Donald Trump says the US will not pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security in America
Donald Trump said that the US will not pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security while they live in America.
The president made the statement Sunday in a tweet, writing; ‘I am a great friend and admirer of the Queen & the United Kingdom. It was reported that Harry and Meghan, who left the Kingdom, would reside permanently in Canada.’
‘Now they have left Canada for the U.S. however, the U.S. will not pay for their security protection. They must pay!’
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, recently moved from Vancouver Island in Canada to Los Angelas, where Markle grew up.
The UK and US have a longstanding pact to provide security for each country’s diplomats and members of the Royal Family when they visit. However, Prince Harry may not benefit from the agreement after he and Meghan stepped down as senior Royals in January, meaning they are no longer ‘international protected persons.’
Trump has not said whether Prince Harry asked for government protection for his family.
The president’s statement comes weeks after Prince Harry allegedly said Trump has ‘blood on his hands’ because of his response to climate change, according to The Sun.
Prince Harry’s alleged comments were made to a prank phone call duo pretending to be climate change activist Greta Thunberg and her father Svante, The Sun reported.
In one of those calls, partial audio published online captures Prince Harry allegedly saying ‘the mere fact that Donald Trump is pushing the coal industry is so big in America, he has blood on his hands.’
‘But Trump will want you to make him look better but he won’t want to have a discussion about climate change with you because you will outsmart him.’
The prince later allegedly said: ‘Unfortunately, the world is being led by some very sick people, so people like yourselves and (the) younger generation are the ones that are going to make all the difference.’
The phone calls have not been verified and Buckingham Palace has not commented on the alleged statements made by Prince Harry