Harry, Meghan security ‘privately funded’ in US
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the US government for help with security costs.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the US government for help with security costs, the couple said on Monday in response to a tweet from President Donald Trump that the US would not pay for their protection while they were in Los Angeles.
On Monday, Mr Trump tweeted: “Now they have left Canada for the US. However, the US will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!”
A spokeswoman for the couple said later: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have no plans to ask the US government for security resources. Privately funded security arrangements have been made.”
Meghan, who married Harry in 2018, criticised Mr Trump during his 2016 election campaign as misogynistic and divisive.
Last year, Mr Trump, on being told of Meghan’s criticism, said: “I didn’t know that. What can I say? I didn’t know that she was nasty.” He also wished her well in her new life as a British royal.
The couple shocked the royal family in January with an announcement they would step down from their roles as senior royals in order to gain freedom from the media scrutiny that has followed them for several years. They had been living for several months with their son, Archie, on Vancouver Island in Canada.
Britain’s Sun newspaper reported last week the couple had taken a private flight to Los Angeles. Meghan was raised in the Los Angeles area and her mother, Doria Ragland, still lives there.
Walt Disney said last week that Meghan had narrated a nature documentary that will be released on its Disney+ streaming platform on Friday. Last month, Canada said it would no longer provide security once the Sussexes were no longer working members of the British royal family.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had been assisting London’s Metropolitan Police with security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “intermittently” since November, when they began a six-week holiday in Canada.
Reuters
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