Meghan Markle wants Prince Harry to “let go” of his security battle with the British state, saying she wants her husband to be “free.” The Prince wants to appeal the verdict of a court that ruled that he was not entitled to taxpayer-funded security when visiting his home country, a decision initially taken by the UK’s Home Office. He lost an appeal earlier this year and sought to challenge that decision but his bid to do so was likewise rejected.
Revelations that Markle wants him to drop the issue appeared in British newspapers at the end of July, along with claims that Harry’s father, King Charles III, is not answering his son’s calls. Harry reportedly believes the King should step in and demand protection for his son’s family, or he will not see his grandchildren because Harry and Meghan will not travel to Britain without security.
The Home Office withdrew the Prince’s security when he abandoned the Royal family and moved to California in 2021. Harry challenged the decision, but a court ruled that the Home Office had broken no law, so the ruling stood.
The Prince’s efforts to get his father to speak up on his behalf are proving unsuccessful, according to an inside source, as Harry’s expose of life inside the Royal household severely damaged the relationship between the father and son. When he left Britain for America, Harry sat with his wife to conduct an interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which they accused the family of racism and of offering no help when it became clear that Markle was struggling to adapt to life inside the tightly controlled family. The American said she was so unhappy in Britain that she contemplated suicide, but the British public remained unsympathetic, incensed at what it saw as a betrayal of the Royal family’s privacy.
The couple recently conducted their first interview since the contentious Oprah discussion in 2021. Speaking to Jane Pauley of CBS, the couple talked about their new organization, The Parents Network, which they established to help parents deal with children who have been harmed through online activity.
