![]() ![]() ![]() “That way security team knows where they are,” she said. She said one of her customers has formed a Facebook group, where users can identify locations of paparazzi, when they spot them. Scott is not the only resident trying to discourage photographers. They want to be able to go out and be part of the community and be safe.” They just don’t want to be harassed by the press. Watch as Paris reminisces on past drama with the 'Mean Girls' star. “I don’t think Meghan and Harry don’t want to talk to the public. Paris Hilton pays homage to a paparazzi shot of her, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears from 2006. “All the customers I have spoken to are hoping that people can give them their space and be welcoming,” she said. Scott said she believes the community shares her sentiments. We really just want to give them their space.” “So I think he wants to protect his wife and child and have some freedom and that is part of the reason why moving to Canada, to get away from that. “Harry lost his mom to the paparazzi,” she said. Scott more than understands this desire for privacy. Not surprisingly, so are the Royals themselves, having threatened to take legal actions against photographers, who snapped pictures of Markle earlier this month, while walking through Horth Hill Park with the couple’s son, Archie. “We are really trying to give them their space and their privacy, and I am just really tired of having the press here,” said Scott. But if the couple were to become members of the community, locals would like to give them their space and freedom. “Honestly, I’m done ,” she said, her voice clearly ringing with frustration.Įverybody in the community knows where the royal couple currently lives, she said. RELATED: Prince Harry: ‘Powerful media’ is why he’s stepping away RELATED: Local Monarchist says Saanich Peninsula would be a ‘great place’ for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Scott has also received phone calls from various media. Media members from the around the world including Italy, Japan and the United States were soon descending upon the store to the point where some started to set up cameras outside the store, blocking its parking lot and bothering customers. ![]() “They were very nice, obviously wanting to speak to the staff,” said Scott. She said members of the British media were the first to visit the store. Scott said she put up the sign reading ‘press free zone’ on the store’s entrance after interest from the foreign media had “gotten out of hand.” The couple, along with their son Archie, recently moved to the area as part of their decision to step back as senior members of the British Royal Family after having spent their Christmas vacation here. The store located at corner of West Saanich Road and Birch Road near North Saanich’s Deep Cove Elementary has served as a familiar and comfortable gathering spot for locals for years, but has also witnessed a wave of foreign media members, who want to speak to locals about Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex. “We have hardly seen any press now,” said Rosemary Scott, owner of Deep Cove Market. Sidney / North + Central Saanich Visitor’s GuideĪ small sign declaring a popular North Saanich business and community meeting spot a media free zone is working, says its owner. ![]()
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