To think Meghan Markle has every right to worry about her security?

I think they’re crazy to come back. Her life (and their kids lives by extension) will be made a misery. She seems to be public enemy number one at the moment (for not doing very much wrong other than telling a few home truths).

Taken from a UK security firm website in the UK
There is the fear that working in this type of role without a gun will make you more vulnerable, but this isn’t the case. Close protection officers in the UK are trained to handle situations without the use of a firearm. It could even be said to be safer than working in the US, because the chances of running into someone who poses a threat with a gun is much lower. There is also no risk that you could accidentally harm an innocent bystander when discharging your weapon.
Close protection officers commonly wear stab vests to enable them to engage directly with threats without worrying about knives or other sharp objects. They are also trained to avoid these situations rather than engage with them. Being able to identify the vulnerability in a situation and actively avoid it could be said to be safer than allowing dangerous situations to unfold and then using a firearm to protect against the threat.

Well, there was the little matter of a few blatant lies, and the peculiar allegations of racism which they later withdrew.

But actually I think they just need to follow the example of people like Zara Tyndall and keep their heads down and get on with useful work of some sort that doesn't rely on Netflix money. The newspapers will certainly hang around for a bit, and probably won't ever keep away completely - but they'll quieten down if they're never given anything mildly interesting to publish.

Why would anyone read that piece of fiction?

Because there are more articles and broadcasts and podcasts and posts about Harry and Meghan atm than virtually any other member of the RF; it’s a cottage industry at this point, leading them to be more in the public eye and therefore more likely to be the target of potential nutters?

And because when they were here previously Meghan faced racist attacks from right wing extremists who were charged and jailed in some instances for making really nasty threats and sending them envelopes of white powder etc.

And because there are some hideous extremely racist individuals out there who blame Meghan for “diluting the purity” as they see it, of the RF.

It’s all seriously dark and menacing and I wouldn’t want my dc anywhere near it.

But neither would I want my high profile dc in a school in the US with the gun laws as they are either.

Home truths? They were easily proven lies. Surely you’re not that gullible?

Is it it unreasonable to expect that rocklivia has read it, given that she was making a point about it?

It’s still a work of fiction and quite why anyone believes it is beyond d me.

Sorry it’s from AI but out of interest I looked up how many times personal protection officers had shot people in UK. The information isn’t available but very rare. However I found this on accidental discharge of firearms.

Recorded Accidental Discharge Incidents

• June 2000 (The Royal Train): A protection officer accidentally fired two bullets inside a carriage on the royal train while the Queen and Prince Philip were asleep on board; no one was injured. 1, 2]
• April 2003 (Sunninghill Park): A Metropolitan Police officer accidentally discharged a firearm while unloading it inside Prince Andrew’s residence. No injuries were reported. 1]
• November 2008 (Ben-Gurion Airport): A bodyguard protecting former Prime Minister Tony Blair accidentally fired his Glock pistol into the ground inside the airport terminal in Israel. No one was hurt.1, 2]
• November 2012 (North Wales): An officer assigned to guard the residence of Prince William and Catherine (then the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge) accidentally let off a shot inside an unmarked vehicle. The bullet struck the floor of the car, and no one was injured. 1]

I do know that decent military people do not talk about their kills - it's considered considered a heavy social taboo. Typical of Harry though 🙄

Apparently he offered but the Home Office said that he couldn't purchase the services of the British Police like that.
He could always pay for private bodyguards, mind you.

The creepy staged photos at the cemetery were just bad taste their literally standing on the graves of soldiers but hey as long as they got some photos ☹️

As I understand it they have been offered the protection which Ravec considers that they need, based on a lot of intelligence on terrorist groups and other threats. If they think they need more, it's clearly up to them to arrange it.

I don’t dislike Megan, I think that she has been treated appallingly by the daily mail alongside a lot of the public hate for her, however I can set how she sets out to irritate people.

The photo in Paris passing the crash site with her feet on the dashboard. Now the friendship struck up with the other “Pick me” Geri Horner former member of the spice girls.

Especially given the time of year. November > end of Feb is dire in the U.K. It’ll be quite the downer after sunny California.

She seems to be public enemy number one at the moment (for not doing very much wrong other than telling a few home truths).

Her truth?

She obviously didn't. She enjoys having the titles and certainly wanted them for her children.
Very much not nonsense in Meghan's mind.

I don't think this is all her. Harry has a huge chip on his shoulder about not being as important as his brother. He's the one going on about his kids being Royal. Just like Andrew. There is clearly something wrong with the way the younger children are treated in the RF as generations have had issues.

I think you're right about Harry, but she does insist on being addressed by her title, and she does have a coronet on her notepaper (also HRH).
I'm just challenging the fact that she finds titles "nonsense".
They both demonstrably love them!

There is clearly something wrong with the way the younger children are treated in the RF as generations have had issues.

Who?

For every Margaret and Andrew, you have Anne and Edward. Then we consider the late Queen's Father, the spare who was a better monarch than the flighty heir. I don't think it's easy to blame one thing, humans are too complex.

With a bit of luck we won't hear much about ANY of them until around Christmas. Then wow at the Winter coloured coats, the twinkling lights and candles in the Cathedral and then back to normal after the trundle up the avenue to church for the morons who give the kids selection boxes.

You could not make it up about this gang. They are a high profile very wealthy family, just like many others that live in Britain. Difference is, we pay for a lot of it, whereas other wealthy individuals earned it and keep their heads down.

I hope HaM are happy and content in their new life here. May there be no arguments, sibling rivalry, hissy fits and so on, and may they all reconcile and enjoy being one big happy rich family again.

I agree Andrew isn't in the same category as his siblings, shouldn't have mentioned him in the same sentence. Uncle David seemed pretty unsavoury though maybe not in the same way. Power and status really does corrupt doesn't it