Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s Christmas card for this year – much like the ones they’ve sent every year since their 2018 wedding – has unsurprisingly been picked apart on social media.
Not only was the Duchess of Sussex’s sheer white dress slammed, with some critics calling it tacky, and others accusing her of copying one of the late Princess Diana‘s infamous see-through outfits, but Meghan was also criticized for not appearing to brush Princess Lilibet’s hair ahead of the outdoor photoshoot.
And now, another detail is being talked about online – one which the royal family has had plenty of experience dealing with in the past…
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Was Prince Harry And Meghan Markle's 2025 Christmas Card Badly Photoshopped?
In addition to the aforementioned criticisms, many people on social media also believe that the Sussexes Christmas card, which was taken on a bridge surrounded by gorgeous greenery in a park, may have been Photoshopped. And not particularly well…
The thing that gives it away takes place around Prince Harry's head. On first glance, there seems to be a strange smudge or lightened patch that makes it look like the Invictus Games founder has a bald spot or thinning hair above the hairline. But on closer inspection, eagle-eyed social media users believe it may simply be a case of overzealous retouching, rather than an actual hair (or lack thereof) issue.
Some social media users have suggested that the lighting could have been uneven in the outside shoot and then was altered digitally, while others believe a Photoshop clone stamp tool was used to smooth out the greenery in the background, accidentally overlapping with Prince Harry's head in the process. The result is what looks like a faint orb, circular smudge, or floating patch of scalp that doesn't quite match the rest of his hair, making the edit far more noticeable than intended.
Internet Reactions
As expected, social media was full of opinions! Some royal fans did actually like parts of the picture – yes, really! – but many others couldn't look past the editing blunder. "Besides harry very balding head it all looks very cute," commented one Reddit user. "Beautiful picture, but something is off about the editing," echoed a second.
"What happened with the editing?" asked a third confused Reddit user, adding: "The back of Harry's head is missing above the hairline." A fourth chimed in: "What had happened to this poor man's head in post? Why is there an orb? Poor guy lol."
"He may need to have that indent looked at," quipped a fifth, as a sixth questioned: "Did they add a branch to cover his bald spot?" Several other Reddit users attempted to clear a few things up, with a seventh noting: "Bad use of Photoshop's clone stamp tool."
"Looks like they used the stamp tool in Photoshop. The chunk of head floating above his head when you zoom in," concurred an eighth, as a ninth weighed in: "There is what appears to be a near perfect circle smudge that looks like someone was using the cloning tool in Photoshop."
