As mentioned, protection and security issues are the main reasons why Harry doesn’t want to bring his wife and children to the UK. When Archie and Lilibet turn 18, they are free to do what they want, but as the feud with the Royal Family has no foreseeable end in sight, it’s difficult to envisage a time where the Sussex children ever get to see their relatives.
Prince Harry and his family’s life in the US is barely comparable to the royal one they might have lived in the UK. For one the weather’s better in California, but the fact that Harry and Meghan’s children don’t have to deal with the paparazzi press on a daily basis is most likely the most obvious advantage of living Stateside.
Prince Archie & Princess Lilibet
Though Harry and Meghan are active in protecting their children from the public eye as they grow up behind the walls of their $14 million mansion – so-labeled “Fort Knox” — the couple’s actions have given the press no choice but to talk about the kids in at least some capacity. After all, Harry and Meghan have continued to live a very public life in the US, and even featured their children in the Netflix series they released nearly two years ago. Archie and Lilibet are, to some extent, the talk of the town.
Following their move across the Atlantic, Harry and Meghan are said to have decided to endeavor to give their children as normal a childhood as possible. According to a friend of the Sussexes, who chose to remain anonymous, there is one heartbreaking reason behind their decision not to expose their children to unnecessary publicity.
“I think every parent wants to share their kid with the world, but they just can’t,” a friend, referring to Harry’s struggle to get enhanced security in the UK, the friend told US Magazine.
“William’s kids, for example, have way more safety, even though they’re recognizable. And the same doesn’t apply to Meghan and Harry’s children. They know the world wants to see [them but] I would expect them to live smaller lives until that gets sorted, if it ever does.”
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