Prince Harry, Meghan Markle At Risk? Sussexes' Montecito Mansion the Target of Intruders
Two intruders were scared away from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's $14 million Montecito, California, house in just 12 days.
Police were called to the Duke and Duchess' property in May after alarms were tripped while the couple and their children, Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, were inside.
According to The Sun, on their fourth wedding anniversary on May 19 at 5:44 PM, police responded to a trespasser allegation. According to Santa Barbara Police records, a second intruder alarm was received on May 31 at 3:21 PM, as the couple was about to board their private plane to the United Kingdom for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.
During their visit to the United States, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle employed former President Barack Obama's former bodyguard Christopher Alvarez and Michael Jackson's former security head Alberto Alvarez.
Both May calls were classified as "trespasser," "property offenses," and "suspicious circumstances."
According to police records, there have been six security alert calls to Sussex's home in the previous 14 months.
On April 9, 2021, police were called to the house at 2:52 a.m., and on New Year's Day, the alarm was "mistakenly tripped," prompting the dispatch of a squad vehicle.
On April 8, 2022 at 10:41 a.m., but did not respond since the call belonged to another agency; in June, there was a "miscellaneous dispatch" at 1:17 p.m., but officers did not respond.
But it's not only the occurrences at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's residence.
A guy allegedly trespassed over Christmas 2020 and returned on Boxing Day before being detained.
This comes as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle extended their lease on Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, which is guarded 24 hours a day, seven days a week, despite the fact that they left their senior royal responsibilities and moved to California two years ago.
The Duke of Sussex has also just been granted permission to sue the Home Office over his security arrangements, with a judicial battle set to begin in early 2022 after they refused to allow him to pay for his police protection when visiting the UK.
"Perhaps Harry should focus more on the security in California rather of raising complaints about his security in Britain," royal analyst Angela Levin says.
"After two intruder alarms in 12 days, he should obviously prioritize safeguarding his family in the United States."
