Various media outlets have covered the event involving Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, who both described going through “a nearly catastrophic chase” by paparazzi as they left an awards banquet last Wednesday.
Several of the photographers have expressed the opinion that the chase was made up or exaggerated after the incident between the Prince Harry and his wife was made public. Some of the roughly a dozen people The New York Times spoke to said they had attended the occasion. One claimed to have tailed the royal couple but would only provide information in return for payment.
Additionally, via text message, Tina Brown, the author of two books on British royalty, expressed her opinion that the entire account “sounds slightly absurd,” thinking that the couple might have greatly embellished the event when they utilized their representative to market it.
The couple’s representative, Ashley Hansen, addressed the following on claims that the couple overstated the incident in an interview with the Times last Friday:
“With all due respect, considering the Duke’s family history, Prince Harry, one would have to think the worst of the couple or anyone associated with them to believe that this was some sort of PR ploy. To be honest with you, I think that’s abominable.”
In a harsh comment on the “alleged” behavior of the paparazzi, the New York Press Photographers Association stated that it “goes against the code of ethics that all of our members (and any press photographer with respect for themselves and the profession) are expected to adhere to.”
Prince Harry may be seen in the back seat, clutching his iPhone, hiding his face, and seemingly recording the photographers, in a video of the duke and duchess inside the car that was published on Thursday by the well-known website TMZ. In the interview, Hansen verified it and said, “I think that kind of recording can be useful if an investigation is launched.”
