Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s friend Misan Harriman is speaking out following accusations that he doctored the photo that the couple shared to announce they were expecting their second child, Princess Lilibet.
On Wednesday, the professional photographer posted the original picture of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Instagram he took during a remote photo session in 2021 when Meghan was pregnant with their daughter, now 2, to denounce a Daily Mail report that he manipulated the image.
Harriman revealed the shot in color for the first time, along with the metadata backing up that he took the intimate portrait on an Apple iPad. On Valentine’s Day in 2021, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their pregnancy news with a black-and-white snap that was taken remotely by Harriman, their friend and longtime photographer. A smiling (and barefoot) Prince Harry looked lovingly at Meghan who cradled her baby bump as she laid in his lap.
“The original Jpeg without the black and White grade, I expect a full apology and retraction from @dailymail @telegraph,” Harriman captioned the post on Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, there’s been an article on the Daily Mail, saying that I have admitted to doctoring the pregnancy announcement portrait I took of Harry and Meghan,” Harriman began an address shared to social media. “Apparently, I was switching out trees and meadows…this is crazy.”
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