{"id":499897,"date":"2025-10-14T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/499897\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T22:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:26:14","slug":"did-meghan-markle-really-pose-by-a-notorious-paris-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/499897\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Meghan Markle Really Pose by a Notorious Paris Tunnel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, Meghan Markle<\/a> shared footage to her Instagram Stories, including a video taken from the backseat of a limousine as she drove around Paris, her feet resting on the seat in front of her. Shot during Meghan\u2019s stop in the French capital for a surprise appearance at a Balenciaga show, the video only remained online for 24 hours. Though her location was very difficult to make out from the footage, that was enough to trigger a storm from viewers who thought she was posting from the Pont d\u2019Alma Tunnel.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Prince Harry<\/strong>\u2019s mother, Princess Diana, tragically lost her life in a car accident in August 1997, at the age of 36. Some users called the footage \u201ctasteless\u201d and \u201cdisrespectful,\u201d deeming it inappropriate for Meghan to pose at a location laden with painful memories. Others argued that the duchess hadn\u2019t intended to elicit comparisons with the iconic mother-in-law she never knew.<\/p>\n

Even noted royal biographer Richard Fitzwilliams, speaking with the Daily Mail<\/a>, sharply criticized the post, calling it \u201cutterly bewildering.\u201d and \u201cinsensitive beyond belief.\u201d Fitzwilliams had also raised doubts about the reaction it has sparked from Prince Harry<\/a>, who has spoken often about being traumatized by his mother\u2019s death. \u201cI don’t understand what on earth she was thinking,\u201d Fitzwilliams said. \u201cWell, she can\u2019t have been thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, Harry was on his wife\u2019s side after the footage was posted, according to People. Sources close to the prince told the magazine that he will always protect his wife from the media. One friend told the Daily Mail<\/a> that is \u201churt and upset\u201d by the reaction to Meghan\u2019s video. \u201cDiana\u2019s death was used as a stick to beat his wife with. [Meghan] did not even pass close to the tunnel,\u201d the insider said. \u201cThe whole thing is a joke, but not a very funny one for Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duchess\u2019s solo trip to Paris\u2014Harry remained in Montecito\u2014turned out to be a complicated marketing operation. According to tabloid reports, Meghan also became the protagonist of another drama due to video that shows the duchess, seated next to her friend Markus Anderson,<\/strong> covering her face with her hand. A commentator told GB News<\/a> that she thought Meghan was laughing at a model who fell, but her representative told the Mail<\/a> that her reaction wasn\u2019t directed at a model. (A representative for the Duchess confirmed that she wasn\u2019t at the bridge and didn\u2019t laugh at a model.)<\/p>\n

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