When Meghan Markle meets Queen Elizabeth II in Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, she immediately bonds with the queen's corgis, which is completely true, and the meet-and-greet as a whole goes off without a hitch. We have no reason to doubt that, either. However, the next scene is what gives us pause.
The Queen says she wants to show Meghan something down the hall. Revealing a painting, Queen Elizabeth tells Meghan and Harry, "I've always loved this portrait of our ancestor Queen Charlotte because the painter, Ramsey, didn't try to hide her African heritage." With confused expressions, Harry and Meghan look over at the queen. "Oh, yes. You're of mixed-race, Harry. So am I," she says. "Many of her portraits tried to hide that fact, but this one is most authentic." She adds, telling Meghan, "Much like you."
It's a touching moment, but not all of it is true. Or, at least it hasn't been confirmed. Queen Charlotte was the great great-great grandmother of Queen Elizabeth. And Ramsey — that is, Sir Allen Ramsey — did indeed paint the most realistic portraits of Queen Charlotte, but the late queen's heritage isn't fully known. As Time reported, "historians aren't really sure."
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