‘Harry & Meghan’ documentary trailer accused of using ‘misleading’ footage – National

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix documentary hasn’t even hit the small screen yet, but its two short trailers have sparked controversy.

However, it has nothing to do with what the royal couple plan to reveal in the highly anticipated documentary series. Instead, Netflix, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are being accused of using “misleading” footage and images in the two trailers.

Each trailer paints a picture of the relentless encroachment the prince and his wife faced at the hands of the press following their 2018 wedding – a factor they say led to the decision. retired as a working member of the Royal Family and moved to California to live. pursue a more private life on their own terms.

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According to the BBC, at least three of the images used in the trailer are believed to be from events that have nothing to do with Harry and Meghan. In addition, there have been allegations of cropping at least one photo and using the video to create the illusion of press intrusion when, if fact, the photographer who captured the footage was invited and known. to the couple.

Neither the couple nor Netflix have addressed or commented publicly on the recent accusations.

British newspaper The Sun first reported that an image used in the first trailer shows a large group of photographers with long camera lenses, presumably to capture a royal event. , actually from the movie premiere Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two in 2011, long before Harry and Meghan met.

Harry offers a line in the trailer, just before the image flashes on the screen: “I have to do everything I can to protect my family,” he said, giving the impression that it was a group of photographers. Photographer is taking pictures in royal setting.

A photographer from The Sun, Doug Seeburg, was seen in the photo and told the publication that no royals attended the event that day.

Seeburg said: “In the Netflix trailer, it’s implied that photographers, myself included, are trying to photograph the royal couple – but that’s pointless.

Second trailer there is also a suspicious imagea royal editor at the Evening Standard said on Twitter.

Robert Jobson tweeted an image in the trailer, showing a photographer taking pictures of the Duke and Duchess from above.

Jobson said the image was taken by a member of the accredited press team during Harry and Meghan’s visit to Cape Town in 2019.

“This photo was used by @Netflix and Harry and Meghan to imply press intrusion is a complete farce,” he wrote. “H&M agreed to this view. I was there.”

Buzzfeed also pointed out that a short film intended to highlight the couple’s controversial relationship with the media is actually a pre-made video of Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, getting in a car to be taken to prison. on May 6, 2019.

Additionally, the outlet reports that another clip from the second trailer, intended to illustrate the paparazzi harassing the couple, was actually filmed when former model Katie Price appeared in court in the United Kingdom to be convicted. sentence for drunk driving in 2021. Through the video, Harry can hear the voiceover saying, “I was scared. I don’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 show Harry and Markle being demoted to the edge of the Royal Family was cropped to support Harry’s accusations of “hierarchy of the family”, the Telegraph reported.

The cropped photo, taken during Trooping the Color in 2019, in which the majority of the Royal Family appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the RAF flight, shows Prince William and Kate Middleton in the center of the picture. image.

However, the newspaper found, the family’s arrangement that day was not the same as in the Netflix trailer. Instead, Queen Elizabeth II is at the center of the original photo, and Harry and Meghan actually stand closer to her than William and Kate.

After all these accusations, it is certain that royal watchers will dissect and scrutinize all the footage in the film. Harry & Meghan documentary when it begins streaming on Netflix on December 8.

Royal biographer Angela Levin told The Scottish Sun that the inclusion of deceptive images left her “speechless”.

“It turns your stomach. Why do that? Are they trying to pretend there’s a crowd and a lot of people are coming to see them? What are they saying?” she told the publication, adding that it’s very likely Harry and Meghan had a chance to review the trailers before they were released.

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Trailer ‘Harry & Meghan’

“They complain about the press manipulating everything and not telling the truth and here they are doing exactly that. That’s stupid,” Levin added. “They are risking their entire reputation. They must have thought we were all idiots and we didn’t dare to check the pictures they had because they put them there.”

Royal expert Ingrid Seward defended the couple, saying they may not have realized the images were from events where they were not present. She has admitted that the use of the misleading image “undermines Harry’s remarks about protecting his family.”

Netflix promises “a series that explores the secret days of their early courtship and the challenges that made them feel compelled to step back from their full-time roles in the organization.”

With commentary from friends and family, most of whom have never spoken publicly about what they witnessed, historians discuss the state of the British Commonwealth today and Royal’s relationship with the press, this series does more than shed light on a couple’s love. story, it paints a picture of our world and how we treat each other.”

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