This response to the couple’s 2019 move to Canada and subsequent announcement to live as private citizens is based in diplomatic policy. “If he’s not going to be a prince it’s like ‘OK, well he needs to be safe,’” Markle continued.
Winfrey tried to tug at emotional heartstrings while interviewing the multimillionaire couple. She lamented, “after the move, Harry and Meghan say security, normally provided by the Royal Family, was cut off.”
As reported in the National Post:
On Jan. 8, 2020 the couple released a statement announcing they intended to “step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family” and become “financially independent.” Two weeks later, this prompted a statement from Buckingham Palace wishing the couple well on their new path, but making clear that they “will no longer receive public funds for Royal duties” and “can no longer formally represent The Queen.”
Although the statement noted that the Palace “does not comment on the details of security arrangements,” the new arrangement meant the couple would lose their rare status as Internationally Protected Persons (IPPs) effective in the “Spring of 2020.”
