The photo shopping apparently crossed a line that should never be crossed.
For me the line that should never be crossed is accusing someone of things they have not done. It is the behaviour of cowardly bullies.
I daresay many would argue that the Sussexes had legitimate complaints but Harry himself said (weeks/months later post Oprah) that no one was racist. Thus denying the experience Meghan said she had. Then came Omid’s but not Omid’s Endgame revelation.
And now we have a ‘reaching out’ made public.
As someone else noted before, if there were any kind of decent relationship there, a public declaration would not be necessary.
I’m not sure if it is more reaching out or reaching out in public for relevance.