Could Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have easily avoided this whole paparazzi mess? As we’ve been reporting, the couple and the 41-year-old’s mother, Doria Ragland, reported being involved in a “near catastrophic car chase” with “highly aggressive paparazzi” in New York City earlier this week.
A rep for Meghan and Harry claimed they were followed for more than two hours, and the chase “resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians, and two NYPD officers.” Things got so bad that law enforcement sources told Deadline that scooters and motorbikes drove onto the sidewalks at one point.
Super scary! As you’ve probably heard, however, not everyone is buying that things were as dangerous as the Sussexes made the situation seem!
The NYPD‘s statement certainly didn’t sound nearly so scary, saying Meghan and Harry “arrived at their destination” with “no reported collisions, summonses, injuries or arrests in regard.” A photographer at the scene told People that they “don’t see how it was near catastrophic other than crazy hyperbole.” The trio’s taxi driver Sukhcharn Singh did not feel like he was “in danger” at the time.
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