The speculation that Prince Harry (38) and Meghan Markle (41) exaggerated the “dramatic” pursuit by paparazzi in New York on Tuesday evening is increasing by the day. The German newspaper ‘Bild’ has learned that the couple reportedly had their own film crew in tow – possibly on behalf of streaming service Netflix.
First, Meghan accepted the ‘Women with Vision’ award in New York. Then she was followed by paparazzi together with Prince Harry (38) and her mother Doria (66).
There was a “relentless chase” that lasted nearly two hours and led to “several near misses” involving “other drivers on the road” and pedestrians. At least that’s what it sounded like in a statement from the couple’s spokesperson.
LOOK. Paparazzi waiting for Harry and Meghan after the event
The description of the dramatic scenes is inevitably reminiscent of the tragedy in Paris in which Harry’s mother lost the life of Princess Diana. Although the New York Police Department confirmed there had been an incident, the photographers had merely “impeded” the transportation of Meghan and Harry. There were no accidents or arrests.
Was the chase staged? The German newspaper ‘Bild’ claims to have heard that the couple had allegedly taken their own film crew in tow that evening. The couple has already collaborated with Netflix in the past for a much-discussed documentary in 2022. They filmed their daily lives with their smartphones, to later make the footage available for Netflix. Even now, in New York, the prince kept pulling out his mobile phone. What he did with it, and whether he was actually filming scenes for the streaming service – that remains unclear for now.
“grossly exaggerated”
A photographer, who wishes to remain anonymous, assumes that Harry and Meghan staged the chase for the accompanying film crew. He calls the description of the events by the couple “grossly exaggerated” to Bild.
This is consistent with the statement of taxi driver Sukhcharn Singh (37). It was in his taxi that Harry, Meghan and her mother Doria got into when they switched vehicles – apparently as a diversion for the paparazzi. “I didn’t see anything particularly dangerous – they stayed behind us,” Singh told ‘Bild’ about the behavior of the targeted photographers.
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams (62), who used to be a police officer himself, also doubted Prince Harry and Meghan’s story: “I can hardly imagine that a high-speed chase took place for two hours.”
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