Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s photographer has released the original version of their pregnancy photoshoot to quell rumours of manipulation.
Harry and Meghan Markle were drawn into the Kate Middleton photo debacle following the withdrawal of the family photo by news agencies after they warned the snap had been ‘manipulated’.
Misan Harriman, the photographer behind the photos, has now posted the unedited JPEG online to stop the rumours, adding: ‘The original Jpeg without the black and white grade.’
It had initially been reported that Harry and Meghan had a tree added into the background of the photo – but Mr Harriman’s unaltered JPEG appears to counter this argument.
The Sussexes had been accused of being hypocrites after a source close to the couple told Page Six that the Photoshop mishap Kate made wasn’t a mistake Meghan would ‘ever make’.
Princess of Wales, who is recovering from abdominal surgery leading to wild speculation, recently apologised on social media after backlash over her edited photo debacle, saying she ‘occasionally experiments with editing’.
Now a podcast episode aired in 2021 has re-emerged, revealing that the black and white photo of Harry and pregnant Meghan in a garden was altered.
Mr Harriman had told the BBC Radio 3 Private Passions podcast ‘it’s amazing what you can do with technology’, adding that that the final image was a result of a ‘virtual shooting.’
Taken during the coronavirus pandemic, he told the couple how to pose before remotely ‘pressing the shutter’ while he was in a different location.
Prince Harry’s biographer Angela Leving criticised the couple, labelling ‘The Sussexes camp’ as ‘huge hypocrites’, The Sun said.
‘A tree was doctored in their photograph to create a special backdrop so how dare their camp say anything about Catherine’s’, the outlet reported.
She added that the criticism of Catherine has been ‘entirely unfair’.
News agencies issued ‘kill notices’ on Catherine’s Mother’s Day photo after they raised issues over strange hand and hair placement, Kate’s zip, lack of wedding ring and wonky steps among others.
The Sussexes were embroiled in a Photoshop saga in 2019 after they were accused of changing their 2019 Christmas card featuring Prince Archie’s face with the couple smiling on the background.
Eagle-eyed commentators claimed on social media that Meghan’s face had been edited because everything else was blurred while her face was sharp.
One claimed ‘Archie’s face was ‘also photo shopped,’ MailOnline reported.
A friend of the Sussexes rushed to quash rumours by posting the original family snap on her Instagram which appeared to be exactly the same photo and adding that she was ‘so proud to have taken the Christmas photo for one of my best friends and her family.’
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