Meghan’s pal blasts 'Daily Mail' for editing the Sussexes' Christmas card

Right before Christmas, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan released their holiday card and it was a stunner. OK, technically, they didn't post it but the Queen's Commonwealth Trust shared the pic of Meghan, Harry and their son Archie on Twitter.Wishing their loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year along with a gorgeous family pic is a simple, kind and common gesture. One would think it would take a lot to come up with something negative to say about the Sussexes' Christmas card but leave it to some of those rock-bottom British outlets to work their evil sorcery (a.k.a. editing software) and find a way.In the original black-and-white photo, Archie is front and centre and appears to be crawling toward the camera as Meghan and Harry are behind him, watching and laughing. The lights on the Christmas tree behind the couple are animated to twinkle and it's lovely and modern. But some sites have been exaggerating Meghan's face to make it appear as though she's purposely trying to stand out, and that's not flying with the woman who took the photo. Actress Janina Gavankar, Meghan's longtime pal, took to Twitter to slam the outlet she suspects edited the Christmas card in the first place. First, Gavankar tweeted the original that was sent out to all those worthy of a card, adding how "proud" she was to have taken it.

So proud to have taken the Christmas photo for one of my best friends and her family. Here’s the original that was sent out. pic.twitter.com/75aGNPR88X

— janina gavankar (@Janina) December 25, 2019

Then, Janina put the Mail on blast, calling them out like a devoted, bad-ass bestie would do.

...and to The Mail, I see your campaign against my friend continues. Nice photoshop of my non-photoshopped image. Now may we all get back to the spirit of Christmas and not the spirit of maliciousness.

— janina gavankar (@Janina) December 25, 2019

If you want an idea exactly what those outlets did, Melissa Murray, a law professor at NYU, tweeted a pic of Meghan and Harry's actual Christmas photo along with the photos the Daily Mail, The Times and the BBC have been using and needless to say it's absolutely ridiculous. Murray pointed out how Meghan's face has been edited to appear "more prominent, fueling the narrative that she's attention-seeking," how out of control this whole situation is and well, this is just a drop in a gross, racist bucket.

The British media is OOC. The first photo is the Sussexes’ actual Xmas photo. The rest are the photos the British media are using, with MM’s face photoshopped to be more prominent, fueling the narrative that she’s attention-seeking. @BBC, @DailyMailUK, @thetimes, this is gross. pic.twitter.com/IGEkk3DvRW

— Melissa Murray (@ProfMMurray) December 24, 2019

As we already know, Harry and Meghan have had beef with the Mail for ages, rightfully so. The royal couple released a statement in early October where they revealed they were suing the Mail on Sunday over "relentless propaganda." Nutshell? Harry could no longer sit back and watch as the paper knowingly wrote "false and malicious" stories about Meghan time and time again. But clearly they don't take the legal action seriously.All Harry and Meghan wanted to do was to greet and send well wishes to their family and friends and charities over the holiday season but of course, that isn't scandalous enough. That's the world we live in and, sadly, bullies are gonna bully and haters will always find a way to hate. Thankfully, for Meghan, she has friends like Janina who are willing to fight for her.[video_embed id='-1']Meghan Markle shares her secret to being happy[/video_embed]