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How come there's never been an interracial marriage in European Royal Families?

Mostly they just marry their cousins though sometimes they do marry commoners. However, not once, that I know of, has there been an interracial marriage involving a royal family member, and especially there has never been a interracial marriage involving someone who is directly in line for a throne. Are Royal Families racist?

You're forgetting about Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III, who had distinctively sub-Saharan African facial features, but would have certainly been considered German. Nevertheless, a number of reasons explain why European royals (or most other folks for that matter) didn't marry out of their race and social class:

1) The idea that marriages are made for love is a very modern concept; In the case of Royals, however, a marriage had the force of an economic treaty since European royals married other European royals, and instead of the visiting head of state bringing along an I-pod, the king brought along a daughter. Naturally, a lot of other Europeans didn't marry Africans or Asians because to marry someone who was from such a distinctively different culture lowered their social class. As far as Europeans royals being given in marriage to Chinese and Japanese emperors, and Asian potentates marrying Europeans, this rule would have worked both ways.
2) Neither love nor faith conquers all: Back when religion really mattered to everyone, and choosing the "wrong" belief was guaranteed to doom one's immortal soul, Christians married Christians, Muslims married Muslims, Buddhists married Buddhists, and so on. Of course, the distances they were shipped contracted after the Protestant Reformation when Protestants only married Protestants, and Catholics only married Catholics.
3) The Proximity Factor: The world was a much smaller place until very recent times. It wasn't as if a handsome Prince could have UPS send him a mail-order bride from Timbuktu. Most villagers married someone within walking distance from where they lived, perhaps even a first cousin. The ability to travel to court a prospective spouse was a little better for royals than the average everyman, but the circle of acceptable mates was extremely limited.
4) Also, most people still marry someone from their social class or adjoining one. That includes royals as well as everyone else. True Cinderella stories rarely happen, so when a king married a commoner, it often led to dire results (as in Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville).
5) Many Africans and Asian nations were colonies of European powers until after World War II. Royalty encountered Africans and Asians as servants. However, aristocratic men didn't marry servant girls; instead they used their position of power to bed them. In the 19th-century, for example, a Royal wouldn't have considered marrying an Irish scullery maid either.

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