Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have faced some serious backlash following the trailer’s release of their Netflix documentary in particular the falsified paparazzi footage which has been defended by representatives.
The trailer featured black-and-white videos of paparazzi from the event which did not involve the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Representatives have claimed using stock footage is “standard practice.”
(Image: Netflix)Representatives of the couple have come forward to defend the use of stock images and videos as it is a “standard practice in documentary and trailer production.”
A source familiar with the documentary’s production has confirmed to The Telegraph UK that the former royals do no have editorial control of the trailers.
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“You use stock images to tell a story,” they said.
“It’s not meant to be literal in a trailer.”
“It’s a dirty game,” Prince Harry said in the trailer.
(Image: Netflix)The stock footage was sourced from Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen being photographer in the US and outside a Katie Price court case.
Another stock video which sparked the controversy was a hoard of photographers at the premier of a Harry Potter film in 2011. Meghan and Prince Harry did not meet until July 2016.
The British royal family have been preparing for the claims made in the documentary, however a source in contact with a Netflix production insider told The Mirror that it will be “worse than the royals can imagine.”
“I’m told that it’s going to be utterly explosive and will be very damaging.”
The six-part series is expected to be an intimate retelling of their early courtship, according to Australian Women’s Weekly’s editor-at-large Juliet Rieden after speaking with the ABC.
But will also explore a darker side to royalty including the media, their relationship with the press and the challenges they faced after feeling “forced” to step back from their position as senior working royals.
In the teaser trailer, Prince Harry said: “No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors. I had to do everything I could to protect my family.”
When Meghan added: “When the stakes were this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?”
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