To think if "Prince" Harry wants 5m a year of taxpayer money he needs to start twerking for pennies as a working royal again

Wiki says she has dual citizenship, so she is British.

I am most certainly not a fan but he will be a target because of who he is not if he is a so-called working royal or not. He would be a target for any crazy kidnappers as his dad is obviously loaded.

That said there is not a chance it should be publicly funded, his df should pay out of his pocket imo.

Unless you’ve seen her passport you don’t know she’s British

So? She’s still British. The Queen’s husband was in Greece.

Actually the 90 million need and deserve the security as well but they don’t have the funds to pay for it. I want my children to be able to walk down a street safely. Are their lives less important than the Sussexes? No they are not and if Harry wants the armed protection he should stay where he is where he gets it, all paid for by himself.

I don’t subscribe to the Megan/Harry hate. I think there is a lot going on behind closed doors that we are not privy to and all families are complicated, royal or not. I adore the Princess of Wales’ style, poise and quiet dignity - Wills traded up IMHO - but I think the whole family is a bit fucked on the whole.

That said, if Harry is returning to the Uk and expecting tax-payer funded security etc (ie if his dad is NOT paying for it out his own private funds, or Harry himself paying), then yes, he needs to work for the Firm and earn his keep.

Like or need? Because many people get secure when it’s a need. As others have said, former PMs, authors who have chosen to write books that upset others have had small fortunes spent on them.

If there’s a credible reason for it, then of course this is why we have these trained people and only the security deemed essential not what he wants.

It can’t be on a deserving or undeserving decision process, but need. He shouldn’t have to do certain levels of duties or not, just is this needed.

Too much emotion on all harry related issues, from both his supporters and haters!

People like Liz Truss don’t get protection because they “deserve” it after being PM, or as some kind of perk. It’s because they will have had access to highly-secure information and protocols etc. No one wants to assassinate Luz Truss but they might want to torture her for valuable information.

Though of course as time goes on I expect people’s worth and consequently their security is downgraded.

You do realise there are about 90 million UK citizens who also would like security too.

She should get the security part. Anyone who's been PM potentially has access to valuable information that we don't want tortured out of them. It's better for us all that anyone in that position is protected.

But we need to think about putting a minimum service requirement on the office supplies and other staff grant.

hes a British citizen. If he needs security, he should have it. He shouldn’t have it just because he wants it and there’s no credible threat.

the working royal vs non-working royal is a distraction, the “work” is just charitable work and made up duties, William has shown that what the previous generation felt were important duties can be dumped for a different approach to “royal work” so it’s sort of irrelevant.

The fact they want to keep their dcs as private as possible is a good thing, it lessens the risk to the children for their security and as such should mean they aren’t targets that need protection.

Well here’s a new idea if he wants armed guards providing their security why don’t they stay in America where they get just that.

Prince Harry wants armed security. That can only be provided by the government (state). No one can pay for their own armed security in this country, and that includes the King paying for Harry. He couldn’t even if he wanted to.

So Harry is very welcome to pay for 100 heavies - but not ones with guns, which is what he wants - full-time for all four of them, no matter what they are doing from charity work to just hanging out with oafish pals for Harry or celebs for Meghan.

Highly-trained protection officers round-the-clock for four people (two of whom do not seem keen on keeping out of public view) will cost ££££££££££.

Yes, he put a target on his own back and on Meghan and his DC. What an idiot.

Lilibet wasn't even born in the UK. Her parents need to continue to pay for their own security as not working royals. When Eugenie and Beatrice had paid for security Andrew was a working royal.

You can because they are non serving royals as well

He boasted about killing Taliban, or whoever. What a fool.

Is this the case? He did get security when visiting, he just had to give four weeks (iirc) notice.

H/M aren't wanted.

She shouldn’t get it either

I would rather my taxes went to protect ordinary women from assault and making streets safer for them to walk down. He’s allegedly rich enough he can pay for it as he has been in America.

The meaning is Lilibet and Archie will drop down and become unimportant with no duties or royal funding in years to come and will be in the same position as Beatrice and Eugenie are now. So their position is no different to the position of the York girls when they were children. They were also the grandchildren of the monarch and children of the monarchs second son

Used too now he is confined to the estate there is no need for extra security unless he leaves

No idea who pissed on your chips but google is free and I have a life im not at the back and call of random strangers on the Internet

But now Archie and Lilibet are sixth and Seventh in line.

And they are the King’s actual grandchildren. Comparing Harry to Euge and Bea is ridiculous.