Overview
- The Instagram Story showed Markle reclining with her feet up in a limousine at night while passing the Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides along the Seine.
- The route was headed toward the Pont d'Alma area associated with Princess Diana’s 1997 fatal crash, which critics labeled insensitive.
- Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams called the post “utterly bewildering” and “insensitive beyond belief,” and suggested Prince Harry would disapprove.
- Markle attended Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show, and a spokesperson told People she was supporting Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli.
- Multiple outlets sought further comment, with no public apology from Markle and no verified statement from Prince Harry reported.