THE BRITISH CONNECTION

Prince, Duke, whatever he is or was, he's
still full of royal crap.

Having been away following Prince Harry and Princess Meghan's claim that they were made the target of a two-hour "near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly charged paparazzi" through the streets of Manhattan last week, I was unable to give my two worthless cents about the incident. 

And I would have let it lie if they hadn't revived the incident a day or two ago by being "shocked" that nobody believes them. Well, nobody other than CBS News anchor Gayle King, and that's because she automatically takes the side of anybody who's friends with Oprah Winfrey, as she did with Will Smith following his l' affaire de slap last year. 

In New York, "high speed" means 6 mph.

Their story sounded hinky from the get-go. The only time there could conceivably be a chase through Manhattan as described, it would maybe happen between three and four o'clock in the morning. At 10:00 pm, when it allegedly began, there's no way anybody can drive over 30 mph for more than two blocks before hitting a red light or another vehicle. And in case you remember the chase scene in The French Connection, let me remind you that it isn't a documentary. 

The innocent cab driver who was somehow roped into this thing said they were never in danger. The Police Department spokesman said in the politest terms that Harry was lying. And to ask a question not even alleged journalist Gayle King could answer with a straight face, If this two-hour chase happened the way Harry claims, why wasn't it the top story on your news program the following morning? Because IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. Harry's flack didn't put out a press release until close to 12 hours after the incident allegedly started, likely because he was ordered to when it didn't make the news -- because, in case you forgot IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

Did picture-snappers follow the dimwit duo? Sure, that's their job, although I have no idea why anybody wants to see one more photo of them. Did they put couple's lives in danger? Hell, no. If anybody were to have been at fault, it would have been Harry's driver by stepping on the gas -- the same way Diana's drunken chauffeur killed her. This is just a p.r. stunt to conflate Diana's death with an exaggerated story involving her son. And Harry thinks the press is tasteless!

The most telling thing about this royal fairy tale? Harry, apparently under the delusion that his family name offers special treatment in the former colonies, has demanded the paparazzi in question hand over the photos taken that evening -- rather than politely requesting the New York Police Department make available any videos that would have captured the "chase" via the thousands of closed-circuit cameras found throughout the city. But that would prove to be embarrassing. Better to play on the sympathies of their dwindling fanbase. Gayle King on line one!

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