Are You Happy To Pay For Harry & Meghan's Security?

[ladybirder]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10406391/Prince-Harry-says-bodyguards.html

Cheeky or what!

[barry1010]

Rainbow, I used to smoke while riding my motorbike, in the days of the pudding basin helmet.

[Ellipsis]

He may have opted out recently, but he was opted in in the womb ... not by his own choice.

[straydog]

In the link the OP posted to the Daily Mail article it did actually say

“ In a statement, Harry insisted he would cover the cost of police protection rather than burden the taxpayer ”

So, it’s not opposing reporting.

If he’s happy to cover the full cost himself then I don’t see the problem or need for all the furore.
I understand from months ago that his own US security guards would not be allowed to be armed on UK soil.

[bednobs]

barry i once ate a cream cake while i was riding my motorbike!
My understanding is that he pays for his own security, however he and his family is not entitled to police protection whilst in this country. He would like that for his family so he wants to fund what it would cost so he is not a burden on the taxpayer.
He may have walked away from the RF, but he ccan't change history - he WAS born into the british RF and remains the queens grandson (and later either the monarch's son or brother) and is therefore a target to nutters, more so than, say, me. To me it sounds like him being allowed police protection while he is here, while making it cost neutral to the country sounds like the ideal solution

[Barsel]

Anyone read my link at 10.44 to say he is suing the Government?

[tiggerblue10]

He wants to pay for his own security so not sure what the problem is. If it turns into a combined UK and US style security effort then so be it. And I'm sure that HM wants to see her new great-grandchild.

[naomi24]

Tiger, Ladybirder said //My understanding now is that he's happy to pay for it but he wants his team to have access to our country's security information and we've said No. //

I'm not surprised we've said no. That would be a big problem.

[youngmafbog]

//If it turns into a combined UK and US style security effort then so be it//

Eh?

1) I am pretty sure the Americans wouldn't want to share everything and 2) neither would we and if we didnt share then it would be pointless.

And as a third point just how would the cost be worked out and then paid?

It's a none starter and Ginge knows it.

[tiggerblue10]

Well then, he can pay for all the UK security.

What security is used for presidential visits and who pays for it?

[youngmafbog]

Presidential visits are 'business', the cost of the entourage is usually met by the US and the cost of Old Bill by the UK. Same if we go there.

If Henry did some Royal duties then it would be paid for by the UK tax payer. But he is not.

[tiggerblue10]

I know that but is UK security info shared with US security for presidential visits? And if he wants to pay for it then he should be allowed to as its not a 'business' trip.

[Mozz71]

Man wants to ensure his family are safe while visiting family.

Anyone else and there wouldn't be an issue, but the Sussexes? The same old, inevitable AB outcry from the usual suspects. Would those prefer that the Queen didn't get to see her grandchildren?

[William51]

They come out with so many statements after statements that they will eventually not know if they are coming or going.

[Arksided]

I'm far from being a royalist but do like our Queen, words evade me when it comes to those two muppets... so no.

[naomi24]

Mozz, they’re creating the problem. They can come and see the queen. No one is stopping them. They just want everything their way and on their terms.

[anneasquith]

Is this another situation H @ M have manipulated.
We ask for the impossible, the British establishment say no.
It’s not their fault they didn’t get to visit granny .

[davebro]

Qu - who the heck would want to harm them, so why the emphasis on security?

No one guards me on my way to the shops!

Bloomin royals - the Russians/French had the right idea.

[bednobs]

^^^ it's because people like you who say things like that

[davebro]

they are an irrelevance - umpteenth in line, no-hopers. More to be pitied than feared/revered.

[bednobs]

so what did you mean by the russians/french had the right idea?