circulated that Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) - the son of King George III and Queen Charlotte - engaged in "illicit relations" with women of African descent, or Black slave women, while stationed in the Caribbean. How true are these rumours?

by /u/Obversa in /r/AskHistorians

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