Piers Morgan has backed royal journalist Robert Jobson as he slammed an apparent suggestion that the press 'intruded' on Meghan and Harry during their tour of South Africa in their documentary trailer.
The Netflix doc's trailer uses stock footage of a photographer taking a photo of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their son Archie, who was born in March 2019, as they made their way to Archbishop Tutu’s residence in Cape Town during their royal tour in 2019.
In the trailer for the bombshell documentary, which is set to be released tomorrow, Harry and Meghan discuss the "leaking" and "planting" of stories as the image was shown.
Harry, 38, said: "Everything changed. There's a hierarchy of the family – there's leaking but there's also planting of stories."
Meghan, 41, and Harry have been vocal about their concerns the press have intruded on their personal lives in the past.
But, now royal journalist Robert Jobson has slammed the apparent depiction in the Netflix documentary that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were "intruded" on during their visit to Archbishop Tutu's residence in 2019.
He tweeted an image of the moment used by the Netflix documentary, which is set to hit screens tomorrow, and wrote: "This photograph used by @Netflix and Harry and Meghan to suggest intrusion by the press is a complete travesty. It was taken from a accredited pool at Archbishop Tutu’s residence in Cape Town. [sic]
"Only 3 people were in the accredited position. H & M agreed the position. I was there."
Piers shared his backing of Robert as he retweeted his post with an emoji pointing to the tweet.
The royal expert then added in a later tweet: "The photographer was accredited and in accredited position signed off by the palace and Harry and Meghan themselves."
Robert later posted a photo of Meghan, Harry and Archie sitting down with Archbishop Tutu and wrote: "This shot by me @theroyaleditor from the same accredited pool position on my iPhone was taken at Archbishop Tutu’s Cape Town residence.
"There was no intrusion. I was part of a 3 person UK palace pool. Nobody else was allowed in and we shared the words and photos with the UK Media".
The upcoming documentary has also come under criticism for allegedly using other photos and footage in misleading ways.
In the first trailer, a photograph of a pool of paparazzi appears as Harry says he "had to do everything I could to protect my family".
But, the image is said to have been taken at a Harry Potter premiere, five years before Meghan and Harry met.
Royal expert Ingrid Seward told T he Sun: "I don’t imagine Harry would have realised, but Netflix have been careless here as it weakens Harry’s comment about protecting his family. This fake picture weakens his point."
Meanwhile, the second trailer appeared to show footage from Katie Price's trial.
In the clip Meghan says in a voiceover: "I realised, they're never going to protect you," as the paparazzi are seen snapping photos.
Soon afterwards, cameramen are seen flocking to take pictures – only it appears that they may not have actually been taking pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as the footage is understood to have been of paps waiting for Katie Price outside Crawley Magistrates Court in December last year.
A second of the trailer also features reporters pursuing former President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen.
He was surrounded by photographers as he left his New York apartment in 2019 to serve time in prison for financial crimes, campaign finance violations and lying to Congress.
Harry & Meghan is due to be released on Netflix on Monday December 7
