{"id":952126,"date":"2026-05-11T07:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/952126\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:23:13","slug":"prince-harry-shows-difference-to-king-charles-with-ludicrous-demand-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/952126\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry shows difference to King Charles with ‘ludicrous demand’ | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry<\/a> has been branded “ludicrous” compared to King Charles<\/a>, after a fresh debate erupted over his long-running fight for taxpayer-funded security in the UK. The discussion comes after reports emerged that a man wearing a balaclava was arrested following an alleged confrontation involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/a>, near his home on the Sandringham estate, earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The incident was discussed on TalkTV<\/a>, where former royal butler Grant Harrold agreed that the situation could strengthen Prince Harry<\/a>\u2019s argument for increased protection when visiting Britain.<\/p>\n

Speaking to host Mark Dolan, Harrold said the Duke of Sussex would likely point to the incident as evidence of the risks faced by members of the royal family.<\/p>\n

“I think it is. This is going to go in his favour because you can hear it now,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You can hear him saying to either his father or the advisor, ‘this is why we need security because this happened to my uncle, and I\u2019m in a similar situation in the UK\u2026'”<\/p>\n

Prince Harry has repeatedly argued he and his family face safety risks when travelling to Britain after losing automatic police protection following his departure from royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n

The Duke has continued challenging the decision through the courts, arguing that private security teams do not have access to the same intelligence and resources as state-backed protection officers.<\/p>\n

However, Harrold claimed King Charles takes a very different approach to security and public life.<\/p>\n

“I mean the thing about the King is, he’d rather have his own independence when he’s out and about if he can,” he explained.<\/p>\n

He then appeared to criticise Harry\u2019s preferred level of protection, adding: “It\u2019s extraordinary that when he wants to have almost like a sort of presidential, I imagine, detail around him which is ludicrous and costs a lot of money.”<\/p>\n

Harrold also pointed to the cost to taxpayers, saying: “This is the reality, this is why the King’s been so careful about it because he’s aware that this is our money that’s being used to protect these individuals.”<\/p>\n

These comments are the latest in the ongoing divide between the monarch and his younger son, whose relationship has remained strained since Harry and Meghan Markle<\/a> stepped back as senior working royals.<\/p>\n

Harry has spoken publicly about security concerns on several occasions, previously claiming he does not feel it is safe to bring his family to the UK without adequate protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry has been branded “ludicrous” compared to King Charles, after a fresh debate erupted over his long-running…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[21090,173775,6454,78080,7718,1760,518,265712,447,5105,7710,519,265711,448,11172],"class_list":{"0":"post-952126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-andrew","9":"tag-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","10":"tag-drama","11":"tag-family-drama","12":"tag-harry","13":"tag-king-charles","14":"tag-king-charles-iii","15":"tag-police-escort","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-royal-family-protection","21":"tag-royals","22":"tag-taxpayer-funded-security"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116554747493379595","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}