Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘near catastrophic car chase’ downplayed by New York police, mayor, taxi driver
- The alleged ‘car chase’ occurred on Tuesday evening after Harry and Meghan attended an awards ceremony in New York with Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland
- New York police, the city’s mayor and a taxi driver who briefly transported the couple have played down the danger and duration of the reported pursuit
Competing claims surfaced on Thursday over Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s purported involvement in a “near catastrophic car chase” with paparazzi in New York.
A spokesperson for the couple drew global attention by announcing on Wednesday that they had endured a “relentless” two-hour pursuit that resulted in “multiple near collisions involving other drivers”.
The account of Tuesday’s incident prompted comparisons to the circumstances around the Paris car crash in 1997 that killed Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, which the prince blames on paparazzi pursuing her.
However, New York police, the city’s mayor and a taxi driver who briefly transported the couple have played down the danger and duration of the reported pursuit.
In an interview aired Thursday on Britain’s ITV, one of the photographers involved in the drama alleged the couple’s vehicle entourage were to blame for any danger.
