Gun Control

Harry and Meghan's Security Problem Is Really a Gun-Control Problem

Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the royal family’s security, but British law prevents them from paying for armed security themselves.

Reem Ibrahim | 8.21.2026 4:58 PM

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Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan Markle are reportedly moving back to the United Kingdom after living in the United States for over six years. While the return has already sparked conversations about their rift with the royal family, whether their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will be able to spend more time with King Charles, and the exact reasons for the move, there is one aspect of the conversation that has gone overlooked: British gun laws.

Their decision to return to the U.K. is certainly a surprise, especially because Prince Harry himself said that they would not be returning for security reasons.

"I can't see a world in which I'd be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point," Harry told the BBC in an emotional interview last year. "Look at the risks. Look at the threat. Look at the impact. If anything was to happen to me, my wife or my father's grandchildren—if anything was to happen to them—look where the........

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