Good Morning Britain viewers were left fuming on Monday after the programme reported on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's return to the UK. The show aired a debate on the Sussexes' ongoing request for taxpayer-funded security, with Kevin Maguire and Kwasi Kwarteng discussing the couple being in the UK.
Viewers hit out on X
Frustrated viewers took to X to voice their opinions, hitting out at the couple. "I have NO interest in Harry and Meghan. They can fund their own security. They won't, of course, though. #GMB," tweeted one. "@GMB No to paying for H&M security. They left the RF; they haven't worked for the UK in 6 years. So NO!! He's no longer relevant," agreed a second.
Meanwhile, a third wrote, "@GMB ref Royal Protection, Harry and Meghan left the royal family, so unless they are returning to be a part of the family again, they should pay for their own private security as every other famous person does. They shouldn't have it both ways."
Fan defends the couple
But one fan jumped in: "Love Harry and Meghan. The more you attack them, the more we will defend them."
Earlier this month, it was reported that Harry's lawyers had written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, urging her to personally intervene in the decision. Whether or not Harry, Meghan, and their two children - Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five - will receive police protection has yet to be determined.
Legal criticism and security concerns
In the meantime, The Sunday Times has reported that Harry's legal team has criticised the former chair of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) in his letter to the Labour minister. According to the publication, Harry's legal team alleged that the then-chair had been aware of intelligence about a threat from al-Qaeda against the duke in 2023, but failed to pass this information on to Harry's security team or to relevant authorities in the United States, where the family was living at the time.
As reported by The Times, a source close to the duke said: "His security team cannot even carry a cricket bat as a means of defence — all they'd have is angry rhetoric and their physical strength if someone attacked him or his family.
"With his return home, the game has changed: the first duty of a government is to protect its citizens, and that includes Harry, his wife and his children. It's not about the role he has here — it's about the risk he and his family face, and he cannot simply stop being the son of the King."
Harry and Meghan officially touched down in the UK last week, after flying into Birmingham Airport on Wednesday, 26 August. The family is expected to reside in a private, non-royal residence, with Archie and Lilibet enrolled in British schools.
