Prince Harry, Meghan Markle 'Paranoid About Safety' After Attacking Royal Family, Expert Claims
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got paranoid about their safety after launching scathing attacks on the royal family, according to a royal expert.
The Duke of Sussex has been fighting for security in the United Kingdom. Prince Harry recently lost his legal battle against RAVEC for the downgrade of his security after he and Markle decided to quit their royal duties in 2020. However, Prince Harry reportedly plans to appeal the court's decision.
Tom Quinn, royal commentator and author of several books, including "Kensington Palace: An Intimate Memoir from Queen Mary to Meghan Markle" and "Gilded Youth: A History of Growing Up in the Royal Family: From the Tudors to the Cambridges," weighed in on why Prince Harry was so keen on having his security back. According to Quinn, the Sussexes were allegedly "shocked" by the intense backlash after they spoke about their unhappiness when they were still part of the firm.
"Harry and Meghan are also paranoid about safety because they are aware they have stirred up a huge amount of ill feeling -- they were shocked by how fiercely they were attacked on social media after their attacks on the royal family," Quinn told The Mirror. "The attacks, which really scared them, massively increased their sense of victimhood and their sense that they need protection."
"Throughout his life, Harry has assumed -- like all members of the Royal Family -- that he is special, and he assumes everyone agrees with him. When he ceased to be a working royal, the sense of being special did not go away. It's almost as if he doesn't really believe that ceasing to be a working Royal makes any difference."
The royal expert believes Prince William's brother still thinks he's a senior royal who deserves publicly funded security. According to Quinn, the "Spare" author remains "blind to public sentiment in the U.K." and has failed to consider how taxpayers would feel paying security for someone who lives in the U.S. and does not serve the British monarchy.
Prince Harry previously offered to pay for his police protection privately. However, this bid was also rejected in a separate ruling.
The Sussexes made several statements against the royal family in previous interviews. During their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, they seemingly accused the royals of being racist by alleging that a member of the firm raised concern about their then-unborn child's skin color.
They also talked about the royals in their Netflix docuseries "Harry & Meghan," and Prince Harry went further by sharing his physical brawl with the Prince of Wales and Markle and Kate Middleton's alleged text over the bridesmaid dresses in his book "Spare."
Previous reports claimed that Prince Harry was open to temporarily joining the royal family's engagements amid his father, King Charles' cancer diagnosis. However, the British monarch and heir apparent were reportedly on the same stand about not allowing him to resume his royal duties.
