It must have been an evening like any other, scheduled in almost every aspect. Meghan Markle will appear at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater to receive the “Woman of Vision” award at the Vision Awards from 89-year-old feminist Gloria Steinem to the tune girl on Fire Alicia Keys. Thus, the triumph of the Duchess of Sussex, who, 10 days after the coronation, again appeared on the stage in the golden “revenge dress” by Joanna Ortiz, a Carolina Herrera clutch and Tom Ford sandals, would be complete. The situation accelerated, however, and in an instant Meghan, Harry and Doria Ragland risked being involved in what the couple’s spokesperson called a “nearly catastrophic accident.” It’s all the fault of some paparazzi who set off “for two hours” in pursuit of their black SUV through the streets of Manhattan. The alarmist tones were immediately reminiscent of the tragic car accident that killed Lady Diana and her partner Dodi Fayed. some elements of the reconstruction don’t add up, most notably according to taxi driver Sukhcharn Singh, who loaded the couple, who got out of the car in the meantime..
“I wouldn’t call it a chase. I never felt in danger- he said Washington Post the man who accused Harry, Meghan and her mother on 67th Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday. “You don’t know who gets into your car. I saw three people get out of the black car and get into my taxi. Several people got into the car and it was Prince Harry and there was another person with them. While we were driving, some kind of garbage truck blocked us, it was loading garbage, and suddenly the paparazzi appeared from everywhere and started filming and photographing us, and they did not stop until the guards came down and said: “Go away. The guard who was with them, thinking that the Dukes of Sussex were in too much danger, asked to go to the nearest police station. Then the taxi driver decided to head towards Madison Avenue on a journey that lasted no more than ten minutes.
According to Singh, the three passengers “remained silent and looked frightened”. “I don’t think there would have been an accident as there wasn’t enough traffic at that time.. It didn’t feel like a car chase in a movie. But you never know. If one of the paparazzi decides to cut you, it can happen.” Even New York City Mayor Eric Adams expressed doubts about the dynamics of a possible chase. This does not rule out that in that situation Harry was momentarily afraid to relive his mother Diana’s nightmare, the one for which he decided to leave the UK, filing lawsuits with the British tabloids and even the London government due to the lack of an escort that would make the trip home , in his opinion, less safe.
The bodyguard’s alarmism may have provoked a panic, caused, according to some, by Meghan herself, who was often accused of a certain sacrifice towards the royal family. But the Sussexes are not the Kennedys, Meghan is not Jacqueline, and Harry will not become a martyr unless he crucifies himself.
Source: Elle