Spare

Harry is in Barbados, raising awareness of HIV testing with Rihanna. Meanwhile, Meghan has fled her home in Canada because of harassment by reporters. Harry arranges for her to spend Thanksgiving at a friend’s house in Los Angeles. Meghan texts to say that her parents have joined her in Los Angeles. However, her father brought tabloid newspapers with him and left early after a row.

Driving home from the set of Suits, Meghan is chased by reporters. The roads are dangerously icy, and she calls Harry in distress. He tells her to drive to the nearest police station. The police are sympathetic but say they can do nothing. Meghan goes home to find her house surrounded by paparazzi. She sits on the kitchen floor until dark, her dogs pacing and howling at the constant knocks on the door. Reporters even approach her neighbors. One neighbor fixes a video camera on his roof, angled at Meghan’s backyard. She contacts the police but is told that her neighbor’s actions aren’t illegal. Meghan’s mother, Doria, lives in Los Angeles and is also being harassed and libeled. An article describes her as “trailer trash,” and reporters follow her everywhere. Photographers even tail her to work and take shots through the windows as she delivers palliative care to patients.