Prince Harry Losing Bid to Pay for Family’s Protection in U.K. is ‘Totally Wrong,’ Royal Security Expert Says
usmagazine.comSafety first. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security measures are something royal expert Richard Atich believes need to be addressed both in the U.K.
and in America.A U.K. high court judge ruled on Tuesday, May 23, that Harry, 38, would not be permitted to pay for private security for his family on visits to his home country — a move Atich exclusively told Us Weekly is “totally wrong,” adding, “It’s just absolutely ridiculous and completely mind-baffling.”Agreeing that U.K.
taxpayers shouldn’t have to fund the couple’s security — as they stepped down from their official royal duties in January 2020 — Atich said that Harry has the right as a prominent member of the British royal family to have the ability to hire some form of security “regardless of whether he serves the crown or not.”Stateside, the director of operations for Mobius International Security said that the pair — who share son Archie, 4, and daughter Lilibet, 23 months — should “have security in the U.S.
commercial private sector provision of security,” but that their security should be overseen by “a U.K. Met police officer to ensure that standards are being delivered, and also to have that access of intelligence flows, as well, from the U.K.
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