Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Doria Ragland were at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, Manhattan, New York, on May 16, 2023. Pursued by the paparazzi, the Sussexes demand to have copies of the photos of the chase.
- Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, received the award Women of Visionon May 16th.
- The taxi that was carrying Meghan Markle, Prince Harry and Doria Ragland was chased for 2 hours by aggressive paparazzi.
- The Sussexes, through their lawyer, demanded that Backgrid immediately provide them with the photos and videos taken by the paparazzi during the chase.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, through their spokesperson, said on Wednesday May 17, 2023 that they were victims of a “car chase almost catastrophic” the evening before. Meghan and Harry claim to have been sued by “a group of aggressive paparazzi“and that the chase has”trained multiple near misses“. The paparazzi of which it is mainly in question are the photographers from the photo agency Backgrid. The photo agency told the BBC she has received a letter from the lawyers of the Sussexes on May 18.
“We hereby request that Backgrid immediately provide us copies of all photosvideos and/or film taken last night by the independent photographers after the couple left their event and during the following hours“, can we read in the letter sent by the lawyers of Meghan and Harry. dramatized version of the Sussex facts has been discredited by the NYPD and their taxi driver. In some photos taken by the photographers of Backgridwe can see Meghan Markle, 41, smiling, also reports the photo agency.
Meghan and Harry: no royal prerogative for the Duchess and the Duke of Sussex in America
Backgrid has quite simply denied legal claim lawyers for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Not without recalling that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, 38, are now in america. “In America, as you probably know, property belongs to its owner. : Third parties cannot demand that it be given to them, as maybe kings can do it“, replied theagency Backgrid in a letter through their lawyers. The message couldn’t be clearer, but the letter goes a little further saying : “Perhaps you should sit down with your client and advise him that the English rules of the royal prerogative to require citizens to surrender their property to the Crown have been rejected by this country long ago“.