Prince Harry received unexpected public messages from his estranged royal relatives King Charles, Prince William and Kate Middleton on his 40th birthday.
They released a warm birthday message alongside a photo of the Duke of Sussex to celebrate his big day. However, shortly after, it was claimed that Meghan Markle had been cropped out of Harry's photo.
The 2018 image, which originally showed Harry and Meghan visiting a Dublin start-up, was edited to show only the Duke of Sussex on The Royal Family's Instagram and X accounts.
However, Getty Images has clarified that the photo is a pre-cropped image of a pool, noting that it is “standard practice” in photography and not intentionally edited by the Royal Family.
“It is common practice to crop images to obtain individual images, as has been done here,” they said. The mirror.
