Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle were caught Tuesday evening in New York in a “race” involving “very aggressive paparazzi” and the outcome of which could have been “catastrophic”, said in a press release the carrier. couple’s word.
This “relentless chase, which lasted nearly two hours, almost caused collisions with other drivers, pedestrians and two New York police officers”, added this spokesperson in an email, the prince and his wife living in California.
The couple, who were in a car with Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, had just left a party in New York where the Duchess of Sussex received an award from the philanthropic and feminist organization Ms. Foundation for Women.
According to AFP journalists present at this gala, the prince and his wife did not walk the red carpet and entered and left through the back of the building where the evening was taking place.
“Although a public figure arouses interest, this should never be to the detriment of anyone’s safety”, warned the spokesperson, denouncing the “dissemination of these images […] encouraging a very intrusive practice (into privacy) which is dangerous”.
New York police did not respond to requests from AFP.
Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, left the British Royal Family in early 2020 to move to California due to conflict and tension and media pressure.
Harry has long blamed the press and paparazzi for causing the car crash in Paris in August 1997 that killed his mother, Princess Diana.