Harry and Meghan face security questions over UK return as taxpayers left in the dark

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Both the Sussexes' team and the Home Office are remaining tight-lipped over what has been agreed

GB News' Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker has analysed the security issue concerning Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, examined Queen Camilla's comments on keeping King Charles's cancer diagnosis a secret, and detailed King Charles's return to Balmoral with a mischievous pony.

Harry and Meghan face security questions over UK return as taxpayers left in the dark

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's shock return to Britain has sparked several questions over their security arrangements.

Both their own team and the Home Office are remaining tight-lipped over what has been agreed.

Let's remember, when Prince Harry and Meghan stepped back as working members of the Royal Family, the King's youngest son sued His Majesty's Government in His Majesty's courtroom for downgrading the level of protection his family received.

This put King Charles in a very difficult constitutional position; Prince Harry said: "My father won't speak to me because of this security stuff."

For years, the Duke of Sussex has insisted that he does not feel safe bringing his wife and children to the UK without the 24/7 armed police protection he was used to as a working member of the Royal Family.

Yet, just weeks ago, Meghan and the children secretly flew to the UK to join Harry on family visits to Earl Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's brother, and the King himself.

Meghan did pull out of a planned public appearance with Prince Harry in Birmingham for an Invictus Games event the same week.

However, if she is relocating to the United Kingdom, it will be hard for her to keep completely out of the spotlight - especially since she has been offered an acting role in the country.

It could be the case that Ravec, the Home Office committee that decides the level of taxpayer-funded police protection royalty and public figures receive, has decided not to change their security status.

Therefore, one questions whether Prince Harry's years of litigation and hostile interviews were worth it and could indicate that the threats against him are far less dangerous than he thought.

Another scenario is that Ravec has agreed to review the threat level against the Sussexes, which could prompt (at least in part) his security to be reinstated alongside his wife Meghan and the children.

This could be 24/7 armed close protection officers from the Metropolitan Police, a guarded perimeter around their home, and police motorbike outriders and backup vehicles when in transit.

All of this could cost the British taxpayers millions of pounds each year.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham, when asked whether the Government would fund Harry and Meghan's security, said: "This is a private matter.

"It’s a matter for Harry and for Meghan, and we wish them well in the moves that they’re making."

I would argue, with respect, the "private matter" argument will not be acceptable in the eyes of the public.

No one is expecting chapter and verse of the Sussex security plans, but if British taxpayers are being forced to fund the security of non-working royals, they have a right to know about it.

The Home Office declined to comment, but a spokesman previously said: "The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate.

"It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security."

A representative of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex declined to comment.

Queen Camilla on King Charles’s cancer diagnosis: ‘I was longing to let it out’

The Queen has spoken for the first time about the difficult emotional experience of keeping the King’s cancer a secret before it was announced to the rest of the world.

Camilla carried on with her royal duties by visiting a Maggie’s cancer support centre in 2024 when she knew of Charles’s diagnosis, but the public did not, just days before the news was officially disclosed.

In a short film made in collaboration between Buckingham Palace and Maggie’s to mark the charity’s 30th anniversary, she revealed her feelings about having to deal privately with the challenging news about her husband’s health.

The Queen described “longing to let it out”, saying “obviously I couldn’t” and called the experience two years ago “quite difficult”.

She revealed she “almost said something” but felt the time was not right.

Camilla also spoke of helping to look after her “poor husband” but recalled how the King ploughed on after his diagnosis as his way of coping.

“Nothing stopped him. He just said, ‘This is my way. I’m going to cope with it’,” she said.

Maggie’s chief executive Dame Laura Lee, who was filmed in conversation with Camilla at Clarence House, praised the Queen for her courage during the 2024 engagement.

Camilla, who is president of Maggie’s, officially launched its new centre at the Royal Free Hospital in London on January 31, 2024, while the King was recovering from treatment for an enlarged prostate.

It was revealed in the film that Charles had, by that time, already been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, with the news being announced to the nation by the Palace five days later on February 5.

The health of the 77-year-old monarch, who is still receiving cancer treatment, is said to be continuing in a very positive direction, with Charles announcing the “personal blessing” at the end of last year that his schedule of treatment was being reduced.

The Queen said: “I remember coming to see a Maggie’s just after the King being diagnosed.

“Nobody could say anything at the time. That was quite difficult.

“I almost said something but, you know, I felt that it wasn’t the time to say.

“(I) looked at everybody who was suffering and all the relations, and I think it made me realise even more how important these places were.”

Dame Laura told the Queen: “It was just a week before it became public and the courage that must have taken for you…”

Camilla replied: “Well it wasn’t… I was just longing to let it out, but obviously I couldn’t.”

She spoke about talking to visitors at the centre during the engagement: “I was almost questioning them. I didn’t want to pry too deeply.

“But normally when I went in, I was just talking to them, but I don’t know, I felt it was much more deep.”

Dame Laura talked about the number of people who had been coming to its centres because of the King being open and continuing to have a productive life, and that Maggie’s had seen a 12 per cent increase in men visiting.

Charles returned to public-facing engagements in April 2024, less than three months after his treatment began,

He is known for being a workaholic, and the Queen has spoken before of how he “won’t slow down and won’t do what he’s told” even after his diagnosis.

She said in Wednesday’s video: “It had never really come back to roost at home, and suddenly your husband is diagnosed, and you think, ‘Goodness I’ve been talking to all these people, and now I’m the one with some relation who’s got to help to look after my poor husband and try and understand it all.’”

The Queen recorded the seven-minute film to highlight the vital support Maggie’s offers cancer patients, and to promote the services they provide for relatives and especially to men who may be more reluctant to seek help.

Dame Laura described Camilla, who has been president of the charity since 2008, as speaking “powerfully of her own emotions” and displaying her “natural response” as a wife, as the chief executive also praised the King for his openness.

She said: “To hear her speak so powerfully of her own emotions when visiting our Royal Free centre, while knowing about His Majesty’s diagnosis, is a huge honour.

“The King’s openness about his diagnosis has undoubtedly helped others to be more open themselves and to now hear the Queen’s completely understandable and natural response as a wife shines a light on why it is so important that family and friends also get the support they need.”

Maggie’s has 27 centres across the UK, built in the grounds of major NHS cancer hospitals, and supports hundreds of thousands of people each year.

The organisation offers care for people affected by cancer, including free psychological, emotional and practical support, with no appointments necessary for the drop-in sessions.

Inside Balmoral with King Charles as cheeky pony tries to bite monarch

Before the madness of the last few days, I spent a wholesome couple of days up at Balmoral to cover King Charles's ceremonial arrival at his summer holiday home.

It is easy to see why many generations of the Royal Family have fallen in love with Royal Deeside: the tranquillity, the countryside and Scottish hospitality.

It was a lovely, relaxed atmosphere as members of the public enthusiastically shook hands with the King outside the gates.

He was even in good spirits after the Royal Regiment of Scotland's mascot, a naughty Shetland pony called Corporal Cruachan IV, attempted to bite His Majesty's hand.

King Charles got off lightly; the pony once urinated in front of Queen Elizabeth II and tried to eat her flowers.

The day before, I visited George Strachan Ltd in Aboyne - a general store which has served the Royal Family up at Balmoral since the 1960s.

It was founded 100 years ago, and in April King Charles made a surprise visit to mark the anniversary.

Ben Strachan, who manages the business and is the fourth generation of Strachans working there, shared with GB News a very special memory of his time visiting Balmoral Castle.

He told me: "I remember growing up with my dad in the 1980s. We were delivering to Balmoral, and I used to get in to get a biscuit from the chef and stuff. We've been affiliated with the Royal Family for a long time."