Prince Harry reveals why he won’t bring Meghan Markle back to U.K.

Meghan Markle has faced torrents of online hate after she married into the British royal family in 2018.

Prince Harry is opening up about why he doesn’t feel safe bringing his wife Meghan Markle back to the U.K.

In an interview for ITV’s documentary Tabloids on Trial, the Duke of Sussex spoke about safety concerns he has for his wife and children.

“It’s still dangerous, and all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read,” Harry said. “And whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is, these are things that are of genuine concern for me. It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”

Markle has been on the receiving end of torrents of online hate since she married into the British royal family in 2018, egged on by British tabloids that ran negative and sometimes racist stories about the Duchess, the Sussexes have said.

In 2022, Neil Basu, the former head of counterterrorism for the Metropolitan Police, told Channel 4 News that the threats against the Duchess of Sussex were “disgusting and very real.”

“We had teams investigating it. People have been prosecuted for those threats,” Basu said. “If you’d seen the stuff that was written and you were receiving it … you would feel under threat all of the time.”

After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back as working royals in 2020, the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (RAVEC) revoked their right to U.K. police security. Harry offered to cover the costs of security himself, but a High Court judge shot down the bid. Prince Harry plans to appeal the decision.