Overview
- The couple and their children landed in Britain on Wednesday, flew into Birmingham Airport and were driven to a private Cotswolds home where Archie and Lilibet have been enrolled at a local independent prep school.
- They received no taxpayer-funded police convoy on arrival and were reportedly given only a police liaison officer's number while using a private security team that includes adviser David Langdown.
- Harry’s lawyers have asked Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to intervene and RAVEC and the Home Office are carrying out a fresh threat and protection reassessment because the family now intend to reside in the UK.
- The Sussexes say they will remain non-working, private royals with no plans for official duties, a choice that has been welcomed by the King and described as unsettling by some senior royal aides.
- Their move intensifies pressure from legal bills and high private security costs, raises questions about who will pay if state protection is approved, and sets up renewed media scrutiny as officials complete the formal risk review.