Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Involved In “Near Catastrophic Car Chase” With Paparazzi
17.05.2023 - 14:49
/ deadline.com
UPDATED, with reps’ statement: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Markle’s mother were involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” involving paparazzi photographers last night, according to a spokesperson for the Prince.
The incident has been reported by Reuters and Sky News in the past few minutes and allegedly happened after Harry and wife Markle attended an awards ceremony in New York on Tuesday, during which Markle received a Woman of Vision Award.
In a statement from the Prince’s rep:
“Last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi.
This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.
While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone’s safety.”
The incident, which comes just over a week after Harry attended his father King Charles III’s Coronation in London, has horrible shades of the way in which Harry’s mother Princess Diana died in the late 1990s in Paris. Some media blamed the erratic behavior of the paparazzi chasing Diana and Dodi Fayed’s car as the cause of the fatal crash.
Harry has been fighting the press in the courts recently and is currently involved in phone-hacking legal action in London against The Daily Mirror, which was edited by Piers Morgan from 1995 to 2004.
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