Photographer Misan Harriman defends his pal Prince Harry amid criticism over his claims concerning the royals in new Invictus Video games documentary – saying he is ‘proud’ of the Duke’s work

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s pal who has photographed a few of the couple’s most cherished household moments has mentioned he is ‘proud’ of the Duke for his new Netflix sequence.

Within the week that Coronary heart of Invictus was launched on the streaming service, Misan Harriman shared a brooding black and white photograph of Harry, 38, on his Instagram account and heaped reward upon him.

Mr Harriman, 46, who photographed key household moments for the Sussexes, together with Princess Lilibet’s first birthday celebration, praised each the Duke and the Invictus Video games itself for its contribution to bettering the lives of injured veterans.

The photograph, which was taken through the 2022 Invictus Video games in The Netherlands, reveals Prince Harry standing alone whereas wearing a black shirt. As he appears to be like up, he reveals the leather-based necklace with a silver pendant he has lengthy cherished which he first started carrying in 2004 when he was relationship Chelsy Davy.

The publish comes amid criticism over a few of Prince Harry’s claims within the documentary – together with that he was supplied little psychological well being assist after coming back from Afghanistan.

Misan Harriman, knowledgeable photographer and pal to the Sussexes, posted a brooding photograph of Prince Harry on Instagram and praised him for founding the Invictus Video games after the Duke’s new Netflix sequence Coronary heart of Invictus premiered

Mr Harriman, who is predicated in London, wrote: ‘I’m so pleased with this man and the unimaginable house of therapeutic that’s [The Invictus Games].’ 

He continued: ‘Numerous lives have been modified by means of the very actual sense of neighborhood that Prince Harry has constructed with the Invictus Video games.

‘I took this image on the final day of final years video games in The Hague. Empathy and objective can go an extended, great distance.’ 

He then posted a number of hashtags together with ‘psychological well being’, ‘be form’ and ‘assist our veterans’.

Whereas many followers have gone wild for Prince Harry’s new documentary and the heartbreaking tales of injured veterans which are featured, others have taken concern with the Duke’s obvious swipes at his household. 

The Duke of Sussex instructed the sequence that coming dwelling from the battle in Afghanistan in 2008 triggered the trauma of shedding his mom Princess Diana however ‘nobody round me actually may assist’.

That is regardless of Harry beforehand praising his brother Prince William and several other shut buddies for looking for to steer him to have remedy to cope with the affect of his mom’s loss of life.

Talking on a podcast with Bryony Gordon in 2017, he recalled how they instructed him: ‘Look, you actually need to cope with this. It isn’t regular to assume that nothing has affected you.’

Chatting with the Mad World podcast on the time, the Duke claimed his struggles with psychological well being have been ‘not Afghanistan-related’, however have been attributable to him having to course of the loss of life of his mom, Princess Diana, within the public eye 20 years earlier.

In September 2020, Mr Harriman, who has two daughters with Camilla Holmstroem, turned the primary black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cowl in its then-105-year historical past.

The Duke of Sussex takes viewers behind the scenes of the 2022 Invictus Video games at The Hague in The Netherlands within the sequence

Mr Harriman (pictured) has captured a number of cherished moments within the Sussexes’ household lives, together with Princess Lilibet’s first birthday celebration

The activist-themed cowl featured England footballer Marcus Rashford and mannequin Adwoa Aboah, with Mr Harriman working with a predominantly black workforce on set.

A 12 months earlier than, the Duchess of Sussex visitor edited the September concern, which is historically the journal’s most vital of the 12 months.

Images is Harriman’s second profession, after beforehand working in finance however he is proved prolific since getting behind the lens.

He is photographed everybody from Demi Lovato and Ed Harris to Elton’s husband David Furnish. Elton and David are longtime buddies of Harry and Meghan.

The photographer instructed British Vogue on the couple’s second being pregnant announcement shoot that the Duchess of Sussex had thanked him for serving to her discover love with Prince Harry, saying: ‘Meg jogged my memory that had I not launched her to a mutual pal then she would not have met Harry. I am grateful for no matter small half I performed’

He was a marriage visitor at their nuptials in 2018, and Harriman captured a birthday portrait of the couple’s one-year-old daughter Lilibet’s birthday celebrations final 12 months.

The Southbank Chair launched a sequence of three photographs taken at a ‘informal, intimate yard picnic’ hosted by the Sussexes at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor on June 4th 2022, having been invited to attend the small gathering as considered one of only a handful of choose visitors, alongside his spouse and their two daughters.