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There is the matter of Megxit in which Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from royal life and the case of Prince Andrew who has been mothballed following very public PR disasters. This has led some to chime in on who should get what in terms of security protection.
The issue was made more prominent when it was reported that Queen Elizabeth intervened to stop her son, the Duke of York, from being stripped of his publicly funded security.
Should Meghan Markle Be stripped Of Protection While Prince Andrew Gets To Keep His?
Canadian presenter Elaine Lui told Newsweek that she considers The Firm’s alleged security stance to be inconsistent.
According to Newsweek, “Lui moved in the same circles as the Duchess of Sussex, before she became a royal, and works with Ben Mulroney, husband to Meghan’s best friend Jessica Mulroney.”
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Lui is referring to a report in January in which the Evening Standard stated a review was being made as to whether Andrew should continue to have, “round-the-clock armed protection.”
At that time one source told the newspaper that police, “cannot write a blank check for anyone who does not have a public role.”
According to Lui, “If you take away from the one dude, then fine take away from Meghan and Harry. But right now it just doesn’t seem consistent.”
In June The Sun reported that the queen intervened to request that Andrew continue to be guarded by the U.K.’s Metropolitan Police.
A Source With Ties To Meghan Markle Thinks She Should Have Royal Protection
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Lui told Newsweek, “Prince Andrew is not my favorite royal. But I actually understand the rationale behind having to keep him safe. He is tremendously unpopular right now. This means that he is at a higher risk and there’s already a baseline level of risk for members of the royal family. No matter how I feel about him, and disagree with his personal decision, I don’t want to see any physical harm befall him.”
“Putting that right there, I think the same argument should apply for Harry and Meghan. They should have protection in the sense they are technically still members of the royal family. Harry is the son of the future monarch.”
“Even though they are not living in the U.K. and they chose to leave public duty, or they were compelled to, I do think that if there is a justification for Prince Andrew to be protected then there should be a justification for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.”
Providing security for certain royals has been a contentious issue, as well as an astronomical cost, which does not appear to be going away anytime soon.
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They are Royals and should be afforded the privileges that comes with being Royals.
One would expect all of the Queen’s children to have security, but not necessarily all of her grandchildren. Of course William would have security due to his and his children’s line of succession!
They don’t want to be ‘royal’ so that means they are dis-loyal so let them go without security. Nobody should be paying that bill except them. I wish Harry would just tell her he’s going back to England and she can go with him or stay there. He’s sure being led by the nose.
I THINK PRINCE ANDREWS & HARRY & MEGANS CASE ARE 2 DIFFERENT CASES. ANDREW DIDN’T LEAVE THE ROYAL FAMILY LIKE MEGAN & HARRY HE WAS FORCESD DOWN FROM HIS FRIENDS CASE. HARRY & MEGAN WANTED TO LEAVE & BE THIS INDEPENDENT COUPLE SO I THINK THEY SHOULD FOOT ALL THEIR OWN BILLS PERIOD & BE THE INDEPENDENT COUPLE THEY CLAIMED THEY WANTED TO BE.
Andrew is royal Megan is deffinetly not .Harry was he should come home .megan pay her own security . She s always getting on planes.baby never out is he always with his nanny nan.
Nope sorry they chose to leave. Choices and consequences. For people who say they want to live a normal life they sure don’t. Tired of all the wa wa and poor me and I deserve. Charles should stop funding them and let them figure out what normal ice is
But they say they don’t want to be royal so they need to make up their minds and be one or the other. If you are royal, go back to England….if you don’t want to be royal then if you think you need security then pay for it yourself. The royal family and the British tax payers should be off the hook on this one.
She has shown her true colors since they got married. She still wants her title though and they let her keep it. She should have been stripped of it the second they left England. I liked her before the wedding and she looked so pretty on her wedding day. Who knew there was a conniving bitch inside that pretty face.