{"id":632860,"date":"2026-06-11T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632860\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:15:09","slug":"royal-family-live-harry-and-meghan-furious-at-major-double-standard-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/632860\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family LIVE: Harry and Meghan ‘furious at major double standard’ | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are reportedly angry after Catherine, Princess of Wales’<\/a> sister, Pippa Middleton, was given permission to improve security around her home. The 42-year-old, her husband, hedge fund manager James Matthews, 50, and their three children live at Barton Court, a \u00a316.75million, 145-acre estate<\/a> in Berkshire. The Sussexes are said to think that this is a “double standard”, as civil servants from the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Office are reportedly opposed to granting the couple taxpayer-funded protection whenever they are in the UK because it would carry too much political risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“There are implications for my family, due to their high public profile, which means there is a need for a higher level of security than would otherwise be the case if the circumstances were different,” Matthews said, according to Sky News<\/a>. “Therefore, to improve security for my family, before we moved in, I arranged for an electric security gate to be erected on the drive.” “Unfortunately there has been a continued need to enhance security,” he added.<\/p>\n

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