Shades Of Di's Death?
In the paparazzi's latest tangle with Prince Harry, photographers are accused of putting him in danger during a recent car chase, reports CBS News Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer.
She explains that, for tabloid photographers, Britain's royal family is big game. Most visibly and most recently in their sights was Prince Harry, on safari in Botswana with his Zimbabwean girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.
The photos made headlines.
But aides to the prince have complained that the photographer who took them put everyone in danger by chasing the open-top vehicle the prince and Davy were in along a dirt road, trying to get a clear shot.
Of course, notes Palmer, the incident recalls the death of Harry's mother, Princess Diana, who died in 1997 as her car was being pursued at high speed in Paris by paparazzi.
But this time, the Daily Mail and the Sun newspapers have denied the prince was pursued, harassed or put in danger.
Princess Diana's former security adviser agrees that it's unlikely.
"The paparazzi and the media are only going to go as fast as the vehicle in which Prince Harry is traveling," says Ken Wharfe. "So, provided that vehicle is driving to a safe standard, which I'm sure it was, I personally don't see any real danger."
After Diana's death, there was an understanding between the royal family and British newspapers that Harry and his brother, Prince William, would be left alone, except for negotiated photo opportunities.
But Harry, second in line to the throne, is now 20 years old and about to enter the British military academy at Sandhurst.
And these photos, Palmer points out, may signal that the truce with photographers is over, and open season has begun.