hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news from the us. prince harry says he and his wife were involved in a near catastrophic car chase with paparazzi on tuesday evening. let s show you the pictures that have just come in. let s show you the pictures that havejust come in. a let s show you the pictures that have just come in. a warning there is flash photography from the start. they show prince harry and meghan leaving a gala in new york. a spokesperson for the couple say that they and the duchess s mother were relentlessly pursued for two hours, they said the chase resulted in near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. let s head back to the newsroom and our royal correspondent sarah campbell who is monitoring all of this for us. for anyonejoining us here on bbc news, just bring us right up to speed in terms of the statement and the additional details you have learned. indeed. as you saw from those pictures, thi
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the statement says, of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. according to the statement, there was a relentless pursuit lasting over two hours, presumably in and around new york. it says, the statement, it resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers in the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. i should say at the outset it was made very clear to me that they are ok, nobody was hurt, but clearly one can believe from this statement that they have been extremely unsettled and very upset by this incident that happened last night. in terms of details, my understanding is that it involved six blacked out vehicles being driven, the sussexes say, by unidentified people, but they say are members of the paparazzi, driving while photographing, so
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