None of the security and logistical concerns that forced Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to switch the school their children were attending in England should have been a surprise, according to royal experts.
“The logistics havent changed since Harry and Meghan plotted their UK return,” Kinsey Schofield, host of YouTubes “Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered,” told Fox News Digital. “None of this should have come as a surprise.”
Schofield said that her sources were warning her about the traffic around the school two weeks ago, “before Archie and Lili had even started. When I spoke to people locally, the school-run traffic was one of the very first issues they raised with me.”
The royal couple moved their family from California to the Cotswolds, outside of London, late last month.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams agreed that moving Prince Archie and Princess Lillibet to a new school just two days into the term was “extraordinary and smacks of haste and a lack of preparedness by the Sussexes.”
He added, “If the school run had the problems they have encountered, why did they not know earlier and why wait until their children have actually started school. Why is this all played out in the public domain? Security issues should be private. There will be those who believe it has been handled in this way to increase pressure on the authorities to get automatic security.”
Harry has been advocating for taxpayer-funded security for his family for years after they stepped back as senior royals.
“According to my sources, Harry and Meghan and their security experts were concerned about the length of journey and how potential ambush cars could block their way and hijack the children,” royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital. “They have been brought closer to their home and the security arrangements are being reviewed.”
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“I feel this is a very necessary step and giving Harry and Meghan peace of mind,” he added.
Fitzwilliams explained that Harrys request for taxpayer-funded security would involve a detail that is armed and has access to intelligence that his private team doesnt have.
“He has been informed that there will now be a security review for both of them, as they have permanently moved to the UK,” he continued. “He lost a series of
