Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's request for footage has been denied. In a fiery letter, Backgrid, the photo agency that captured footage of the couple's paparazzi car chase, denied the Sussex's request to hand over the recording, ET confirms.
ET has reached out to reps for Meghan and Harry for comment.Per , who was first to report the news, the situation started when Meghan and Harry's legal team sent Backgrid a letter claiming they needed the footage to help with the couple's 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,» the letter read, according to the outlet.In response, Backgrid replied with a letter of their own. «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,» Backgrid's letter read in part, per the outlet. «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.»In the letter, Backgrid also said that they had four photographers, three in cars and one on a bike, that «had no intention of causing any distress or harm, as their only tool was their cameras,» according to the outlet.Tuesday night, after attending the Ms.
Foundation Women of Vision Awards in New York City, Meghan and Harry said that they, along with her mother, Doria Ragland, were involved in a «near catastrophic car chase» with paparazzi.
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