Photo in trailer showing how Sussexes’ were pursued by press was actually taken at film premiere

A photograph used in the Netflix trailer of Harry and Meghan showing that they were allegedly chased by paparazzi was taken at a Harry Potter premiere five years before they met.

The image shows a host of photographers reportedly fighting for space to take sought after photos of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

However, the photographers were actually standing by the red carpet at the central London premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two, the final film in JK Rowling’s franchise.

The author was joined by the film’s three main stars, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, for the July 2011 release.

But the photograph was actually taken from photographers at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two in central London.

The photograph used in the Harry and Meghan Netflix trailer, which was released earlier this week.

Harry and Meghan attended a business and creative industries reception in October 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

That’s five years before Harry and Meghan first met in 2016.

The image shown as Harry narrates: “I had to do everything I could to protect my family.”

Royal expert Ingrid Seward said Sun: ‘I don’t imagine Harry would have noticed, but Netflix has been careless here, as it undermines Harry’s comment about protecting his family. This false image weakens the point of him.

It is understood that no members of the Royal Family attended the premiere.

Instead, the photograph appears first in search results for ‘paparazzi’ on the stock image website Alamy.

The first trailer for the six-part series dropped last week and it threatens to reveal more details about family difficulties.

The series is reportedly set to premiere on Thursday, and royal sources have already claimed they expect the show to be “weepier Oprah.”

But the Royal Family insists that the documentary will not lead them astray.

Contrary to claims that there are ‘crisis talks’ going on behind the scenes and plans to ‘fight back’ to another barrage of claims and accusations, the senior royals are planning a ‘business as usual approach’.

“We are not going to be blown off course by storms on the other side of the Atlantic,” a royal source told the Daily Mail sternly.

There’s a ‘here we go again’ feeling in every royal household about the couple’s new Netflix docuseries premiering Thursday.

The King and Queen Consort (pictured) have a busy week ahead of them with several important and long-planned engagements.

A slick trailer for the six-part series was released last week that threatens to reveal more details of family difficulties. Pictured: A photo from the trailer

The Mail on Sunday reported yesterday how the King and Queen Consort are ‘tired’ by the constant attacks from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Buckingham Palace sources said there was “growing frustration and exhaustion” at the barrage of complaints Harry and Meghan are relentlessly making publicly about their alleged treatment by members of the royal family.

But there is hope among the family that the ‘Sussex storm’ will blow itself out by the time the series ends and Harry’s next memoir is published in January.

“It’s probably going to be a rough few weeks, but really after that, what else can they have to say?” another informant asked.

‘It’s all going to start turning into a very ‘end of the dock’ show if they’re not careful, hawking the same complaints on talk shows and documentaries.