Blunkett Backs 2-Officer Security for Harry and Meghan in UK Protection Dispute
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 24
Blunkett Backs 2-Officer Security for Harry and Meghan in UK Protection Dispute
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 24
Summary
Lord David Blunkett said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should receive a temporary middle-tier UK security package, with one or two officers traveling with them rather than full-time armed protection.
The former home secretary framed that as a reasonable option because Harry remains a close member of the royal family, while suggesting the arrangement could be reviewed again in a couple of years.
Harry has been fighting the government over protection since stepping down as a working royal in 2020, when taxpayer-funded security was withdrawn for the Sussexes as non-working royals.
The intervention comes as the couple have returned to the UK and are seen as potentially spending longer periods there, reviving the dispute over what level of state-backed security they should receive.