Meghan Markle posed for a selfie with the editor of a celebrity magazine that published an intrusive picture of her son Archie that was taken in private.

The Duchess of Sussex smiled as Stephanie Heckl, an editor of Bunte, held up her cellphone camera during a walkabout in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Tuesday.

The weekly magazine, whose editor-in-chief is Robert Polzer, published an intrusive image of Archie, aged 1, in its July 16, 2020 edition. The child was playing in the private grounds of actor Tyler Perry's Los Angeles mansion.

The couple sued picture agency X17 over images taken using drones a week later at Los Angeles Superior Court and won, with the company releasing an apology. The Sussexes did not sue Bunte.

Newsweek understands Meghan did not know who she was posing with as, together with Prince Harry, she met fans during an event to promote the Invictus Games, which will be held in 2023 in Dusseldorf.

However, the picture is awkward for the couple because it comes a little more than a week after Meghan told The Cut she did not want to give images of her children to British publications from the "royal rota."

She told the magazine: "Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child? You tell me how that makes sense and then I'll play that game."

Prince Harry has also spoken about not wanting to "play the game" with the U.K. media during his 2021 mental-health documentary series The Me You Can't See.

He said: "Family members have said, 'Just play the game and your life will be easier,' but I've got a hell of a lot of my mum in me." The late Princess Diana refused to toe the royal line in the 1990s.

Bunte's front cover in July 2020 showed Archie playing in a plastic toy car, accompanied by Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, and appeared to have been shot from above.

A similar photo inside described how they were in front of Perry's villa, where the family were staying at the time, before they bought their house in Montecito, California.

On July 23, 2020, Bunte printed a photo of Harry playing with his Labrador, Pula, by Perry's swimming pool, also in the private grounds of the property.

That same day, Meghan and Harry's U.S. lawyer Michael J. Kump filed allegations of paparazzi use of drones and helicopters with Los Angeles Superior Court.

A filing dated July 23, 2020, read: "Some paparazzi and media outlets have flown drones a mere 20 feet above the house, as often as three times a day, to obtain photographs of the couple and their young son in their private residence.

"Others have flown helicopters above the backyard of the residence, as early as 5:30 a.m. and as late as 7:00 p.m., waking neighbors and their son, day after day. And still others have even cut holes in the security fence itself to peer through it."

The filing added: "[Harry and Meghan] will not allow the tabloids to break the law, especially when it involves intimidation, harassment and the addition of a very real security threat on top of what already exists.

"It is one thing for parents to share photos of their children, on occasion, with supporters—particularly when doing so has the salutary effect of reducing the bounty on their children's heads.

"It is something else entirely to cede all control to photographers driven by commercial incentive alone. Simply put, it is [Harry and Meghan's] choice when and how to share photos of their son."

The picture agency X17 agreed to pay costs in October 2020, with a statement reading: "We apologize to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their son for the distress we have caused."

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were given a red-carpet welcome in Germany and posed for selfies with smiling supporters during Tuesday's old-fashioned royal walkabout.

The Duke of Sussex said in a speech: "I can't wait to hear the roar of the crowds, to feel the adrenaline of the competition and join in on the laughter and even the tears, happy ones of course, while we get to witness lives being changed right before our eyes."

Newsweek reached out to the Sussexes and Bunte for comment.

Update 9/7/22, 9:45 a.m. ET: This article was updated to confirm that Meghan Markle did not know who she was posing with when she took a picture with Stephanie Heckl.

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