May 17, 2023 4:55 p.m
The couple’s rep said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had long been pursued by aggressive paparazzi in New York
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For the prince Harry and Megan An evening of celebration risked turning into tragedy. According to the couple’s rep, their car was indeed being pursued by a group of “very aggressive” paparazzi while Harry was escorting Meghan to the Women Vision Awards. A mad race for her began, inevitably reminiscent of the one that led to Lady Diana’s fatal accident in Paris in 1997. The spokesman for Harry and Meghan spoke of an “almost catastrophic pursuit”, in which there were several collisions with other drivers and pedestrians who were almost missed and even two police officers. The Mayor of New York accuses: Persecution is an irresponsible act.
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Also on board the car with Harry and Meghan was Doria Ragland, Meghan’s mother. According to the spokesman, the pursuit took place after attending the ceremony and would have lasted almost two hours… enormous. However, the couple said they are aware that “being a public figure brings with it some interest in the public eye, but it should never come at the expense of anyone’s safety.”
According to a source close to the couple, Harry and Meghan would be very upset and tested by what happened, which could have had far more serious consequences. To sow the paparazzi, the Dukes and Meghan’s mother also tried to switch vehicles, getting into a taxi from the SUV they had left the ceremony site in. It seems that the police also tried to fool the paparazzi by going in a different direction than the taxi, but the ruse didn’t help.
Mayor of New York: The hunt for Harry and Meghan is irresponsible New York Mayor Eric Adams has condemned the chase between Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and his mother-in-law Doria Ragland as “irresponsible”. “It’s clear that the press, the paparazzi want the right photo. But the safety of the public must always come first.”
However, Adams said he was skeptical that the paparazzi chase lasted two hours, as a rep for the couple explained, “I can’t believe it,” but even a 10-minute chase “would be extremely dangerous in a city like New York.” . We have a lot of traffic, a lot of movement, a lot of people use our streets.” The mayor recalled Diana, who died in Paris in 1997 when the car she was in with her partner Dodi al Fayed was being pursued by paparazzi: “There are not many of us who don’t remember how their mother died.” It would be awful to lose the life of an innocent bystander in a chase like this, or if something happened to either of them.
So far, there has been no comment from Buckingham Palace.
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