Overview
- Markle posted an Instagram Story from a car showing the nighttime Seine, including Pont Alexandre III and Pont des Invalides, after attending Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.
- Online critics and royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams labeled the clip insensitive, with the Daily Mail featuring the reaction prominently.
- A Sussex source told Newsweek she was unaware of the Pont de l’Alma underpass nearby and called the suggested link to Diana’s death a complete stretch.
- Reports and observers noted the video location as Pont Alexandre III, roughly 1.4 km from the Alma tunnel, disputing claims she filmed the crash site.
- Her spokesperson said she was in Paris to support Balenciaga’s new creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli, with no apology issued as her camp rejects the tabloid framing and Harry’s lawsuit against the Mail heads toward a January trial.