Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Still Haven’t Heard From Royal Family After NYC Car Chase: Report

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle person not heard from immoderate members of the Royal Family aft they were aggressively pursued by paparazzi successful New York City, according to PEOPLE. Harry, 38, is presently estranged from his family, and adjacent though helium was conscionable successful England for his dada King Charles III‘s coronation, his loved ones seemingly inactive person not reached retired to Harry and Meghan, 41, since the car pursuit incidental happened. Harry and his woman are “frustrated” by this, according to The Telegraph. “The deficiency of idiosyncratic contact, arsenic good arsenic Buckingham Palace’s refusal to publically admit oregon remark connected the incident, is understood to person frustrated the couple, who friends suggested whitethorn person hoped to garner much support, peculiarly connected a idiosyncratic level,” the outlet reported.

On May 17, a rep for Harry issued a connection astir the alleged pursuit that took spot aft Meghan was honored astatine the Women of Vision Awards, held astatine New York City’s Ziegfeld Ballroom. The rep claimed that Harry, Meghan, and Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland, “were progressive successful a adjacent catastrophic car pursuit astatine the hands of a ringing of highly assertive paparazzi. This relentless pursuit, lasting implicit 2 hours, resulted successful aggregate adjacent collisions involving different drivers connected the road, pedestrians, and 2 NYPD officers.” Harry’s spokesperson told CNN that the pursuit could person caused terrible damage.

The alleged car pursuit invoked memories of Harry’s parent Princess Diana‘s 1997 death. Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Faye, were being pursued by paparazzi successful Paris, and their driver, Henri Paul, mislaid power of their Mercedes-Benz W140, colliding with a Pont de l’Alma passageway partition earlier striking a enactment column. Dodi and Henri died instantly, portion Diana succumbed to her wounds astatine a infirmary soon afterward. The clang was attributed to Paul driving astatine precocious speeds portion being nether the power of medicine drugs and alcohol.

Harry compared his car pursuit incidental to Diana’s fatal accident, according to The Times. The work reported connected May 18 that the Duke of Sussex told his friends the car pursuit was the “closest I person ever felt” to knowing what happened the nighttime his parent was killed. PEOPLE reported that Harry and Meghan are “shaken” aft the car chase. “It was a disturbing situation, and they were shaken, but they are gladsome everyone’s okay,” a root shared.

Diana’s erstwhile bodyguard, Ken Wharfe, addressed Meghan and Harry’s car pursuit incident connected ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Ken said the paparazzi is “not retired to origin the decease of immoderate 1 person. So, I deliberation we person to beryllium a small spot cautious there.” He besides suggested that Harry’s information squad whitethorn person been excessively inexperienced to grip the situation. “The extortion squad helium has got astatine the infinitesimal has ne'er dealt with specified a high-profile personage arsenic Harry and Meghan. To them, I person immoderate sympathy,” Ken said.

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