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Prince Harry, Meghan Dodge 'Near Catastrophic' Car Chase While Escaping Paparazzi In New York

🍌 According to a statement released by a spokesperson for the Prince, they were followed for more th🍃an two hours by half a dozen vehicles after leaving a charity event in the city.

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Britain's Prince Harrꦅy, his wife Meghan and her mother were on Wednesday involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" while being followed by🔯 paparazzi photographers in New York, a spokesperson for the Prince said. 

��According to a statement released by a spokesperson for the Prince, report🅠ed Associated Press, they were followed in a "relentless pursuit" for more than two hours by half a dozen vehicles after leaving a charity event in the city.

The chase “resulted in multiple ne🐬ar collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers,” the statement read.

"While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone'ဣs safety," the spokesperson said.

Pictures that have appeared on social media have show🐓n Harry, Megha꧑n and her mother Ragland in a taxi, Sky News reported.

The incident reminds us of the tragic paparazzi chase of Princess Diana, Harry and William’s mother. Prince Harry has long spoken out about his anger a♈bout press intrusion which he blames for the death of Princess Dian🦩a, who was killed when her limousine crashed as it sped away from chasing paparazzi in Paris in 1997.

🃏Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, quit their royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States partly because of what they described as intense media harassment.

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