Canada offers to pay Harry and Meghan's £500k security bill

Canada will contribute to the security bill for protecting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their decision to step down as senior royals, it was claimed today. The Duchess of Sussex, then Meghan Markle, speaks to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the One Young World summit in Ottowa in September 2016 Prince Harry greets Justin Trudeau in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace in London during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April 2018 Harry and Meghan are entitled to 24/7 taxpayer-funded protection at home and abroad as members of the Royal Family, whether on official duties or on holiday. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stand with the High Commissioner for Canada in the UK, Janice Charette, during their visit to Canada House in London last Tuesday Prince Harry and Meghan are saluted by two officers of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police as they leave the Canadian High Commission in London on March 11, 2019 'At this moment in time, right now, the royal family themselves need some time and space for them to work through the current issues that they're dealing with.' 'I don't believe they can refuse the government of Canada's security,' said Larry Busch, an ex-Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who directed security for world leaders including US presidents and the royal family. Harry and Meghan spent their first Christmas with baby Archie at this £10million waterfront mansion on Vancouver Island in Canada The Queen inspects Mounties during a visit to Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, in June 2010 The cost could easily run into the millions of pounds, said Mike Zimet, whose eponymous New York executive security firm has protected clients including US Senator Bernie Sanders and actors Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alec Baldwin.