GMB star fumes ‘you can’t be that entitled’ after Prince Harry update
Good Morning Britain presenters Ed Balls and Kate Garraway returned to the ITV studios on Monday
Kevin Maguire was not impressed(Image: ITV)
A Good Morning Britain star expressed their dissatisfaction during the most recent live broadcast.
Ed Balls and Kate Garraway were back in the ITV studios on Monday (June 29) to present the day’s news from Britain and beyond.
During the programme, the presenters welcomed regular panellists Kwasi Kwarteng and the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire, with discussion quickly shifting to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had been scheduled to visit the UK with their two children for the first time in four years, but the pair are now reportedly reconsidering their plans, following the rejection of Harry’s application for police protection.
Discussing the couple on this morning’s GMB, Kwasi remarked: “I’m very surprised. This has been hanging around for a long time and it seems odd to me that at the eleventh hour, last minute almost, that he’s now saying, ‘We’re not coming,'” reports the Mirror.
Ed Balls and Kate Garraway hosted GMB(Image: ITV)
Ed observed: “He has his own security team, him, Meghan and the children. He fought a court case to say he should have a full royal police protection and he lost that case. The Independent process decides what is proportionate.
“They’ve said when they’re on the royal estate, they will have, obviously, normal protection, but when he’s travelling around the UK as a citizen, he will travel with his own security, which he pays for. But crucially, won’t have the Met armed police protection, and that is what he’s complaining about.”
Kate added: “People will be thinking, ‘If you really want to come here to see your dad and let your dad get to know your kids, why not just stay in [Buckingham Palace]?'”
Kevin then fumed: “He might be concerned or he might be a spoiled brat, [who’s] just throwing his toys out the pram again.
“He’s coming from a country that’s just got guns everywhere. You’re in danger there, you’re not in the same danger here.
“The Met police have done an assessment of what they think the risks are. If there’s a risk, you can get a gun guard. If they think there’s no risk where he’s going, he won’t get a gun guard. End of. What’s the problem?”
The hosts shared an update on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle(Image: ITV)
Kevin continued: “I think it’s some psycho drama with him and his family here… Well, if he doesn’t come, it’s him. I’m sympathetic to him, more than most people… This is getting silly.
“You can’t be that entitled to say, ‘Right, I want the full police motorcycle riders, big armed teams, cars, all that provided for me – the complete VIP treatment,’ when you left the country, slagging off a lot of people as you went, and you made a fortune.”
Kwasi concluded: “He wants to have his cake and eat it, that’s the thing. He doesn’t want anything to do with them, but wants all the perks and privilege.”
A government spokesman said its protective security system was “rigorous and proportionate”.
“It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security,” the spokesman added.
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