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To think that Harry and his kids should have security

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Noras · 15/09/2026 12:24

Frankly I don’t want another year of wondering if Harry will attend another event or stay in a palace or will or will not get security etc.

For the sake of our sanity the matter needs to be resolved.

Harry could become a working royal and Meghan could go back to being an actress - they are then both happy

Harry and the kids get protection and Meghan can pay for her own

If Harry and the PoW could make up it would make next year much better ( 30 year anniversary)

Meghan needs to stop trading ( in my opinion) on the memory of Diana ( if it is true she wanted to do a speech re Diana etc) Leave Diana to the boys only.

There are innocent children involved and they do need protecting.

Harry needs to change his attitude and stop fighting the system for the sake of the nations sanity. Meghan has to realise that she upset many of us re the courtesy thing etc and the attack on the POW and POW.

The POW needs to realise that Harry can’t steal his thunder.

Everyone needs to think of King Charles who frankly needs to have a break from all this.

I am not a Meghan supporter or a bot. I just can’t bear another 3 months of frenzied speculation. My head is done in.

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Marycontrarygarden · 15/09/2026 12:25

Noras · 15/09/2026 12:24

Frankly I don’t want another year of wondering if Harry will attend another event or stay in a palace or will or will not get security etc.

For the sake of our sanity the matter needs to be resolved.

Harry could become a working royal and Meghan could go back to being an actress - they are then both happy

Harry and the kids get protection and Meghan can pay for her own

If Harry and the PoW could make up it would make next year much better ( 30 year anniversary)

Meghan needs to stop trading ( in my opinion) on the memory of Diana ( if it is true she wanted to do a speech re Diana etc) Leave Diana to the boys only.

There are innocent children involved and they do need protecting.

Harry needs to change his attitude and stop fighting the system for the sake of the nations sanity. Meghan has to realise that she upset many of us re the courtesy thing etc and the attack on the POW and POW.

The POW needs to realise that Harry can’t steal his thunder.

Everyone needs to think of King Charles who frankly needs to have a break from all this.

I am not a Meghan supporter or a bot. I just can’t bear another 3 months of frenzied speculation. My head is done in.

Oh to have this much time on my hands 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Purpleelephantsandunicorns · 15/09/2026 12:29

Who cares. They get the security that the experts think they need. End of. If they are unhappy they pay for more. I really don't have interest.

If anything will persuade people we should be a republic than it's this daft nonsense.

lazyarse123 · 15/09/2026 12:34

They shouldn't get protection. They knew they weren't getting it so why come. It is all attention seeking bollocks and best ignored if you can.
I can just imagine the mega tantrum if Harry did do royal duties and Meghan didn't. Take the kids to school in a normal low profile car and nobody would be any the wiser. They managed to get in the country without the media knowing so they can get to school the same way.

Isittimeformynapyet · 15/09/2026 12:34

There's a royalty board especially for people who are likely to spend a whole year wondering about them.

MissChanandlerBonng · 15/09/2026 12:35

Imagine your sanity being stretched by the worry of if Harry will get security or not.

He shouldn’t, btw.

EnterQueene · 15/09/2026 12:35

You are unreasonable for not posting on the Royal Family board, set up specially for the weird obsessives. I never hear or read anything about them so what they do impinges on my life not a jot. You are choosing to get worked up about this.

Crudd99 · 15/09/2026 12:35

Harry and Megan can pay for their own security. Why should tax payers pay for their security when the general public and our children are in more danger than them , look how many children have been murdered in terror attacks but there's no money being put into more police on the streets.

BunfightBetty · 15/09/2026 12:37

Everything is always a drama with them, isn't it.

But then, unless you know them personally, OP, why not disengage from the media reports if it's annoying you?

Didimum · 15/09/2026 12:43

The children should most definitely get all the protection that the royal family members are afforded. They are kids, they have had no choices here and they did not ask to be born into this family, they did not ask to be moved around, and they did not ask to be 'private civilians' or 'public figures' or anything else.

Their security issues exist because the royal family exist – end of. And they would require security regardless of what their parents chose to do or not do.

Noras · 15/09/2026 12:43

It’s hard to avoid the media reports when it’s on radio 4 Today etc

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Didimum · 15/09/2026 12:43

Crudd99 · 15/09/2026 12:35

Harry and Megan can pay for their own security. Why should tax payers pay for their security when the general public and our children are in more danger than them , look how many children have been murdered in terror attacks but there's no money being put into more police on the streets.

Because you can't pay for armed security in the UK.

BunfightBetty · 15/09/2026 12:46

Didimum · 15/09/2026 12:43

The children should most definitely get all the protection that the royal family members are afforded. They are kids, they have had no choices here and they did not ask to be born into this family, they did not ask to be moved around, and they did not ask to be 'private civilians' or 'public figures' or anything else.

Their security issues exist because the royal family exist – end of. And they would require security regardless of what their parents chose to do or not do.

Surely they don't need anything more than Peter or Zara's kids get?

They chose to stop being working Royals, and despite saying they want privacy, have courted attention assiduously, since they left. That's a choice. They can pay for their own security, surely?

Rhaidimiddim · 15/09/2026 12:47

You think giving H the things you mention will stop the circus? Because I don't. I think the demands and complaints would just continue, and could cause constitution-level disruption.

BunfightBetty · 15/09/2026 12:48

Didimum · 15/09/2026 12:43

Because you can't pay for armed security in the UK.

They're at no more risk than the kids of other super-wealthy people here, like oligarchs. They don't get armed security from the state, because they are private citizens.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/09/2026 12:48

If it were just H&M I honestly wouldn't give a shit. But there are 2 children involved. Who need protection. We've only got to look at the men in black shirts marching, nut-case Farage and 10-names and his vile ilk to see the violence in our social structure now. It wouldn't take much for some nutter to try to bump off H&M or one of the kids. In the same way Anne suffered an attempted kidnap, the Queen had the nutter bedroom intruder and Charles was shot at.

Regardless of their official status, thanks to the media obsession with them, there will be lots of nut-jobs who might think they're doing the world a favour AND gain some notoriety. They need protecting.

Other than that, as far as I'm concerned, they and the rest of the Royal leaches can do one.

Holeymoley28 · 15/09/2026 12:49

No they should get the security that those who deal with it deem they need. Not just give in to a mantrum.

How does a security team fuck up a school run so badly the kids have been removed from school in 2 days?

If you’re that worried about privacy and again security while post videos outing your exact location.

It’s all a plot to try and get IPP back.

Funny enough other working royals manage to go shopping and do the school runs without an entire motorcade or being papped constantly.

Only they ever get a drama.

Jan24680 · 15/09/2026 12:50

Leave them alone they are just enjoying their privacy and being intentional.

Madamecholetsbonnet · 15/09/2026 12:51

What frenzied speculation? Nobody I know discusses them. I only know about it from MN.

I think their behaviour is such that they have made themselves and their children targets. They probably do need security as a direct result of their behaviour.

They should pay for private security like other celebrities.

Holeymoley28 · 15/09/2026 12:51

Also yes Celebs and their children again manage perfectly fine with private security they don’t need all this song and dance.

Even rich footballers who homes have been raided while their wives and children are inside Harry has the security the government deem he requires. He wants willys security detail.

BarbaraUsher · 15/09/2026 12:51

Of course they need security. I’m stunned anyone could think the opposite.

Bez72 · 15/09/2026 12:52

They can have all the security they want, they just have to pay for it like all other overprivileged non royals.

MiceSpiders · 15/09/2026 12:54

I think I'd like 24/7 security please, through my work I've sent a lot of very dangerous people to prison with a number threatening my life, my family and my children. I drive myself and my child about in a Citroen, without so much as a police horse companion (also open to a police cat)

Crudd99 · 15/09/2026 12:54

Slightyamusedandsilly · 15/09/2026 12:48

If it were just H&M I honestly wouldn't give a shit. But there are 2 children involved. Who need protection. We've only got to look at the men in black shirts marching, nut-case Farage and 10-names and his vile ilk to see the violence in our social structure now. It wouldn't take much for some nutter to try to bump off H&M or one of the kids. In the same way Anne suffered an attempted kidnap, the Queen had the nutter bedroom intruder and Charles was shot at.

Regardless of their official status, thanks to the media obsession with them, there will be lots of nut-jobs who might think they're doing the world a favour AND gain some notoriety. They need protecting.

Other than that, as far as I'm concerned, they and the rest of the Royal leaches can do one.

What about protection for our children? Money should go to protect all children. Our children are more likely to be murdered by terrorists than h&m children. Statistics prove that. Why should we pay for them.

MiceSpiders · 15/09/2026 12:54

Jan24680 · 15/09/2026 12:50

Leave them alone they are just enjoying their privacy and being intentional.

😂

Holeymoley28 · 15/09/2026 12:54

BarbaraUsher · 15/09/2026 12:51

Of course they need security. I’m stunned anyone could think the opposite.

They do have security.

A team they pay for and government funded when it’s deemed there is a genuine threat.

Just most people who feel they need security don’t keep putting themselves and their location out constantly and whining to the papers. They don’t deliberately visit countries with major crime issues or disclose things like their kill score. They tend to try and help themselves by keeping to themselves.