What Meghan Knew

WAS SHE REALLY AS IGNORANT ABOUT THE ROYAL FAMILY AS SHE SAID? NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS THE ACTRESS WAS WELL AWARE OF HER FUTURE SISTER-IN-LAW.

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ON numerous occasions, Meghan Markle has painted herself as almost comically naive about the royals. She told one interviewer she’d never Googled her future husband, Prince Harry, before they dated and that she didn’t grow up “knowing about the royal family.” She even made fun of her cluelessness during her awkward first meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth II. Describing her knowledge of British royalty as “Medieval Times, dinner and tournament” in the pair’s Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, the 41-year-old mimed the exaggeratedly deep curtsey she nervously gave the monarch. “‘Pleasure to meet you, Your Majesty,’” she said in a silly voice, then joked, “‘Was, was that OK?’ It was so intense .”

Royal watchers were not amused, sensing in the anecdote a lack of respect for the queen rather than the Suits actress’ self-deprecation. (Even Harry, 38, looked pained in the clip.) Now a 2014 blog post dishing on Kate, the Princess of Wales,