Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle in 2018 appeared to be a magical event but one photographer has revealed it was far from it. Arthur Edwards, 83, who has been snapping photos of the Royal Family since 1977, said that May 19, 2018, was rough — and it was Harry who made his job difficult that day. “The day was a miserable day.
I can tell you now — it was the worst royal engagement I ever did, royal wedding I ever did,” he told the . “Harry was determined to keep the newspapers away from it as much as possible.” Edwards explained that everything had to be done using long lenses, and had to use an 800mm lens while taking photos of guests arriving.
Meanwhile, photographers hired for the job were a mere “five feet away.” He added: “It was just hopeless.” Edwards detailed one opportunity he had to capture the newlyweds in their carriage after the wedding to greet the crowds outside St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle but when the couple went past him, they “looked the other way.
” Edwards felt it was “deliberate” that he and other photographers were “made to feel unwelcome.” He added: “It wasn’t just me. It was the whole of the British press, in many ways were badly treated.
” The claims of their wedding day comes a report that the Royal Family quietly removed from their website Harry’s groundbreaking 2016 statement that confirmed for the first time he was dating the actress. The statement from November of that year condemned the “.
