Good Morning Britain issues b0mbshell Harry and Markle security update
Lorna Shaddick reported on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s UK return for GMB (Image: ITV)
Good Morning Britain’s Lorna Shaddick explained the huge issues surrounding security for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when they return to the UK as the Prime Minister appeared to wash his hands of it. Speaking from outside Buckingham Palace, she highlighted the potential bombshell bill for looking after the pair. “After yesterday’s bombshell announcement, comes news potentially of a bombshell bill to pay because keeping the Sussexes safe could cost around £5 million a year,” she said.
“Of course, they are a very high-profile couple. They’ve got links to the King and Queen, and then Harry’s previous military service in Afghanistan to consider as well. That could potentially make him a target. Now, when the couple left the UK, it was decided that they would fund their own security in America privately, and then when they came back to the UK to visit, their state-funded security would be decided on a case-by-case basis by a Home Office committee,” she said.
She continued: “That is likely now to need reviewing, given this change in their circumstances. But yesterday, Andy Burnham appeared to wash his hands of it, saying that their protection was a private matter.
“It’s certainly clear that this hasn’t been discussed with the wider royal family, given that they only found out about this a few days ago,” she said.
The show then cut to a clip of Former Head of Royal Protection Dai Davies speculating why the public may end up having to pay for the pair.
“The only way I can see it now happening is the security intelligence and the threat assessment, both from terrorism and from fixated individuals, would warrant you and me paying what will be an incredibly expensive scenario for protecting him, his wife, his children, his schooling, and all his adventures when he’s going out making money for himself,” he said.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s UK return has raised issues about security for the couple (Image: PA)
The couple will return to the UK later this month – and are said to be making their home in a non-royal residence outside of London.
They have already enrolled their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in British schools.
The King, who is still living with cancer, was first made aware of the move on Sunday, only three days before it was made public, but is understood to welcome the opportunity to see more of the family both in a private and personal capacity.
But their status will remain the same, with the couple not offered a “half-in-half-out” option regarding their roles.
