Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding photographer Alexi Lubomirski talks about new photo

The royal photographer behind Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding photos has spoken about the new picture released by the couple last week. 

On Wednesday the Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated two years of marriage, releasing a new black and white portrait as they laughed together in the grounds of Frogmore House. 

And following the release of the new snap, New York-based celebrity photographer Alexi Lubomirski, who captured their engagement and wedding pictures, revealed it was a candid ‘outtake’ captured in the rose garden. 

Describing them as the ‘happy couple’, he remembered how he was given three minutes to take informal pictures after the reception, resulting in the candid picture of Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38.

Taking to Instagram, Alex, who is a prince of the Polish House of Lubomirski, shared the snap and wrote: ‘Two years ago today, Kensington Palace called my phone, out of the blue, whilst I was sitting in a hospital waiting room, waiting for a family member to wake up after a 10 hour brain surgery, to ask if I would be interested in doing a project together.’

He continued: ‘Two weeks later, I was shooting the official engagement portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

‘The next year, I was shooting the official wedding portraits at Windsor castle. This is an outtake from the Rose garden where we were given 3 minutes to take some informal pictures of the happy couple after the wedding reception. Happy memories! X p.s. the family member is doing great!’.

New York-based celebrity photographer Alexi Lubomirski, seen with his wife at their wedding in 2018, who captured their engagement and wedding pictures remembered how he was given three minutes to take informal pictures after the reception, resulting in the candid picture of Harry, 35, and Meghan, 38.

Last week Harry and Meghan posted the snap to their Sussex Royal account, writing: ‘On this day, two years ago: 27th of November 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced the news of their engagement, later becoming Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex!’

Adding a heart emoji, they concluded: ‘They have since celebrated their wedding anniversary and welcomed their son, Archie, into the world’.

The couple tied the knot at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on 19 May 2018.

Mr Lubomirski was chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to photograph their wedding after taking their official engagement portraits.

Taking to Instagram, Alex, who is a prince of the Polish House of Lubomirski, shared the snap and wrote: ‘Two years ago today, Kensington Palace called my phone, out of the blue, whilst I was sitting in a hospital waiting room, waiting for a family member to wake up after a 10 hour brain surgery, to ask if I would be interested in doing a project together.’

The father-of-two, who was born in the UK, was a protégé of Mario Testino who was beloved by Harry’s mother Princess Diana and photographed William and Kate when they got engaged in 2010.

The star photographer is also a prince of the Polish House of Lubomirski, whose royal lineage stretches back 500 years on his father’s side and gives him the title: ‘His Serene Highness’.

He attended the royal wedding on Saturday with his wife Giada before stepping behind the scenes with Harry and Meghan to capture their official portraits.

Alexi is a firm favorite with celebrities, and has shot cover stars such as Angelina Jolie, Julianne Moore, Beyonce, Demi Moore, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez, Selma Hayek, Katy Perry, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Emilia Clarke, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Scarlett Johansson.

 On the day itself, Alexi recalls ‘practically screaming’ at the lovebirds to hold the ‘perfect’ frame, after asking Prince Harry to wrap his bride-to-be up in his coat on the winter’s day at Frogmore House – which would later serve as their wedding reception venue.