Meghan And Harry's New Portraits Confuse People
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan at the Invictus Games 2023 in Düsseldorf
Meghan and Harry now also have new portraitsThe artwork can be very confusing at first glanceThey look very different
Artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, known as the youngest portrait painter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has unveiled a new series featuring Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan. These portraits, depicting the royals in historical English roles, may initially confuse many but offer a fascinating insight into the past.
Meghan and Harry: New portraits in an unusual style
One artwork, titled "Returning White Queen," features Meghan depicted as Elizabeth Woodville, who became Queen of England upon marrying King Edward in 1464.
Another work, titled "Spectre of the Bonny Prince," depicts Prince Harry as Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, the young pretender to the throne.
Llywelyn Hall told the Mirror: "In Harry's case, I have entered the story before he met Meghan the young party-goer with his future very much in the balance, a bit like the Bonnie Prince I have likened him to."
In 2012, at just 32, Llywelyn Hall was commissioned by the Welsh Rugby Union to create a portrait of the Queen, for which she sat at Windsor Castle. Since then, his royal portfolio has expanded to include a portrait celebrating Prince William's journey into fatherhood, a live painting of the late Queen's state funeral, and Prince Charles' coronation procession.
Llywelyn Hall has now created ten new portraits inspired by royal history for the Society of Antiquaries. Fellow artist Adam Dant has also contributed ten works to the collection.
The exhibition, entitled "The Reign," celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Society at Burlington House in London's Piccadilly. The artworks will be auctioned to fund the cataloguing and digitization of around 25,000 prints and drawings from the 18th and 19th centuries.