{"id":246444,"date":"2020-02-27T22:18:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T03:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246444"},"modified":"2020-02-27T22:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T03:19:42","slug":"rcmp-to-stop-providing-security-for-prince-harry-and-meghan-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/27\/rcmp-to-stop-providing-security-for-prince-harry-and-meghan-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP to stop providing security for Prince Harry and Meghan: minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The RCMP has been helping the U.K.’s Metropolitan Police provide security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intermittently since their arrival in November, Minister Bill Blair’s office said in a statement. (File photo<\/a>: Mark Jones\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canada will stop providing security for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan in coming weeks as the couple formally renounces their royal privileges, the public safety minister announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

The RCMP has been helping the U.K.’s Metropolitan Police provide security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intermittently since their arrival in November, Minister Bill Blair’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

His office said Canada is obligated to supply such services because the Sussexes are currently considered \u201cinternationally protected persons,\u201d who are entitled special security measures under international law.<\/p>\n

The assistance will end in coming weeks in keeping with their \u201cchange in status,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The Sussexes announced earlier this month that they will formally step away from most royal duties on March 31, having settled into a mansion north of Victoria with their nine-month-old son Archie.<\/p>\n

On their website, the Sussexes say their family will continue to require protection, but further details are \u201cclassified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada has been embroiled in a royal family crisis since January when Harry and Meghan announced their intentions to break away from Buckingham Palace and give up public funding in a bid to become financially independent.<\/p>\n

But word of the part-time move to Canada was immediately met with concern that taxpayers would be footing the bill for their security costs.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the public safety minister declined to provide details about the financial arrangement.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has so far stayed mum on the matter. His office did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday.<\/p>\n

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