Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have hit the headlines again after they alleged being involved in a “near-catastrophic car chase” while being pursued by paparazzi in New York City.

The problem is that the police gave a very different account. The NYPD said in a statement:

On Wednesday evening, May 16, the NYPD assisted the private security team protecting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. There were numerous photographers that made their transport challenging. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at their destination and there were no reported collisions, summonses, injuries, or arrests in regard.

Harry’s mother, Princess Diana of Wales, was killed in a car crash in Paris in 1987. Throughout the prince’s memoir, Spare, and in multiple TV interviews, he has expressed concern about “history repeating itself.”

The couple uses anything they can to advance that narrative, no matter how contrived, inaccurate, or implausible. It’s getting rather tiresome.