Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s photographer friend shares arty black and white images of the couple as he reveals ‘lovely moments’ from behind the scenes at the Invictus Games

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s friend – who has photographed some of the couple’s most cherished family moments – has shared behind-the-scenes footage from this year’s Invictus Games.

Photographer Misan Harriman, 46, who captured Princess Lilibet’s first birthday at Frogmore Cottage for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, went to Instagram today to reveal ‘beautiful moments’ from the tournament in Germany.

One of the images showed Meghan looking proudly at Harry on stage as he practiced his final speech in a nearly empty room at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf in September.

Another captured the 42-year-old mother-of-two lovingly placing her hand on the Duke’s back as he chatted to guests, with the Duchess thinking she was wearing her £830 strapless Cult Gaia dress.

“Beautiful moments from this year’s @weareinvictusgames,” Mr. Harriman wrote in the caption of one of his posts.

Elsewhere, the couple are pictured in the audience clapping while dressed in all their finery, with Meghan looking glamorous in her sleeveless dress and Harry wearing a smart suit and shirt.

A final photo shared by Mr Harriman, who lives in London, showed the Duchess wearing a chic updo as she held hands with a competitor.

Meghan wears a trendy jacket paired with dazzling diamond earrings in the black and white photo.

Prince Harry, who served in the British Army for 10 years and completed two tours of Afghanistan, has created a Paralympic-style competition for wounded, sick and injured military personnel and veterans, with the first event taking place in 2014.

The week Heart of Invictus dropped on Netflix, Misan Harriman shared a somber black and white photo of Harry on his Instagram account and praised him.

Mr Harriman praised both the Duke and the Invictus Games themselves for helping to improve the lives of wounded veterans.

The photo, taken during the 2022 Invictus Games in the Netherlands, showed Prince Harry standing alone, wearing a black shirt.

Mr. Harriman wrote, “I am so proud of this man and the incredible space of healing that is (The Invictus Games).”

He continued: “Countless lives have been changed by the very real sense of community that Prince Harry has built through the Invictus Games.

‘I took this photo on the last day of last year’s competitions in The Hague. Empathy and purposefulness go a long way.’ He then posted several hashtags, including “mental health,” “be kind,” and “support our veterans.”

In September 2020, Mr Harriman, who has two daughters with Camilla Holmstroem, became the first black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover in its then 105-year history.

The activist-themed cover featured England footballer Marcus Rashford and model Adwoa Aboah, while Mr Harriman worked with a predominantly black team on set.

A year earlier, the Duchess of Sussex’s guest edited the September issue, traditionally the most important of the year for the magazine.

Photography is Harriman’s second career, having previously worked in finance, but he has proven prolific since stepping behind the lens.

He’s photographed everyone from Demi Lovato and Ed Harris to Elton’s husband David Furnish. Elton and David are old friends of Harry and Meghan.

The photographer told British Vogue during the couple’s second pregnancy announcement shoot that the Duchess of Sussex thanked him for helping her find love with Prince Harry, saying: ‘Meg reminded me that if I don’t meet her a mutual friend had suggested, she wouldn’t. met Harry. I am grateful for the small role I played.”

He was a wedding guest at their 2018 nuptials, and Harriman captured a birthday portrait of the couple’s one-year-old daughter Lilibet last year.

The Southbank Chair has released a series of three photos taken at an ‘informal, intimate backyard picnic’ hosted by the Sussexes at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor on June 4, 2022, after being one of just a handful of selected guests invited to attend the small meeting. , together with his wife and their two daughters.

Harry and Meghan put on an extraordinary red carpet display of flirtation and affection at the Invictus Games in their first official public appearance since May.

Body language expert Judi James told MailOnline that the tactile royals were reasserting themselves as a global ‘celebrity power couple’.

Their public displays of affection, after it emerged that Meghan had removed her engagement ring because a setting had come loose, came after friends of the couple ripped off speculation about their future in Hollywood and raised rumors of tensions behind the scenes.

Ms James said: ‘Meghan and Harry’s body language really seems to be signaling that the Harry and Meghan roadshow is back in the room.

‘It’s been a while since fans have been treated to some of their signature rituals of being together as a couple and as a professional double act, but they appear here and take the applause like celebrities with Harry back in his proud, protective drag pose. holding hands with a very excited looking Meghan.

“Their hand-wrapping is mutual, with Harry’s hand on top in a gesture of dominance and Meghan’s fingers curled up to show mutual affection as Harry leans in to talk to her.”

Harry had traveled to Dusseldorf alone after a stopover in London. He and his wife separately performed numerous solo events this summer.

Their last public appearance was in New York in May, when Meghan received a Women of Vision Award. Doria Ragland was also present.

In early August, Harry embarked on an all-boys Asian tour with his best friend Nacho Figueras, while his wife partied with friends while watching Taylor Swift in LA and stayed home to care for Archie and Lilibet.

But during the Invictus Games, Meghan and Harry had a nice time together.

It came amid rumors that Meghan is forcing a brand divorce from her husband after his best-selling book Spare, which contains many brutal attacks on his family, seemingly damaged their popularity in the US and Britain.