Meghan Markle has been heavily criticised for sharing a video of herself being driven through the streets of Paris at night, near the tunnel where Princess Diana’s fatal car crash took place. The Duchess of Sussex shared the clip of her passing the Pont Alexandre III bridge on her personal Instagram account on Saturday night, having attended Paris Fashion Week.
While many have criticised the clip as insensitive, a source close to the Sussexes has reacted furiously to the backlash. They described it as a “tenuous link between an Instagram post and the death of Harry’s mother”, and said that putting the two together is “the insensitive bit”.
The criticism against Meghan was levelled widely on social media, as well as by magazines and newspapers, but the source chose to single out one publication, which Prince Harry is currently suing.
Responding to the Daily Mail’s front page, which has a picture of Meghan and reads “Meghan posts ‘insensitive’ video of herself passing Diana crash tunnel” and continues on pages two and three, the source told Newsweek: “The Daily Mail throwing out a line about insensitivity is a bit rich.
“They have chosen, at a complete stretch I might add, to draw the most tenuous, tenuous link between an Instagram post and the death of Harry’s mother. That for me is the insensitive bit.”
The Duke of Sussex is currently one of several high-profile individuals suing the newspaper over allegations of historic phone hacking, with the trial scheduled for January. The Daily Mail denies the claims.
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