Meghan Markle has been granted her first government-backed security review since leaving royal life in 2020. The Meghan Markle UK security review comes as Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have moved schools after two days, with the family’s security team now assessing the practicalities of their daily routine.
Meghan and Harry routine details
Meghan and Harry have been asked by the Royal and VIP Executive Committee to provide details of their daily routines, including the school run, so it can evaluate whether the threat they face has changed. The review follows Harry’s long effort to have his VIP police protection reinstated since September 2021, and it comes after last December brought word that Ravec’s Risk Management Board would review his case.
The process began in July this year. In June, Meghan pulled out of planned public appearances alongside Harry in central London because of security concerns, and in August they said they would be moving back to the UK with their children for an extended period.
The first school move
Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet spent two days as new starters at the first school before their parents withdrew them. They had met classmates last week, and bodyguards for the Sussexes had carried out checks over the summer holidays, but they were not able to properly recce the school run until the first day of term.
There was no issue with the school itself. The problem was practical: heavy traffic in the area, the distance between where they are living and the school, and one incident that made it difficult for their vehicles to stay in convoy.
Harry at the new school
Archie, seven, and Lili, five, visited another school in the area on Monday for a taster session and are now added to the parents' whatsapp groups. Prince Harry was spotted settling Lili into reception, a small school-run moment that now sits inside a wider security review.
A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess said the decision to move school followed a discussion with the family’s security team about the practicalities of their current arrangements. The spokesman also said it should in no way be read as a reflection on the school or the care the children received there.
The review now runs alongside the family’s attempt to make day-to-day life in the UK workable around security arrangements. The unanswered point is what changes, if any, the review will bring for Meghan, Harry, and the school run.
