{"id":150874,"date":"2022-12-07T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-defend-doc-trailer-using-stock-footage\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:33:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:33:10","slug":"prince-harry-meghan-markle-defend-doc-trailer-using-stock-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-defend-doc-trailer-using-stock-footage\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle defend doc trailer using stock footage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have come forward to say using stock images and footage is \u201cstandard practice\u201d when making documentaries.<\/p>\n

The former royals came under fire when viewers realized that a photo showing them being bombarded by press in the trailer for Netflix’s \u201cHarry & Meghan\u201d was actually snapped at a \u201cHarry Potter\u201d premiere that took place years before they even met.<\/p>\n

Another piece of footage was filmed outside a Katie Price court case, which was used as Harry narrated, \u201cI was terrified, I didn’t want history to repeat itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou use stock images to tell a story,\u201d a source familiar with the project told the Telegraph. \u201cIt’s not meant to be literal in a trailer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The source added that Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, had no editorial control of the trailer but said the choice of footage was \u201cstandard practice in documentary and trailer production.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A source close to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has come out to defend the use of stock footage in the trailer for \u201cHarry & Meghan.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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Reps for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Netflix didn’t immediately return Page Six’s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

British royal correspondent Robert Jobson accused the couple of faking the dramatic footage Monday and clarified that one of the more serious moments photographed in the trailer was actually taken during a highly controlled, press-approved event.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis photograph used by @Netflix and Harry and Meghan to suggest intrusion by the press is a complete travesty,\u201d Jobson tweeted<\/a>. \u201cIt was taken from an accredited pool at Archbishop Tutu’s residence in Cape Town. Only 3 people were in the accredited position. H & M agreed the position. I was there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the first two trailers, the couple describe royal life as a \u201cdirty game\u201d and use footage of Princess Diana and Kate Middleton being hounded by photographers while they talk about \u201cthe pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHarry & Meghan\u201d will release its first three episodes on Thursday, Dec. 8. The next three will stream on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n