Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan were involved in a car chase while being followed by photographers in New York City, according to representatives for the couple. The pair together with Meghan's mother were leaving a charity event Tuesday night when they were followed for more than two hours by half a dozen vehicles. Their office said in a statement that the chase resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road pedestrians and two NYPD officers. It called the incident near catastrophic. 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 statement from the couple said Harry's mother Princess Diana died in a car crash in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi in Paris. Julie Walker, New York.