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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<\/em><\/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<\/em>. Sources close to the prince told the magazine that he will always protect his wife from the media. One friend told the Daily Mail<\/em><\/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<\/em><\/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 Originally published in Vanity Fair Italy<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n