The royal family remains ‘unified’ amid bombardment of Harry and Meghan docuseries

The royal family is standing together and staying ‘unified’ amidst Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s exciting docuseries.

Longtime royal photographer Arthur Edwards told Page Six EXCLUSIVELY that he thinks Harry can say whatever he likes, but “it wouldn’t change anything” for the family.

Edwards, 82, who has been taking portraits of the royal family since 1977, recently attended the “Royal Carols: Together for Christmas” gala at Westminster Abbey where the family, including King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, they walk down the aisle together.

“They came together down the aisle, and both families gave the whole message to anyone they wanted to know: This family is united,” he says.

Edwards looks sad when talking about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step down as senior royals.

“Meghan greeted me. She has to be honest. I think she was a rock star,” he tells us. “I thought it would really take off because we covered the first 18 months, and it was a whirlwind…and it was exciting.”

The photographer also points out that Harry, 38, was beloved by the British public.

“He was just a really special kind of guy,” he says. “You know, he wasn’t the most brilliant tool in the school hut. But I mean, he’s gone on to achieve a lot, and he’s done two tours of duty in Afghanistan, which is admirable.

But Edwards reveals the intimate relationship Harry had with the paparazzi, including taking them out for drinks at the end of royal outings, which was abruptly interrupted when he married Markle, 41.

“And then Megan came and went all of a sudden and stopped,” he reveals. “She didn’t want to meet with us. We asked three times. She didn’t want to know. Now I suspect she had an agenda and that was always the plan.”

Edwards stresses that he “loved working” with Harry and will “miss him very much” but is clearly disappointed by “Harry and Meghan” and Harry’s upcoming memoir, “Spear”, due out next month.

“There’s probably some not-so-nice story about the royal family in it,” he theorized.

“But he can’t keep doing that. You can’t keep attacking family. You know, there has to be something else… Why not use that platform to promote his charities? He has some amazing charities that he sponsors. Invictus Games and Help Senetable Aid Children in Africa in Finding Schools and (Learning) to Read and Write”.

He also adds that Harry is a patron of the WellChild charity, which works with seriously ill children and their carers, and has watched firsthand how the Duke interacts with “really sick children”.

“And so I can’t feel bad for Harry,” he continues. “I look for the good in people, not the bad and he’s basically a very good person.

But Edwards is disappointed that Harry has decided to publish “The Rows of His Family”.

“You keep it in the family,” he says. “That’s what he should have done. If you have an argument, you keep it in the family and you sort it out. (For) putting it out on the world stage in his movie, Just for the Money, I think it’s wrong.”

Edwards’ new photo book, Behind the Crown: My Life Photographing the Royal Family, is filled with images spanning nearly half a century of work with the House of Windsor including portraits of the Queen Mother and the infamous photo of a young Diana Spencer posing with children while her sheer skirt exposed her legs.

He tells us “tons of pictures out there”. “A lot of the pictures out there that I didn’t use because I couldn’t get them in… I’m really happy with them.”