Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s fragile UK relocation has descended into renewed controversy, with royal insiders claiming the couple is leveraging a potential return to America to secure taxpayer-funded security.
Richard Eden Calls Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s US Exit Threat Blackmail
According to sources close to the Sussexes, the Duke and Duchess are prepared to pull Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet from British schools and fly back to Montecito if the UK Home Office refuses their formal demand for automatic police protection.
The ultimatum comes amid an ongoing review by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC), which stripped the pair of automatic taxpayer-funded security after they stepped back from frontline royal duties in 2020.
Royal commentator Richard Eden strongly criticized the tactic on the Daily Mail‘s Palace Confidential podcast, branding the exit threat “akin to blackmail” against the monarch and British authorities.
“The implications of this are massive because if they get it, what that then means is Harry and Meghan can come and go, and they’ll still be getting police protection, and also they can say that they want it in America,” Eden argued.
“So those hard-pressed taxpayers in the US might find that they’re having to pay for security too. So it could ease any money worries that they have. Harry and Meghan would be absolutely thrilled. They’d have these huge costs paid for by someone else.”
The high-stakes standoff follows King Charles‘ recent guidance memo reaffirming the Sussexes’ standing as strictly “private citizens” barred from utilizing HRH styling.
Security tensions surrounding the family escalated further this week after police were called to investigate a scare at Archie and Lilibet’s new school, where two unidentified men were spotted in a rented white van surveilling the grounds for several hours.
Local officers eventually traced the rental details back to an international photographer. The incident has now been referred directly to RAVEC, intensifying the battle over whether the Crown and British taxpayers must ultimately foot the bill for their protection.
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