Prince Harry is set to be denied taxpayer-funded police protection in the United Kingdom, after senior Home Office officials reportedly concluded that restoring his security detail would trigger a significant public backlash over the cost to the British taxpayer, it emerged on Sunday.
The Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan voluntarily stepped back from their roles as senior working royals in January 2020, a move that eventually stripped them of the round-the-clock Metropolitan Police protection ordinarily afforded to members of the working royal family. Since then, Harry has funded his own private security arrangements, which industry experts estimate cost about $3 million, or roughly £2.3 million, a year.
