On Wednesday, a close associate of Meghan Markle issued a strongly-worded statement following the misidentification of a photograph from Prince Archie’s christening as digitally manipulated.
Misan Harriman, renowned for capturing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s second pregnancy announcement, took a stand to support another photographer. Chris Allerton came under scrutiny this week, though Getty has since retracted the note questioning the authenticity of his photograph.
Taking to social media, Misan shared a heartfelt message about the furore, writing: “I’ve just spoken to Chris Allerton, Getty Images should never have put that editor’s note on his image, I am sure @gettyimages will make a statement about this in due course.
“More importantly the newspapers should have spoken to him and Getty to be 100 percent sure BEFORE publishing what has now become a global non-story about his work. He’s a great photographer who doesn’t deserve any of this. Please leave this man alone.”
A few minutes later, he went on to share a screenshot of the news that Getty had removed the Editor’s Note, writing: “Statement made, please leave Chris Allerton alone.”
On Mother’s Day, the Prince and Princess of Wales posted a heartwarming picture featuring the Princess and the couple’s three children. However, the image was subsequently removed from photo agencies due to suspicions of manipulation.
Kate took the rare step of commenting on X, where she apologised for the confusion, writing: “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C.”
On Mother’s Day, the Prince and Princess of Wales posted a heartwarming picture featuring the Princess and the couple’s three children. However, the image was subsequently removed from photo agencies due to suspicions of manipulation.
Last week, Misan defended his photoshoot with the Sussexes, commenting in a video posted to X: “Apparently I was switching out trees and meadows. And I admitted to this in an episode of a podcast called Private Passions. This is crazy. I was interviewed, I think in 2022, by Michael Berkeley.”
“Michael asked me a few leading questions in this interview. What I mean by leading questions, it’s what some journalists do where they make a statement as fact and they hope you respond or add something to it. I get that a lot in regards to Harry and Meghan…”
In a clip from the interview, which he played for his followers, Michael asks Misan: “They weren’t actually under a willow tree, they were lying outside in a meadow, Harry and Meghan, when you took a photo of them?”
To which he replied: “They were lost in, in their life at home, in their garden, comfortable celebrating new joy, new life, the fortitude of hoping for light in life after such a loss that they went through with a miscarriage. And so it really was a particularly joyous image to celebrate life itself.”
