Paparazzi agency rejects Harry and Meghan's demand for snaps from car chase
dailyrecord.co.ukThe picture agency that snapped photos of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during what the couple described as a "near catastrophic car chase" are refusing to hand over the images to the royal couple.Backgrid, which is a California-based entertainment photo agency, has said they have rejected a legal demand from the Duke and Duchess to share the material taken on Tuesday night in New York, the Mirror reports.
The royals released a statement saying they were relentlessly chased along with Meghan's mum Doria Ragland after leaving the Women of Vision awards ceremony in Manhattan.The agency told the BBC that they had responded to their legal requests by telling them: "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."The incident happened after the pair left the Ziegfeld Theatre in midtown Manhattan where the former actress, 41, was honoured at the Women of Vision Awards.The Prince's spokesperson said in a statement that the paparazzi's "relentless pursuit" involved more than half a dozen vehicles and had lasted more than two hours.They added that the incident has resulted in near fatal collisions with other drivers on the road, police officers and pedestrians.The Sussexes are said to be "extremely upset and shaken" by the car chase but are "relieved" to be home safe.
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