Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s staff is serving up some royal tea for critics of the couple.
Almost every week after a rep for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stated they had been concerned in a two-hour automotive chase with paparazzi, their spokesperson is addressing claims that the incident was for publicity.
“Respectfully, contemplating the duke’s household historical past, one must assume nothing of the couple or anyone related to them to consider this was any type of P.R. stunt,” their rep instructed the New York Occasions, referencing the dying of Harry’s mom Princess Diana, who was killed in a 1997 automotive crash. “Fairly frankly, I feel that is abhorrent.”
On Could 16, Harry, Meghan and her mother Doria Ragland had been in New York Metropolis to attend the Ms. Basis Girls of Imaginative and prescient Awards, the place the duchess was honored.
Based on the pair’s rep, after leaving the occasion, the trio had been concerned in a “close to catastrophic automotive chase” with “extremely aggressive paparazzi.”
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“This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in a number of close to collisions involving different drivers on the highway, pedestrians and two NYPD officers,” the spokesperson instructed E! Information Could 17. “Whereas being a public determine comes with a degree of curiosity from the general public, it ought to by no means come at the price of anybody’s security.”
The NYPD additionally addressed the incident involving the royal couple.
“On Wednesday night, Could 16, the NYPD assisted the non-public safety staff defending the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” the Deputy Commissioner of Public Data instructed E! Information. “There have been quite a few photographers that made their transport difficult. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at their vacation spot and there have been no reported collisions, summonses, accidents, or arrests in regard.”
Through the years, Harry—who, together with Meghan, stepped away from royal life in 2020—has spoken out towards the press, even sharing his worry of his mom’s deadly historical past repeating itself with Meghan.
“My job is to maintain my household protected,” he stated of their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. “However the nature of being born into this place amid every part that comes with it and the extent of hate that’s being stirred up within the final three years, particularly towards my spouse and my son, I am typically involved for the protection of my household.”
E! Information has reached out to Harry and Meghan’s rep for extra remark and has not heard again.
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