Meghan Markle's 'new demand' following alleged paparazzi car chase in New York

dailyrecord.co.uk:

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have made demands that the photo agency which was allegedly involved in the 'near-catastrophic' car chase.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - who were in New Yok City the night of the alleged chase - have demanded the photo agency hand over the footage snapped by photographers.The embattled royals claim the footage will help improve their security. “We hereby demand that Backgrid immediately provide us with copies of all photos, videos, and/or films taken last night by the freelance photographers after the couple left their event and over the next several hours,” their lawyers said in a letter to the agency, reports Page Six.

However, Backgrid’s lawyers shot back with a letter of their own, they wrote: “In America, as I’m sure you know, property belongs to the owner of it: Third parties cannot just demand it be given to them, as perhaps Kings can do."“Perhaps you should sit down with your client and advise them that his English rules of royal prerogative to demand that the citizenry hand over their property to the Crown were rejected by this country long ago.

We stand by our founding fathers.”Not only did Backgrind refuse to hand over the California-based royals the footage, but they previously denied the royals claims. “According to the photographers present, there were no near-collisions or near-crashes during this incident,” Backgrid USA told Page Six in a statement on Wednesday. “The photographers have reported feeling that the couple was not in immediate danger at any point.”The agency denied the claims that the couple was chased by “highly aggressive paparazzi,” claiming its hired photographers had no intention of “causing any distress or harm, as their only tool was their cameras.”“It