The former head of Scotland Yard’s royal protection unit has slammed the couple for repeatedly flagging security concerns while sharing private family moments on social media
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been told to “shut up” over their security fears. The blunt warning has come from former head of Scotland Yard’s royal protection unit Dai Davies after a series of headlines linked to the couple’s renewed safety concerns since their return to the UK.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Davies criticised the couple for repeatedly flagging their security fears while also sharing family photos on social media. He warned that sharing details about their whereabouts could provide information to anyone looking to target them.
Davies – who headed the Met Police’s royal protection command between 1994 and 1998 – said: “It one, attracts attention, and secondly, it provides anyone would want to cause harm to any of them or anyone related, you’re giving them clues.”
When asked what his advice to the Sussexes would be, he said: “Shut up, end of story, shut up.”
Pressure has intensified after Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, were pulled from their new British school just two days into the academic term. The family’s private security team reportedly judged the daily commute unsafe, claiming heavy traffic in the area repeatedly split up their security vehicles.
That allegedly made it impossible to maintain a secure convoy without the official police escorts typically reserved for working royals. The children have since been moved again – this time to a closer village school, HuffPost UK reported.
Adding fuel to the fire, Meghan is said to have frustrated security professionals by posting an Instagram video showing private family moments in the British countryside.
Critics claimed the footage included identifiable details which they argued could make it easier for people to work out the location of the Sussexes’ home in the Cotswolds.
It comes with the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC) currently understood to be carrying out a routine, residency-linked risk assessment of the couple’s security arrangements.
The renewed spotlight also follows Harry’s failed Court of Appeal legal battle against the Home Office, after he attempted to secure taxpayer-funded armed police protection while in the UK.
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