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WINDSOR, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 10: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive on the long Walk at Windsor Castle arrive to view flowers and tributes to HM Queen Elizabeth on September 10, 2022 in Windsor, England. Crowds have gathered and tributes left at the gates of Windsor Castle to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Balmoral Castle on 8 September, 2022. (Photo by Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Tuesday evening, Prince Harry<\/a>, Meghan Markle<\/a> and her mom Doria Ragland attended the Ms Foundation\u2019s Women of Vision Awards<\/a> in New York City to honor the Duchess of Sussex, who was an honoree at the ceremony. In new reports, the family was chased by a “swarm” of paparazzi after the event, which lead to “near catastrophic” consequences.<\/p>\n

“Last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi,” a spokesperson for the couple told People<\/a>.<\/em> “This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.”<\/p>\n

According to CNN<\/a>, a local law enforcement source for the outlet said they were followed by a \u201cswarm\u201d of paparazzi which did not result in a crash.<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 16: (L-R) Doria Ragland, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex attend the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power at Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 16, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spokesperson added, “While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone’s safety.\u00a0 Dissemination of these images, given the ways in which they were obtained, encourages a highly intrusive practice that is dangerous to all in involved.”<\/p>\n

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 16: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex attend the Ms. Foundation Women of Vision Awards: Celebrating Generations of Progress & Power at Ziegfeld Ballroom on May 16, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the event, held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan, the trio were on their way to a friend’s private residence, People<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

Princess Diana<\/a>, Harry’s mother, died in a car crash in Paris while photographers were swarming her vehicle. The crash took place in 1997 when Harry was 12 years old<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the promotion of his memoir, Spare<\/em>, Harry told Anderson Cooper on CBS\u2019s\u00a060 Minutes<\/em><\/a> that he refused to accept that his mother was gone<\/a> and said he believed she \u201cdisappeared for a time, and then that she would call us and that we would go and join her, yeah.”<\/p>\n

Cooper read a part of the book where Harry wrote: \u201cI\u2019d often say it to myself first thing in the morning, \u2018Maybe this is the day. Maybe this is the day that she\u2019s gonna reappear.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry replied, \u201cI had huge amounts of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 20 years old, Harry said he asked to see the police report from his mother\u2019s car crash and looked at photos of the scene because he wanted \u201cproof that she was in the car. Proof that she was injured. And proof that the very paparazzi that chased her into the tunnel were the ones that were taking photographs of her lying half dead on the back seat of the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Diana Princess Of Wales, Prince William & Prince Harry Visit The ‘Thorpe Park’ Amusement Park. (Photo by Julian Parker\/UK Press via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also drove through the same tunnel in Paris where his mother died while going the same speed Princess Diana was traveling.<\/p>\n

In the couple’s\u00a0Netflix documentary\u00a0<\/a>Harry & Meghan,\u00a0<\/em>the royal opened up about his mother. “I don\u2019t have many early memories of my mom,\u201d he said in a one-on-one interview. \u201cIt was almost like, internally, I sort of blocked them out.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, “The majority of my memories are of being swarmed by paparazzi. Rarely did we have a holiday without someone with a camera jumping out of a bush or something.”<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan stepped back from their royal roles in 2020 when they moved to California, away from the media glare, which they addressed in their documentary. They share two children, Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 1. Archie just celebrated his birthday on May 6<\/a>, the same day as his grandfather King Charles’ coronation<\/a>. Harry attended to support his father<\/a>, while Meghan stayed home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33012,"featured_media":65394,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle Involved in Car Chase in N.Y.C.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to a spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the car chase and 'relentless pursuit' by paparazzi lasted over two hours\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-car-chase\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Involved in 'Near Catastrophic' Car Chase in N.Y.C.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to a spokesperson 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