Portrait of Harry and Meghan added to National Gallery display

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The National Gallery has made a portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex part of its permanent collection.The black and white photograph was taken by friend to the royals Misan Harriman at the One Young World event in Manchester in September 2022, just a few days before the death of the Queen.The image depicts Harry and Meghan side by side before taking to the stage, as both look on in composure while holding hands.The esteemed photographer took to social media, who is “humbled and proud" at seeing his work in the gallery.

In an Instagram story video, he looks at the photo and says: I’m in the archive of the National Portrait Gallery. It never gets old that this extraordinary image of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is now part of the permanent collection.“As I’ve said before, I’m a dyslexic boy who never really believed that my mind was worth much and it’s in moments like this that I, I give the message to the rest of the world that maybe your kids or yourself can have a point of view, dare to dream and keep taking pictures.”Harriman has previously released the first birthday images of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Princess Lilibet, which shows her smiling and dressed in a pale blue frock with a white bow in her hair, and were captured at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.The National Portrait Gallery already houses prints by Alexi Lubomirski of Harry and Meghan on December 21 2017, which were released to official mark their engagement.Taken at Frogmore, the images show the couple in black and white and in colour holding each other.Fashion and celebrity photographer Lubomirski’s wedding prints from 2018 are also kept in the London museum’s collection along with the couple’s official photograph from the momentous