Harry and Meghan demand photograph company give them footage of NYC ‘chase’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle demanded {that a} photograph company hand over footage snapped by paparazzi throughout their high-profile “chase” in New York City — however the agency gave them the royal snub, attorneys mentioned Thursday.

The embattled Duke and Duchess — who described their run-in with Huge Apple photographers Tuesday as “near-catastrophic” — insisted they want the photographs to enhance their very own safety, according to TMZ.

“We hereby demand that Backgrid [photo agency]  instantly present us with copies of all images, movies, and/or movies taken final night time by the freelance photographers after the couple left their occasion and over the following a number of hours,” a letter from their attorneys proclaimed Wednesday.

However attorneys for the celebrity photo agency refused, firing  again that the royals can’t play by the king’s guidelines right here within the states.

“In America, as I’m positive you recognize, property belongs to the proprietor of it: Third events can not simply demand or not it’s given to them, as maybe Kings can do,” Backgrid’s authorized staff responded.

“Maybe you need to sit down along with your consumer and advise them that his English guidelines of royal prerogative to demand that the citizenry hand over their property to the Crown have been rejected by this nation way back. We stand by our founding fathers,” it states.

The corporate mentioned it employed 4 shutterbugs, together with one on a motorcycle, to snap photographs of the couple with “no intention of inflicting any misery or hurt, as their solely device was their cameras,” based on the outlet.

On Wednesday, the royals mentioned they have been relentlessly chased by paparazzi for 2 hours after leaving an occasion at Ziegfeld Ballroom Tuesday — drawing comparisons to the 1997 crash that killed Princess Diana, Harry’s mom.

Cops, nonetheless, mentioned the incident wasn’t practically as dramatic because the couple’s description, calling it considerably hectic however total beneath management.

Legally, there doesn’t seem like any grounds to pressure the photograph company to show over the photographs.

The Publish has requested a replica of the exiled royals’ letter to Backgrid.