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I read that their circuitous route was in an effort to lose the paparazzi tailing them. Like...the only reason it would escalate to a "high speed chase" is because they were driving at high speed themselves... I actually really sympathize with Harry after reading Spare. I believe that he believed that they were in danger. This kind of hypervigilance seems typical of someone with his experiences, including PTSD. But I'm not sure there's any way for celebs to prevent people from knowing where they're staying/living in NYC? It sucks! But I don't know that that's a realistic expectation??

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As a NY dweller this story immediately sounded so fake... the chase they describe wouldn't have gone unnoticed, so as I see it there are two options -- 1. they're grossly exaggerating or 2. they're simply describing typical NY traffic/fast taxi driving, which is frankly, embarrassing for them. Their 'have your cake and eat it too' act is getting old and honestly, everything the couple has done since moving to quaint Montecito (LOLOL) is attention-grabbing and puts their whole narrative into question

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He has ptsd and they’re constantly being stalked. I am sure they truly did feel in danger. The paps turning on them feels like Diana 2.0.

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The chase story was all over the place but I’m not a person who faults them for that... they ( particularly Meghan) breathe and there are 100 stories in the British press. I’m not making it up, some one counted the number of stories written about her one day and there were well over 100 stories on the Daily express and at that point the woman hadn’t publicly been seen in months... you can pretend that this type of excessive coverage doesn’t have affect on the person being talked about or is the consumers of this information ( explicitly or not) you’re not being serious... maybe they should play the celebrity game a bit better and generally chill out but I can understand wanting some sort of control of your own story when so many other people have told your story and profited from it... also we can all have a bit more empathy for each other...

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"They want publicity (for their Netflix projects and memoirs and awards), but they want it entirely on their own terms." Like every other public person? You should be able to publicly promote your work, but keep where you're staying private, especially if you've had serious security threats against you and your family (former head of counter-terrorism in UK confirmed this). I find this publicity vs privacy argument very disingenuous. I think we all understand the difference and for some reason we've decided certain public figures deserve it and others don't. I've never seen the press collectively turn on people and spread so much misinformation so quick. It sounds much different if these are the quotes you pull out instead:

From CNN: "Chris Sanchez, a member of the couple’s security team, told CNN on Wednesday that he “had never” come close to the chaos he experienced on Tuesday night. “What we were dealing with was very chaotic. There were about a dozen vehicles: cars, scooters and bicycles,” Mr Sanchez said. “The public [was] in jeopardy at several points. It could have been fatal. They were jumping curbs and red lights. At one point they blocked the limousine and started taking pictures until we were able to get out.” And he added: “[I] was concerned about [Prince Harry and his wife] but more about the public because they [the paparazzi] were being so erratic. People were on sidewalks and crossing streets and the [paparazzi] were crossing red lights. We did everything by the letter of law.”"

From WaPo: "Singh, who goes by “Sunny,” said he drove the group a block and a half west to Park Avenue before heading south. The driver said they were pursued by two vehicles: a black Honda Accord and an older gray Honda CR-V. “They kept following us and were coming next to the car,” Singh said. “They took pictures as we stopped and were filming us.” Taxi driver Sukhcharn Singh said he picked the couple up in New York on May 16 and drove them for a brief time during which other cars appeared to pursue them. Singh, 37, who moved to the United States from India as a child, said he got the impression from the group that they had been already pursued by paparazzi before entering his car. After a few minutes, Singh said, the security guard grew concerned about the photographers and asked him to return to the police station. The guard thought they were too exposed and didn’t want their location shared more widely, Singh said."

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