Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are leaning into their American roots in honor of their daughter Princess Lilibet‘s birthday!
18.05.2023 - 22:27 / perezhilton.com
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are going after a photo agency that was involved in their paparazzi car chase!
As we’ve been following, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as well as the Suits alum’s mother, Doria Ragland, were followed by several paps in NYC after leaving the 2023 Women of Vision Awards at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan on Tuesday night. While being pursued by “highly aggressive” photographers, they ended up on a two-hour chase around the city and tried to make a break for it by switching cars and getting into a yellow taxi. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t work and the cameras still found them. Now, they’re demanding one agency to hand over all the footage.
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According to a new letter obtained by TMZ on Thursday, the couple is claiming photo agency Backgrid USA Inc. must give them all photos and videos of the “chase” for their own security purposes, adding via their lawyers:
Welp. It’s definitely not going to be that easy for them!
The company clapped back HARD with a sassy reply! Backgrid’s lawyers completely rejected the demand, arguing:
THE REVOLUTIONARY SHADE!
Backgrid went on to say they had four photographers at the scene, three in cars and one on a bike. They insisted the paps “had no intention of causing any distress or harm, as their only tool was their cameras.”
In a previous statement, the company also denied the chase being as serious as the couple made it out to be. They discussed their freelance photographers’ involvement, explaining:
They also blamed the chaos on Harry’s team, saying one worker reported that “one of the four SUVs from Prince Harry’s security escort was driving in a manner that could be perceived
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are leaning into their American roots in honor of their daughter Princess Lilibet‘s birthday!
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Meghan Markle isn’t taking any chances after that paparazzi car chase, we guess.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have entered into a legal row with Backgrid, the photo agency that was allegedly involved in a near-catastrophic car chase in which paparazzi hired by the agency followed the royals following an event in New York.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's lawyers have since demanded that Backgrid hand over any footage of the chase, as they argue this will enable them to improve their security. A letter from their lawyer, seen by US celebrity news outlet Page Six, reads: "We hereby demand that Backgrid immediately provide us with copies of all photos, videos, and/or films taken last night by the freelance photographers after the couple left their event and over the next several hours." Lawyers for the photo agency have hit back at these demands, with their own letter, which reads: "In America, as I’m sure you know, property belongs to the owner of it; Third parties cannot just demand it be given to them, as perhaps Kings can do.
CBS News' Gayle King said she finds it "troubling" that media figures and members of the public are "downplaying" the paparazzi car chase involving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that occurred last week in New York City. "I think it was a very unfortunate incident," King told Page Six on Saturday.
As an attorney and retired NYPD Inspector, I’ve been told some stories in my day. This one lands someplace between "Beowulf"and Monty Python. So let us now uncover these mysteries, hidden deep in the tale. As we’ve all heard by now, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (wasn’t he recently banished from the realm or something?) are claiming that on Tuesday night, after leaving an event in Manhattan’s midtown, they were pursued by paparazzi in a "near catastrophic" car chase that went on for two hours. A high-speed chase. In midtown Manhattan. For two hours. With an NYPD escort.
Experts say Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could have avoided security troubles and what they claim was a "near catastrophic car chase" by staying at a hotel in New York City Tuesday night. A spokesperson for the royal couple told Fox News Digital the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were involved in a chase "at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi" that lasted over two hours. The NYPD told Fox News Digital the photographers "made their transport challenging" but they arrived at their destination safely.
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Meghan's mother, Doria Ragland, were involved in a «near catastrophic car chase» involving paparazzi on Tuesday, photo agency Backgrid USA is responding to claims photographers were aggressively pursuing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex following an event in New York City. «At Backgrid USA Inc., we value transparency and ethics in journalism, which include providing fair and factual responses to claims. We are aware of Prince Harry's statement regarding an alleged 'near catastrophic car chase' involving himself, Meghan Markle, and her mother, in New York City on Tuesday night,» the company said in a statement to ET responding to the allegations.
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