“What we were dealing with was very chaotic.” “I have never seen, experienced anything like this,” he said. Paparazzi wanted to find out where the couple was staying while they were in New York City, he said, and their vehicles ran red lights while pedestrians were in the crosswalks and drove into oncoming traffic on 34th Street in Manhattan, driving the wrong way down one-way streets, Buda said.Ĭhris Sanchez, a member of the couple’s security team who spoke exclusively to CNN, said the incident was alarming. Thomas Buda, who runs a private security business contracted to help the couple, said the chase began the moment Harry and Meghan left the Ziegfeld Ballroom and lasted 90 minutes. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesĮxclusive: Security detail accompanying Prince Harry and Meghan describes chase Meghan Markle who wears a gold dress for Women of Vision Gala receives 2023 Women of Vision award from Gloria Steinem at Ziegfeld Ballroom on Tuesday night in New York City. Foundation for Women and feminist movements, in New York, United States on May 16, 2023. NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - MAY 16: Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Duke of Sussex Prince Harry attend the ceremony, which benefits the Ms. The Sussexes had to switch cars during the chase, they say. Two people involved with the couple’s security also described the incident as chaotic, with the paparazzi in numerous vehicles, including cars, scooters, mopeds and electrical bikes. “This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.” Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi,” the couple’s spokesperson said. “Last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Police said “numerous” photographers made the Sussexes’ transport “challenging,” but that there were no reported collisions, injuries or arrests.Īccording to couple’s account, the altercation with photographers was prolonged and risky. The couple were left shaken by the incident, although ultimately no-one was hurt, their security detail told CNN. The Sussexes were pursued by photographers after leaving the Women of Vision Awards at the city’s Ziegfeld Ballroom in a convoy that also included Doria Ragland, Meghan’s mother. "We will find out the exact duration of it.Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were involved in a chaotic car chase with paparazzi in New York on Tuesday night that could have resulted in a “catastrophic” outcome, their spokesperson has alleged. "I would find it hard to believe that there was a two-hour high-speed chase," he said. However, he said, any car chase through the densely populated city is perilous. Harry is 38.Īdams questioned whether the pursuit unfolded at high speeds the whole time. Harry's mother, Princess Diana, died in a 1997 car crash in Paris as the vehicle she was riding in was being pursued by the paparazzi. "I don't think there's many of us who don't recall how mom died, and it would horrific to lose an innocent bystander during a chase like this and something to have happened to them as well," he said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said it was "reckless and irresponsible" for the paparazzi to chase the group in the way that was described. "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at their destination and there were no reported collisions, summonses, injuries, or arrests in regard." "There were numerous photographers that made their transport challenging," Phillips said in a statement. NYPD deputy commissioner Julian Phillips said in a statement that police assisted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's private security team Tuesday evening. World Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been asked to leave Frogmore Cottage
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