referred they no longer have the security afforded to members of the royal family under the terms which is the committee which decides these things. he wanted to make his own private contributions to get that same police protection. it is particularly same police protection. it is particularly significant because we ve heard reports of a car chase in new york involving the suffixes and one might argue that that highlights the facts that they are of significant interest and could be chased by the paparazzi or indeed pursued by people with mall intent? that s right and he is one of the most newsworthy figures in the world at the moment. i suppose that incident happened in new york where he would have had his own private security so it wasn t the same sort of thing as would happen here. what it also says is that if he does come here they would still be arrangements in place. it s not as if he wouldn t have any security. but also the police would provide
and two nypd officers. the new york police department has said that while numerous photographers made the transport of the duke and duchess challenging, there were no reported collisions, injuries, orarrests. live now to washington and our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. how much more detail is coming out about what actually happened? this has turned about what actually happened? ti 3 has turned into very much a he said, she said, they said, he and she being the duke and duchess of sus sussex and other people and being involved are witnesses. to recap, the nypd did confirm that this incident happened but they said that there were no collisions, arrests or injuries. yet the taxi driver saying he drove the suffixes and the mother
really, there are a whole load of blinks that still need filling out. we re still not quite sure what s happened, it s especially between them getting into the suv and being photographed in the yellow taxi. it s still hard to piece together what exactly happened on wednesday night. let s bring in our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. can you put this into contest? yes, it s a matter can you put this into contest? yes, it s a matter of can you put this into contest? yes, it s a matter of perception. - can you put this into contest? yes it s a matter of perception. we seem to have been here before with the suffixes. clearly something happened, something worrying which, had you been at the centre of it, would ve been quite alarming. but whether itjustified this dramatic, hyperbolic, rather breathless statement put out by the sussexes
palace, especially as comes so close to the coronation? i palace, especially as comes so close to the coronation? to the coronation? i think it will be received to the coronation? i think it will be received with to the coronation? i think it will be received with a to the coronation? i think it will be received with a good - to the coronation? i think it will be received with a good deal. to the coronation? i think it will be received with a good deal of| be received with a good deal of concern with the palace, and they are very well aware that the sussex is believe that the. colluded with the press, and we know that the relations between the sussex is in the press are frankly terrible, to force them into exile, and a sense. they were doing all this to rehabilitate the queen, and also there s no doubt that harry s comments about her being dangerous, we could and so forth in interviews were unhelpful but it was his life s work, as he s called it, and there s other cases pendin