Harry and Meghan have removed Archie and Lilibet from school after two days

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Breaking news in the Daily Mail. Duke and Duchess of Sussex's children 'removed from school after two days' mol.im/a/16130877 via https://dailym.ai/android

I do wonder if there is actually any school that will be able to meet their expectations in regard to security. I'm interested to see how it all plays out.

Yep.

Good point

True!

H&M do not wish to wait in traffic jams like everyone else.
Why should they when the British taxpayer can fund armed escorts with motorcycle outriders to stop the traffic everyday for the school run whilst a second team helps Meghan get to soho farmhouse for coffee and yet a third helps Harry to do his pretend “work” for an hour every so often.
I imagine they also expect people to line the streets and curtsey to their blacked out Range Rovers as they roll past.
Even Princess Anne doesn’t get 24/7 tax payer security FGS.

I think this couple are in a perpetual family fall out that we all know examples of - but he is public property to an extent because of his family. He was used (in his opinion) as a PR prop for his whole life, then his rep was damaged to make other’s rep’s shine.
I am not agreeing with him but I can imagine in his brittle mentality - that he has paid the price his whole life and now it’s his right to rail against what he also values and sees himself as part of.

I’m sure he grew up seeing deals made and broken and assumes that deals can be made and remade forever.

They are both very determined, singlle- minded people who also appear to be very harmed around their sense of what they deserve. They have an extraordinarily solipsistic world view. They appear to be bullies who feel bullied which is a strange paradox.

Brooklyn Beckham has a similar dilemma of “who am I in my own right without my name, my trademark?” But in BB’s case he has married into limitless wealth. The Sussexes have nothing like that cash power.

The essential unfairness of the royal family only works if the offspring are somehow very stable and well adjusted. It doesn’t work for the psychologically fragile like Diana & Harry. He seems very fragile underneath all this bluster. Still angry at losing his mum maybe because he is still stuck in that loss.

MM does appear to get an incredible level of hatred in the press. It’s hard to be objective about her. I think they are likely to be feeding each other’s sense of outrage. He does appear to be a very very angry man. Their kids are going to go through whatever unfolds now. They are materially fortunate but also don’t get to play with their cousins; at that age literally nothing in the world is more fun. But I guess they get to play with their cousin Brookbanks kids.

I couldn't have expressed my feeling towards this pair better myself @Greenseacat 👏

No security team is going to have a shoot out. It doesn't happen even in the USA when Trump has been targetted.Their first action is to get the individual away.

Security teams don't need guns they need to be able to plan secure routes and risk assess situations.
The lack of guns is a red herring to get the UK tax payer to pay for protection.

The UK has some incredibly famous people living or visiting yet they manage...why can H&M? Think of the world famous footballers who could be targets.

The reason H&M want armed security is for their ego.

I’ve not been manipulated - I’ve watched the podcasts etc - they are vomit worthy - Markle constantly talking about herself rather than the cause being supported - constantly saying “im me, authentic me” - you don’t say that if you are - it just doesn’t occur to you

did you not see the “i have full body chills” 🤮

it’s becuase they act like this - publicise their location - and then say I’m scared

and say one thing - then do another

That being said, however obnoxious I find him he does have a point in that he didn’t choose to be born a prince and that does put him and his family at risk. I can see why if you’ve spent your whole life until your mid 30s not being allowed to go anywhere without an armed guard to then have it abruptly taken away must be disconcerting.

He didn't have it 'abruptly taken away'. He chose to give up his official role and move to the other side of the world. You can't be suggesting that the British taxpayer should have paid for specialist protection officers to move to California to 'protect' him while he makes 'documentaries' slagging off his family?

Arguably he is at risk because of who he is, not how many hospital wings he’s opening, so either the risk was never that high, and he’s spent his whole life with a 24/7 escort for no reason, or the danger remains and he and his family are left exposed.

Threat levels change, and Harry's protection level would too even had he not moved abroad.

He seemed to manage fine in California without police protection. Maybe he should have stayed there.

Selfish narcissists.

Oh please let this be true.

Indeed.

Not to mention of this was underclass parents pulling a child out of a rough school after 2 days then social services would probably get involved for them being Missing From Education

There are hungry children in this country. Police are barely funded and vital services are being cut. Our taxes shouldn’t be going to millionaires who are paranoid just to appeased their “fear”.

No way; in fact they’ll be expect to pay for spring term fees too

No police funded security. The uproar will be insane.
Pay for your own security.

The magazine quoted a friend of the couple saying: 'It's a real shame, because they absolutely adored the school, the kids and their parents. It was perfect for them in every way and the children really enjoyed their time there."

What a load of bollocks. They only went for 2 days.

I don’t think many people realize that 24/7 armed police protection requires a team of about 15 officers per person - to be able to cover shifts, annual leave, sick leave etc.

The estimated costs for that are between £1.3-3 million.

If the children are always together, so count as one additional protectee, that’s up to £9 million a year to give the Sussexes the type of security Harry is demanding.

Security that the UK intelligence agencies cannot find a significant reason for.

@Pattygonia This confirms what I thought when I saw the headlines about changing schools - for whatever reasons, they rushed into the UK relocation and it wasn't particularly well-planned. Leaving the UK was the same!

Yep. If meghan wanted to run in and grab a coffee she would probably expect the whole place cleared out for her like Wimbledon. God forbid she mingle with the hoi polloi!

Totally agree that we should not fund their security.

Women with ex partners who want to kill them, stalkers threatening violence etc get pretty much nothing except, if they are very lucky, a panic alarm.

Ravec will assess and personally I am hoping they are as annoyed about this clear attempt to manipulate as I am.

However, I would be happy to contribute generously to a whip round for the Sussex air fares (economy only) to a country far, far away.

FFS all the usual comments about 'hatred'. Nobody cares about them enough for that. What people feel is contempt, derision, amusement, sadness at the way they treat others, amazement at their astonishing sense of entitlement, etc etc etc. If they weren't in the media every day, (at their own instigation, directly or indirectly) then we wouldn't be here, would we?

They made a mistake coming back to the UK
The children could have had a relaxed , happy Californian upbringing .
Now they are stuck in the UK where their parents are constantly harassed by the heinous UK press

Anyone who has set foot in Oxford knows its a busy city. Why, when yiu can live where you like, and appear to be able to pay for any private school, would you pick one in a busy city.
Surely you'd pick one out in the sticks - an old stately home or something.

More likely the dc werent enjoying it, the car journey too tiring, and the culture change must be huge.

The sooner the dc go to boarding school the better, to get away from their strange upbringing.

And if we CAN afford it it should be for the poor people who find themselves in witness protection, or are at immediate risk of being attacked by dangerous people, or on street police instead so perhaps women can enjoy walking around their towns again with reduced fear of harrasment.

They didn’t give notice to the school in America and are now leaving the Dragon School after a couple of days. That’s a lot of school fees they’ve thrown away.