Meghan Markle's photographer says pair have had a 'wild journey' together - and insists the duchess isn't afraid of getting 'her hands dirty'

Daily Mail​

22-04-2025

The Duchess of Sussex's photographer has opened up on their 'wild journey' together.
Toronto-born Jake Rosenberg, who has enjoyed a close friendship with the Duchess of Sussex, 43, for over a decade, worked with the Montecito-based mother-of-two for the recent launch of her lifestyle brand, photographing images for As Ever's website.
It's a job that Jake not only found straightforward due to Meghan's creative abilities but one he held close to his heart because the work feels like 'two friends hanging out,' he told People.
In conversation with the outlet, Jake explained that, when working with Meghan, it feels like a straightforward process without external forces fighting to input their ideas, saying, 'It's just a really nice moment for us to have together to capture authentic, genuine moments.'
Jake, who attended Meghan's royal wedding in 2018 and entered the venue alongside Oprah Winfrey, listed a time he worked with Meghan and her daughter Lilibet, three, for the As Ever homepage, as one of those natural, genuine moments which he captured.
While the photographs often come out shining, Jake explained that it's the direct result of hard work and that the duchess isn't afraid of getting 'her hands dirty' to produce the images.
Jake added that it's been a 'wild journey' for the pair to get to where they are today, adding that her latest business venture feels like Meghan is 'getting back to her roots', which, for Jake, 'feels like the good old days'.
The photographer revealed his closeness with Meghan once again last week after posting a selfie of them together with the caption, 'Always a beautiful day shooting with @Meghan @AsEverOfficial'.
Elsewhere, when the mother-of-two launched her Instagram account at the start of 2025, Jake shared a photo of the duchess to 'welcome' her back on the platform after a six-year hiatus.
He said at the time: 'Always love capturing these moments together - What a way to start the year!'.
Following the sell-out As Ever launch, Meghan and Prince Harry whisked their children away on a celebratory Spring holiday.
The Duchess of Sussex celebrated her recent business ventures - including her Netflix cookery show, launch of her As Ever products and recent podcast - with a family trip away.
According to People Magazine, the family has enjoyed a 'sunsoaked getaway' with Archie, five, and Lilibet, three - though the exact destination was not confirmed.
Insiders also told the outlet that the couple's two children are the 'centre of their happy bubble' back at home in Montecito in California.
'The kids are adorable. They're incredibly smart, articulate, and fun,' the source told the outlet.
Elsewhere in the magazine cover, which hits shelves on April 28, insiders close to Prince Harry said his rift with the Royal Family is deepening – claiming he was left in the dark about his father King Charles's cancer battle.
The Duke of Sussex's calls to family members, including his elder brother Prince William, are also ignored, the reports suggested.
People magazine in the US quotes sources close to Harry as describing the ongoing 'strained' relationship with his father five years after the Duke and his wife Meghan Markle quit frontline royal duties and moved to California.
The Pro-Sussex magazine has increasingly been given access to the couple over recent months, with Meghan even giving an interview ahead of the launch of With Love, Meghan in March - where she declared she wasn't 'an influencer'.
Palace insiders were also quoted on the estrangement since so-called 'Megxit' in 2020 – with the last face-to-face encounter between Charles and Harry being a 30-minute meeting in February last year.
Elsewhere, sources close to the Duke have told of his calls and letters to relatives being left unanswered.
And he is said to have only known his father the King was recently admitted to hospital on March 27 through media reports rather than being told directly.
Harry spent some time in the UK earlier this month, attending a hearing at London 's High Court in his continuing battle over financing personal protection officers.
His legal team is arguing that he, Meghan, and their two children, are not safe to come to Britain.
Meghan has been increasingly showing her children on social media as she launches her various business endeavours.
However, it has been suggested that Meghan and Harry have different views about sharing their two children on social media.
On a recent episode of Hello! magazine's Right Royal podcast, Matt Wilkinson, the royal editor of The Sun, said Harry took a much more cautious approach to posting their children online.
'My understanding of this is that, up to a certain stage, Harry would much rather his children were not seen,' Matt said.
He added: 'Whereas Meghan grew up in California, she once said she would like to have a more California style lifestyle, take them down the beach, go out, do stuff. She doesn't want to hide them away.'
He noted that the Duchess does not share her children's faces in images and videos she posts - something the panel said Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie also do when it comes to images of their children.
For example, one of her posts, shared several days before the launch of her Netflix show, showed Meghan and her three-year-old daughter joined by 'Auntie' Serena Williams, with the trio playing a game of Candy Land.
Another video the Duchess shared featured Archie's voice, as he helped her to water some plants.
Elsewhere in the court case, Harry's barrister claimed the prince must have his full taxpayer-funded bodyguards restored when in the UK because his 'life is at stake'.
The prince says he was 'singled out' for 'inferior treatment' when the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) stripped him of his top-level security in February 2020 after he moved out of the UK.
But Sir James Eadie KC, representing the Home Office, said it had discretion to strip his guaranteed full time police security without consulting the Risk Management Board quango.
People magazine suggested insiders close to the Duke feel Charles is intentionally staying distant – partly to avoid being embroiled in questions over security.
After this month's hearing, Harry left the UK secretly and without informing Buckingham Palace early last Thursday.
He was then understood to have landed at an unnamed airport in Poland ahead of a surprise visit to Ukraine.
He was given a police escort to and from the Polish border and former Ukrainian military personnel accompanied him to the Superhumans rehabilitation centre in Lviv where he met adults and children who have been injured since war broke out in 2022.
His visit came after last month.