Meghan Markle Put in a Rather 'Awkward Position' After Prince Harry's Security Win: Expert
A royal author has argued that the breakthrough in Harry's plea for security has the Duchess facing a 'hostile environment.
Prince Harry has finally had a breakthrough in his bid to reinstate his UK security, but not everyone may be happy. And no, we're not talking about the royal family. It has now put his wife, Meghan Markle, back at the forefront of one question that she has avoided for so many years: whether she wants to move back to Britain.
"Armed security is not a cause for celebration," says royal author Christopher Andersen. "As for Meghan, it has never been simply a matter of having armed security," he says. "It is a matter of ambiance, memory, and a country in which she has been under intense scrutiny from the day she publicly affirmed her relationship with Harry. This places Meghan in a bit of a tricky situation, as I don't think Meghan is particularly keen to get back to what she might perceive as being a bit of a hostile environment," said Andersen, the author of Brothers and Wives.
The verdict is a result of a recent examination by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec). The committee reportedly has determined that Harry has a right to be protected and escorted by arms while he is within the UK. The Palace and the Government, on the other hand, have not commented on the issue. In response to an inquiry by GB News, a representative of the couple claimed, “We can’t comment on security issues.” The same was stated by a representative of the government.
For Harry, it will mark an important milestone in a court struggle that has been ongoing since he and Markle stepped back from royal life back in 2020 and lost their state-funded security detail. “I don’t see a world where I could move my wife and children back to the UK,” he told the BBC back in May of 2025. “I love my country, I have always done so, despite what some people in that country have done.”
Still, according to Andersen, even with their safety issues alleviated, any visit to their family would be very brief and emotionally driven. “If Harry and Meghan do return to London with Archie and Lilibet, it’s so that the kids can start to form some kind of real relationship with their grandfather, the King, he told Us Weekly. As per Andersen, King Charles loves his grandkids and is eager to spend time with them.
That is an important distinction. Anderson says that the reported security ruling does not mean that the royal treatment will resume. There will be no semi-official engagements, no soft landing back into the royal fold from which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex so dramatically departed. Any that do occur will be private affairs, circumscribed by family, not royal duty.
Meanwhile, the family dynamics are still very fragile. In Markle’s case, the problem might be more complex. Security might solve the problem of physical danger, but not the problem of public animosity that she has spoken about repeatedly, or the media attention she appears to have avoided since moving to California. Harry's problem is one of safety, but Markle’s problem has always been more of acceptance.
