NYPD Releases Statement On Harry & Meghan's Paparazzi Chase -- Did The Couple Exaggerate How Bad It Was??
17.05.2023 - 20:53
/ perezhilton.com
How bad was this really??
If you didn’t hear, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle experienced something truly traumatic after their public appearance Tuesday night. The couple were visiting NYC, attending the Ms. Foundation‘s 2023 Women of Vision Awards at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan; Meghan was an honoree. Joined by Meg’s mom Doria Ragland, they all seemed to have a lovely time — and were all smiles in pics.
After leaving, however, they were chased by paparazzi — in an incident terrifyingly reminiscent of the night Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, was killed. According to a spokesperson for the Sussexes:
Over two hours? A relentless pursuit? Wow! Sounds so intense!
But what exactly happened?
Well, the palace, unsurprisingly, had no comment. They rarely comment on matters involving the Sussexes anymore since they left the royal life. Certainly not anything in support. The silence has left the general public to weigh in based only on the word of Harry and Meghan. Fans naturally felt sympathy for Harry in particular, for whom this must have been especially upsetting. Detractors naturally assumed the couple were just settling back into their victim narrative. Heck, many accused them of just making the whole thing up!
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But the NYPD has released an official statement on the incident. We’ll leave it to you to decipher whether Harry and Meghan were exaggerating the danger — but something did go down, as the police explained:
This is the first independent confirmation that anything happened at all. While saying the transport was “challenging” sounds a lot less urgent than the term “relentless pursuit” we should note, to be fair, this is from the