According to People Prince Harry is thinking of Princess Diana after being involved in what his spokesperson called a “near catastrophic car chase” with photographers in New York City.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, told friends the experience was the “closest I have ever felt” to understanding what happened on the tragic night his mother died, The Times reported on Thursday. The late Princess of Wales died in a Paris car crash in 1997 that also involved photographers pursuing her vehicle when Harry was 12 years old.
The problem is, New Yorkers and members of the media aren’t buying it. They say it’s impossible to have a ‘car chase’ in NY City.
Whoopi weighed in on The View:
Even Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t believe Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
The View host said of the alleged 2 hour car chase:
“It just doesn’t work in New York.” pic.twitter.com/3JH7GK5Npr
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 18, 2023
and Megyn Kelly
"Welcome to being a public figure. Grow up!"
.@MegynKelly unloads on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's paparazzi ploy. Watch the FULL clip – https://t.co/ORfuXmkoLi pic.twitter.com/sG0qo8bc9E
— The Megyn Kelly Show (@MegynKellyShow) May 17, 2023
According to FOX New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he would be briefed later in the afternoon, but when questioned about the reported two-hour duration of the chase, said, “I would find it hard to believe that there was a two-hour high-speed chase.”
Adams said any car chase in New York City would be dangerous and “irresponsible.”
The cab driver, Sukhcharn Singh, told The Associated Press that he instantly recognized his passengers when they scooted in. “They were following us the whole time,” he said of the paparazzi, though he said he wouldn’t call it a chase.
No pictures or video of the incident have surfaced.
With all of the doubt swirling The NY Post is now reporting that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are demanding that a photo agency hand over footage snapped by paparazzi during their high-profile “chase” in New York City — but the firm gave them the royal snub, lawyers said Thursday.
The embattled Duke and Duchess — who described their run-in with Big Apple photographers Tuesday as “near-catastrophic” — insisted they need the images to improve their own security, according to TMZ.
“We hereby demand that Backgrid [photo agency] 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,” a letter from their lawyers proclaimed Wednesday.
But attorneys for the celebrity photo agency refused, firing back that the royals can’t play by the king’s rules here in the states.
“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,” Backgrid’s legal team responded.
“Perhaps you should sit down with your client and advise them that his English rules of royal prerogative to demand that the citizenry hand over their property to the Crown were rejected by this country long ago. We stand by our founding fathers,” it states.
Do you think this is simply an exaggerated case of NY traffic or was Duke of Sussex and Duchess in real danger?
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