NO PICS FOR YOU!: Agency won’t hand over car chase photos to Harry and Meghan

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A photo agency that took pictures of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during what the couple said was a “near catastrophic car chase” is refusing to hand over the images.

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The Duke and Duchess’ legal team sent a letter to Backgrid demanding that it “immediately provide us with copies of all photos, videos, and/or films” taken by paparazzi after the couple left the Ms. Foundation 2023 Women of Vision Awards on Tuesday night.

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Backgrid replied with its own letter, BBC News reported.

“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,” the letter from the California-based photo agency read.

“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,” it continued. “We stand by our founding fathers.”

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Backgrid disputed the couple’s claims but investigated the conduct of four freelance photographers who said they felt the couple was never in “immediate danger at any point,” according to the outlet.

The car carrying Harry, Meghan, Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland, and a security guard drove to a police station in an attempt to cut the pursuit short.

A taxi driver, Sukhcharn “Sonny” Singh, was briefly involved in the chase when his cab was hailed from the police station.

They only drove a block when his taxi “got blocked by a garbage truck and all of sudden paparazzi came and started taking pictures,” so Singh drove back to the station.

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“Last night, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi,” a spokesperson for the couple said in a statement, details that the “relentless pursuit” lasted two hours and resulted in “multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.”

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Their spokesperson added: “While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone’s safety.”

The NYPD confirmed that paparazzi made the couple’s drive “challenging” and authorities assisted Harry and Meghan’s security team.

“The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at their destination and there were no reported collisions, summonses, injuries, or arrests in regard,” the statement read.

Harry has raged against the paparazzi for years, likening photographers who hounded his mother to “a pack of dogs.”

Princess Diana died from injuries she sustained in a car crash after paparazzi chased the vehicle she was in through the streets of Paris in 1997.

“To see another woman in my life, who I love, go through this feeding frenzy,” he said in the Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan. “That’s hard.”