prince harry And meghan markle‘s netflix documentaries It hasn’t even hit the small screen yet, but its two brief trailers are already creating controversy.
However, that has nothing to do with what the royal couple are planning to reveal during the highly anticipated documentary. Instead, Netflix, as well Duke and Duchess of Sussexis being accused of using “misleading” stock footage and photos in the two teasers.
The trailers paint a picture of the prince and his wife’s constant infighting at the hands of the press following their 2018 wedding – a factor they say led to their decision to step back as working members of the royal family and move to California. Pursue a more personal life on your own terms.
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According to BBC, at least three pictures It is believed to be derived from the events used in the trailers. nothing to do with harry and meghan, Also, there have been allegations of deceptive cropping of at least one photo and use of a video to create the illusion of press intrusion, if in fact, the photographer who captured the footage was invited and known to the couple. used to go.
Neither the couple nor Netflix have publicly addressed or commented on these recent allegations.
UK newspaper The Sun first reported that an image used in the first trailer, which shows a large group of photographers with long camera lenses possibly shooting a royal eventwas actually from the movie premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two In 2011, long before Harry and Meghan met.
This photo, taken at the premiere of the 2011 film, is featured in the ‘Harry & Meghan’ trailer, but has nothing to do with the couple.
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Harry delivers a line in the trailer just before the image flashes on the screen: “I had to do everything I could to protect my family,” he says, giving the impression that this photo is in a royal context. There was a group of photographers taking pictures.
Doug Seaberg, a photographer for The Sun seen in the photo, told the publication that There were no royals at the event that day.
“In the Netflix trailer, it’s implied that photographers, including me, were trying to get a shot of the royal couple — but that’s bullshit,” Seaberg said.
second trailer also projects a questionable imagea royal editor at the Evening Standard said on Twitter.
Robert Jobson tweeted an image featured in the trailer, which shows a photographer taking a picture of the Duke and Duchess from above.
Jobson said the image was taken by a member of the accredited press pool during Harry and Meghan’s visit to Cape Town in 2019.
“This photo used by @Netflix and Harry and Meghan to suggest intrusion by the press is a utter mockery,” he wrote. “H&M agreed to the position. I was there.”
BuzzFeed also reports that there is a short clip of footage purporting to highlight the couple’s controversial relationship with the media. actually stock video Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, boards a vehicle to be taken to jail on May 6, 2019.
Plus, the outlet reports that another clip of footage from the second trailer, intended to depict paparazzi harassing the couple, was actually taken when the former Model Katie Price appeared in a UK court Will be sentenced for drunk driving in 2021. In the footage, Harry can be heard saying in a voiceover, “I was terrified. I didn’t want history to repeat itself.”
Twitter user @Urban_Pictures also pointed out that the Price footage was flipped horizontally.
FINALLY, a photo that appears to push Harry and Markle into the fringes of the Royal Family is cropped The Telegraph reports to support the allegation of Harry’s “family hierarchy”.
Cropped photo taken during Trooping the Color in 2019, where much of the extended royal family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch an RAF flypast, Prince William and Kate Middleton are shown at the center of the photo.
However, the newspaper saw, that day the family arranged Not What It Looks Like In The Netflix Trailer, Rather, Queen Elizabeth II was the center of the original photo and Harry and Meghan were actually standing closer to her than William and Kate.
The Netflix crop appears above and the original picture as it was taken appears below.
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After all these allegations, it is certain that royal watchers will be closely scrutinizing and scrutinizing all the footage involved. Harry and Meghan documentary When It Begins Streaming December 8 on Netflix.
Royal biographer Angela Levin told The Scottish Sun include misleading imagery left him “speechless”.
“It turns your stomach. Why do that? Are they trying to pretend the crowd and the crowd are coming to see them? What are they saying?” She told the publication, it is very likely that Harry and Meghan were given a chance to review the trailers before they were released.
“They complain that the press is manipulating things and not telling the truth and here they are doing exactly that, It’s just plain stupid,” Levin said. “They’re putting their entire reputation at risk. He must assume that we are all fools and that we would not dare to look at the pictures he has got because he has put them there.
Royal expert Ingrid Seward defended the couple, saying they may not have realized the images were from events they were not involved in. She admitted that using misleading imagery”undermines harry’s comment About protecting your family.
Netflix promises “the series explores the secret days of their early courtship and the challenges that forced him to step back from his full-time roles at the organization.
“With comments from friends and family, most of whom have never before spoken publicly about what they saw, and historians who discuss the state of the British Commonwealth today and The Royal Family’s Relationship with the PressThe series does more than highlight a couple’s love story, it paints a picture of our world and how we treat each other.
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