first. the duke and duchess of sussex were back in the news on wednesday and not for the first time prompted a divided response among the audience. a spokesperson for the couple said they had experienced a near catastrophic car chase in new york, the previous night when being pursued by paparazzi. royal correspondent nicholas witchell gave his analysis to sophie raworth on the news at six. well, sophie, clearly something happened, something worrying and i m sure alarming if you were at the centre of it. i think the question is, was it really on the scale and of the seriousness as depicted in this, perhaps rather vivid and breathless statement from the sussexes spokesman. a near catastrophic car chase, a relentless pursuit by a ring of paparazzi lasting for more than two hours. that doesn t appear to be being substantiated by what we are now starting to hear from the new york police department. some people thought the bbc was showing too much scepticism towards the sussexes a
was showing too much scepticism towards the sussexes and their version of events, with mirabelle accusing it of sneering snide personal attacks on harry and meghan. but others had a different perspective with chris riches recording this video for us. hello bbc. i wanted to talk on the sensationalist reporting of harry s alleged chase through new york this week. it seems to me that in the panic to report a story here, you ve actually forgotten the bbc s editorial guidelines. if the story was about a near death chase, then where was the independent corroboration and where are the facts? but if the story is about reporting, harry saying something, then itjust seems like you are dancing to the tune of this attention seeker. come on, bbc, you can do better than that. well, we asked bbc news for their response to those contrasting views, and they told us the duke and duchess of sussex, the subjects of great interest to many of our audiences.