Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s photographer for Archie’s christening reacts to editing accusations

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public’s trust in the UK’s royal family continues to decline as another photo from the Firm has been flagged as “digitally enhanced.”Getty Images recently noted that the photo of the Windsor clan at Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s son Archie’s July 2019 christening was also altered.The photographer of the portrait, Chris Allerton, denied the allegation to the Daily Mail on Wednesday.He said that the idea that he would edit the photo in a manipulative way “was a load of cobblers.”The English phrase is a slang term that means “nonsense.”Allerton explained to the publication that the photo needed “the very minimal tuning” to its coloring, and how his camera was set up beforehand in an effort to shoot “a relaxed and pleasing moment quickly and efficiently for them.”The image featured the Duke and Duchess of Sussex holding their then-2-month-old son, as they sat alongside King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Markle’s mother Doria Ragland, as well as the late Princess Diana’s sisters, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale.“Getty Images is undertaking a review of handout images and, in accordance with its editorial policy, is placing an editor’s note on images where the source has suggested they could be digitally enhanced,” the photo agency’s rep told the Daily Mail.The “Suits” star, 42, and the Invictus Games founder’s friend Misan Harriman took to social media to defend Allerton.“I’ve just spoken to Chris Allerton, Getty Images should never have put that editors note on his image, I am sure,” Harriman wrote on X.The Nigerian-British photographer has often snapped images of the Sussexes, including one iconic pic of a pregnant Markle looking up lovingly at Harry, 39, in 2021.Harriman added.