Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a plan to ensure King Charles helps with their security in the UK, a TV star has claimed. TalkTV presenter Samara Gill said on air that she believes the couple "want their privacy invaded in the UK" so they can pressure King Charles to boost their security.
Security decision pending
The couple have still not been given any state-funded security despite being in the UK since earlier this year, with Harry's team pushing Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood for a decision on their security as they believe the risks are greater now they are in the country.
Harry and Meghan are said to be staying in the Cotswolds, where their two children, Archie and Lilibet, will attend school, but they have not disclosed the location or name of the place where they are receiving education.
TV presenter's claims
Samara said of the couple: "I think they almost want a bit of press intrusion. They want some junior reporter or some paparazzi who's not in the know to go up to their place, because it is the people who know know, and by the way, it's a massive place. If you've actually had the chance to see it as a journalist behind the scenes, I've had a little peek, and it is a sort of Montecito in the Cotswolds type of vibe without giving too much away.
"I think they're waiting for their privacy to be invaded so that they can go to the king and complain and start the victim narrative again and then get some money out of it, or try and use it against Ravik, which is the body that has been deciding that they don't get taxpayer-funded security, try and get Ravik to pony up taxpayer money for it.
Victim narrative criticism
She continued: "I think this is all part of the victim narrative that's already being spun. People magazine has already been briefed by Meghan's friends this week saying they're really worried about Meghan and her safety."
She added: "Well, that would be hilarious if Meghan wasn't the one constantly invading her own privacy, going to Paris Fashion Week, going away to different various gala events in Hollywood, traipsing across the earth.
"I mean, it's a bunch of tosh that they're concerned. There's a big difference with a volume of articles written against you and actual security threats, and they don't seem to be able to find where the truth is in between that, which is that, in my opinion, I don't think they're that much under threat. They're just scrutinised. They're just an infamous couple."
